Desert Region of California

Desert Region of California

Read Pages 20-21 in your history book and then answer these questions.

Multiple Choice

What are the two types of desert in California?

• soft and low

• high and low

• hard and fast

• big and small

Multiple Choice

True or False?

The desert gets a lot of rain.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The desert region gets its drinking water from______

• The Pacific Ocean

• The California Delta

• plants with special leaves

• deep underground wells

Multiple Choice

Summer temperatures may reach how high?

• 100 degrees

• 80 degrees

• 60 degrees

• 70 degrees

Multiple Choice

How do plants survive in the desert?

• They grow very tall

• They survive in humid weather

• They grow in cold temperatures.

• They have special leaves that hold water.

Multiple Select

What are some of the animals that live in the desert? Choose three.

• pigs

• roadrunners

• cows

• lizards

• bighorn