California Geography
What ocean borders California to the west?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
What country first colonized California with missions?
What is Spain?
This NBA team is located in California's capital city?
What are the Sacramento Kings?
Gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in what year?
What is 1848?
What is California’s state flower?
What is the California poppy?
This long mountain range runs north to south through eastern California.
What are the Sierra Nevada Mountains?
In what year did California become a U.S. state?
What is 1850?
This NFL team was located in St. Louis, Missouri from 1995-2015.
Who are the Rams?
What nickname was given to people who came to California in search of gold...also the name of a professional football team based in California.
What are the '49ers?
What large animal appears on the state flag?
What is the California Grizzly Bear?
What landforms make up the four major geographic regions of California?
What is the Coast, Mountains, Valley, Desert?
This trail helped people travel west to California in the 1800s.
What is the California Trail?
This NBA team was located in San Diego from 1978-1984.
Who are the Clippers?
Many gold miners used this tool to separate gold from river gravel.
What is a gold pan?
What is California’s state nickname?
What is The Golden State?
This large valley provides much of the nation's fruits and vegetables.
What is the Central Valley?
Before the Gold Rush, most people came to California for what reason?
What is land or farming?
Where did the Dodgers play before Los Angeles?
What is Brooklyn.
What city grew rapidly and became a major port during the Gold Rush?
What is San Francisco?
What type of tree is California’s official state tree?
What is the California redwood?
Which river is the longest in California (hint: named after CA's capital city)?
What is the Sacramento River?
What Major League Baseball team gets its name from the California Mission System?
Who are, the best team in baseball, the San Diego Padres.
How many jersey numbers have the Los Angeles Lakers retired?
What is 13?
8, 13, 16, 21, 22, 24, 25, 32, 33, 34, 42, 44, 52, and 99
Who was the President of the United States during the Gold Rush boom period?
Who is James K. Polk (1845-1849), the 11th President of The United States of America.
This fruit is a major crop and symbol of California.
What is the orange?