History: Chapter 7: Lessons 2 - 5: Review

How did postwar urbanization affect California’s environment?

• It helped clear land that was used to grow large new forests.
• It caused more people to move to farms, where needed crops were grown.
• It generated money that was used to clean up polluted watersheds and rivers.
• It led people to build freeways and suburbs on land that had been orchards and farms.

Urbanization is when __________.

• people move from rural areas to towns and cities.
• electricity is created by the force of falling water.
• farmers work for profit, rather than eating what they grow.
• chemicals are added to crops to keep the insects from eating them.

A highway that does not cost money to use is called _________.

• a toll road
• a turnpike
• a freeway
• a suburb

Which of the following is evidence that California’s freeway system changed the state?

• Fewer people moved to the suburbs.
• Companies relocated to other states.
• Railways between cities were used less.
• Industries declined and earned less money.

One of the consequences of using so much of California’s ground water has been that __________.

• farms need less ground water
• hydroelectric power plants have been built
• wells have dried up and canals have collapsed
• farmers in the Central Valley have had to learn to grow different crops

The following are examples of how commercial agriculture affected the environment.

• Big farm machines polluted the soil and air and pesticides polluted the water.
• Canned goods were no longer available to the rest of the country.
• Farmland was destroyed by harvesting machines and replaced by suburbs.
• Fracking was used to get oil and gas out of the ground.

Which of California’s industries are based in Silicon Valley?

• entertainment and defense
• entertainment and electronics
• communications and electronics
• communications and commercial agriculture

Hydroelectric power is __________.

• a symbol of the entertainment industry
• electricity created by the force of falling water
• a new way of getting oil and gas out of the ground
• the industry in California that employs the most people

Commercial Agriculture is __________.

• The industry that makes airplanes, spacecraft, rockets, and other things that fly.
• Farming for profit, rather than to eat what you grow.
• Money made by a business.
• When people move from rural areas to towns and cities.

By 1947, California provided about ________ of the country's fruit.

• 1/4
• 1/3
• 1/2
• 2/3
• 3/4