A
B
C
D
E
100
What is the name of the strait that separates the San Francisco Bay from the ocean?
Golden Gate Strait
100
What does the color red on California's flag stand for?
Courage
100
What is Q?
Farallon Islands
100
What is C?
Inland Mountains
100
California's state tree
Redwood
200
What is D?
Coastal Ranges
200
What does the star on California's flag stand for?
Sovereignty
200
What does the grizzly bear represent on the California flag?
Strength
200
What do the mountains in the background of the state seal represent?
The Sierra Nevada and Mt. Whitney
200
What is the name of the ocean that boarders the West of California? What else is significant about this Ocean?
Pacific Ocean; It is the largest and deepest ocean in the world
300
What is M?
Santa Barbara Islands
300
California's State Bird
Quail
300
Which important bay can you find in the California Coast?
San Francisco Bay
300
What is J?
Great Basin
300
Strait
A Narrow Water Passageway
400
What is California's nickname?
The Golden State
400
What does the white background on California's flag represent?
Purity
400
#8
Oregon
400
California's State flower
Golden Poppy
400
#5
Nevada
500
What is the motto of California? What does it mean?
Eureka "I have found it!"
500
What words can you find on the California flag?
California Republic
500
What is the name of the river that comes from up north and empties into the San Francisco Bay?
Sacramento River
500
#2
Arizona
500
What is H?
Central Valley
600
What is the name of the river that comes from down south and empties into the San Francisco Bay?
San Joaquin River
600
How many stars are on California's Seal? Why?
31; California was the 31st state
600
What is California's state song called?
"I Love You, California"
600
What word means "something that represents something else"
Symbol
600
Bay
Part of a body of water that reaches into the land
700
Who were the first people to live in California?
Indians
700
Who was the first known European to reach the California coast?
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
700
Who claimed the land for England?
Francis Drake
700
Who established the first presidio?
Captain Gaspar de Portola
700
What does "presidio" mean?
Military Fort
800
Who established the first Franciscan Mission?
Junipero Serra
800
What does "El Camino Real" mean?
The Royal Road
800
What road connected the missions?
El Camino Real
800
Who founded the first Baptist Church in California?
Dr. O. C. Wheeler
800
Who organized & pastored churches in Stockton, Oakland, and Vacaville California in 1852?
Jesse B. Saxton