Week 3: California Studies Weekly

Many people visit California each year. Which regions are popular with visitors?

• The Pacific Region and Mountain Region
• Pacific Region and Desert Region
• Pacific Region and Central Valley Region
• Pacific Region only

What draws visitors to these regions?

• Visitors read Studies Weekly and were too excited and ventured to the Pacific and Mountain Regions!
• The Pacific Region has wilderness experiences and swimming in frozen lakes in the Mountain Region
• The Pacific Region has swimming and fishing, while the Mountain Region has wildlife and wilderness experiences
• Each region has over 1 million followers on Instagram and since the photos are beautiful, people go visit

Explain a similarity of the four regions of California.

• All the regions have the same elevation
• All regions of California have some form of agriculture, farming, or livestock
• All the regions experience drastic weather such as hurricanes and tornadoes
• All of the regions are all connected by freeways

Which of these is NOT a difference about the regions of California?

• Pacific Coast has rocky cliffs that lead to the Ocean
• The Central Valley is between the Coast Range and Sierra Nevada
• The Mountain region is extremely dry and gets little precipatation
• The Desert region is extremely hot and fewer people live there

The map shows landforms, such as mountains and rivers, on the surface of the Earth. Which type of map is it?

• Population Map
• Climate Map
• Relief Map
• Landform Map

What does a population density map show?

• average number of people who live in a state
• average number of people who live in one square mile
• total number of people who live in a state
• difference between the people who live in one place over another

Which mountain range is between the Central Valley and the Pacific Ocean?

• Sierra Nevada
• Rocky Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Coast Range

The California quail, also known as a(n) __________________, is the state bird of California.

• Valley Quail
• Pigeon
• Rainbow Parrot
• Chicken

Yosemite National Park can be found in the ______________ Region.

• Desert
• Mountain
• Pacific
• Central Valley

Not all of the Central Valley is good for growing crops; the southern portion is rich with __________________.

• gold
• rubber
• silicon
• oil and gas