1. What is a city an example of?    California Standard 3.1 Students describe the physical and human geography and use maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.

a. a country
b. a landform
c. a community
d. a primary source

2. What does the population of a place tell us?   California Standard 3.1 Students describe the physical and human geography and use maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.

a. how many people live there
b. how many people work there
c. the average age of workers there
d. the different cultures of the people who live there

3. What do we call the study of Earth and the way people, plants, and animals use it?   California Standard 3.1 Students describe the physical and human geography and use maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.

a. biology
b. history
c. technology
d. geography

4. Which region in California is the largest?   California Standard 3.1.1 Identify geographical features in their local region (e.g., deserts, mountains, valleys, hills, coastal areas, oceans, lakes).

Map of California regions

a. Modoc plateau
b. Central coast
c. San Joaquín Valley
d. Desert

5. Which city on the map is closest to the Sierra Nevada region?   California Standard 3.1.1 Identify geographical features in their local region (e.g., deserts, mountains, valleys, hills, coastal areas, oceans, lakes).

Map of California regions

a. San José
b. Fresno
c. Palm Springs
d. San Diego

6. Which region does the Southern Coast not border?   California Standard 3.1.1 Identify geographical features in their local region (e.g., deserts, mountains, valleys, hills, coastal areas, oceans, lakes).

Map of California regions

a. Sacramento Valley
b. Desert
c. Central coast
d. San Joaquín Valley

7. In 2002, which counties in California produced more timber than Shasta county?   California Standard 3.1.1 Identify geographical features in their local region (e.g., deserts, mountains, valleys, hills, coastal areas, oceans, lakes).

Data table

a. El Dorado and Siskiyou counties
b. Humboldt and Mendocino counties
c. Siskiyou and Humboldt counties
d. Mendocino and El Dorado counties

8. How many houses did Shasta county produce enough timber to build in 2002?   California Standard 3.1.1 Identify geographical features in their local region (e.g., deserts, mountains, valleys, hills, coastal areas, oceans, lakes).

Data table

a. 5,000 houses
b. 10,000 houses
c. 1,000 houses
d. 100,000 houses

9. What do we call a wall across a river or stream used to hold water back?    California Standard 3.1.2 Trace the ways in which people have used the resources of the local region and modified the physical environment (e.g., a dam constructed upstream changed a river or coastline).

a. an aqueduct
b. a dam
c. a waterfall
d. a steamboat

10. What is not an example of a natural resource?   California Standard 3.1.2 Trace the ways in which people have used the resources of the local region and modified the physical environment (e.g., a dam constructed upstream changed a river or coastline).

a. wood
b. oil
c. plastic
d. water