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C.A Geography
CA Today & Wars
People
Eureka!
Gold Rush
Systems, Agriculture, & Railroads
100
The section of CA that we are located in right now.
What is The Central Valley?
100
The Grizzly Bear, The California Poppy, and The Golden Eagle.
What are the official state symbols of California?
100
He was present when gold was first discovered on the bank of the American River.
Who is John Marshall?
100
The term to describe the high prices of gold during the Gold Rush.
What is Inflation?
100
A large system of pipes and canals.
What is an aqueduct?
200
According to the globe, CA is located on this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
The type of product that makes up almost half of California's EXPORTS, today.
What is agriculture?
200
He built missions to strengthen Spain's hold on New Spain.
Who is King Carlos II?
200
Word to describe: In short supply.
What is scarce?
200
Before 1860, the way Californians communicated with the East.
What is carrying letters on ships?
300
The city where you will find the capital of California.
What is Sacramento?
300
A war fought in California.
What is the Mexican-American War?
300
A person who buys goods or pays for services.
What is a consumer?
300
Came to California in in 1849 in pursuit of gold.
Who are the "forty-niners"?
300
They impacted California's agricultural economy by introducing new crops to California.
Who are immigrant farmers?
400
The Sierra Nevada, The Coast, The Cascade.
What are the mountain ranges in California?
400
California industries expanded to produce wartime goods.
What is economy's growth during World War I?
400
This person holds the highest elected official office in the state of California.
Who is the governor?
400
A tool used to separate gold from dirt.
What is a cradle?
400
The greatest challenge in building the transcontinental railroad.
What is building a railroad across the Sierra Nevada Mountains?
500
the house is shaking, walls open up and drop straight down.
What is an earthquake?
500
The growing post-war population needed homes to live in.
What is a major boom in housing construction after World War II?
500
A famous photographer during the 1930's whose photos cheered people up during the Great Depression.
Who is Dorthea Lange?
500
The fastest way to reach California from the eastern US, at the start of the Gold Rush.
What is by ship to the Isthmus of Panama, across land and by ship to California?
500
They fought for the rights of farm workers throughout California in the 1960's.
Who are Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta?