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100

The California state flower.

What is the Golden Poppy?


100

The largest fault in the United States.

What is the San Andreas Fault?


100

Friars from the Catholic Church esatblished a chain of these up the coast of California.

What are missions? (Mission San Diego de Alcala)


100

The first European man to see the coast of California?

Who is Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo? (1542)


100

This method of transportation in San Francisco has been declared a National Historic Landmark.

What are cable cars?


200

The California state tree.

What is the Redwood?


200

This bridge spans over one of the world's largest harbor entrances.

What is the Golden Gate Bridge?


200

Spanish colonists traveled between misssions using this road.

What is El Camino Real?


200

English explorer who landed near San Francisco Bay during his trip around the world.

Who is Sir Francis Drake? (1579)


200

The Irish rock group U2 named a CD after this California national park.

What is Joshua Tree National Park?


300

The animal on the state flag.

What is the grizzly bear?


300

The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Stsates was 134 degrees at this site.

What is Death Valley National Park?


300

California became a province of this country in 1822.

What is Mexico?



300

He established the first military fort in California.

Who is Captain Gaspar de Portola? (1768)


300

This California mountain is covered with snow year round. 

What is Mount Shasta?


400

The California state bird.

What is the California Valley Quail?


400

More of them live in California than any other state.

What is people?


400

He established the first California mission for the Native Americans.

Who is Father Junipero Serra.


400

Fort Ross (1812 to 1840) was established by explorers from this country.

What is Russia?


400

This California island is a popular tourist attraction, still owned by the Wrigley (yes gum!) family.

What is Catalina Island?


500

The California state fish.

What is the golden trout?


500

These trees are said to be the oldest living things on earth.

What is the prehistoric bristlecone pine?


500

The oldest mission in California.

What is San Diego de Alcala? (1769)


500

These people came down from far north to hunt for sea otter pelts.

Who are the Aleuts? (came to CA in 1811)


500

It was once illegal to eat this fruit in hotels in California.

What are oranges?