California Geography Flashcard

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Where in California is the Sierra Nevada?

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in the mountain region

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The Central Valley of California has some of the world's

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best farmland.

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The animals that live in the Mojave Desert must be able to live with

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little rainfall.

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Which of these is an intermediate direction? A. south, B. between, C. northeast, D. alongside

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northeast

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What is the best reason to look at the scale on a map?

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to figure out distances

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The equator is a

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line of latitude.

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What is the main reason many California cities are found in the coastal region?

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Businesses move goods by ship.

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A person who uses maps to locate places is a

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geographer

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The capital of California is

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Sacramento

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The measure of the average number of people living in one area is called

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population density