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| What is the state motto and what does it mean? |
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| What is the state flower? |
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| What is the state butterfly? |
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| What is the state mammal? |
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| What is the state reptile? |
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| What is the state capital? |
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| What is the state nickname? |
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| What is the state's largest city in population? |
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| What is the state's second largest city in population? |
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| What animal is located on the state flag? |
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| Who is the current governor? |
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| What are the four regions of California? |
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| Coast region, mountain region, valley region, and desert region |
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| What ocean is located on the coast of California? |
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| What are the state's major industries? |
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| agriculture, manufacturing, aerospace, petroleum, tourism |
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| What are the state's major crops? |
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| grapes, cotton, flowers, citrus fruits, vegetables, melons, almonds, olives |
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| Name the states that border California. |
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| Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona |
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| What is the state's highest point? |
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| Mount Whitney (14,494 feet) |
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| What is the state's lowest point? |
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| Death Valley (282 feet below sea level) |
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| What is California ranked among states in land mass? |
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| What date was California admitted into the Union? |
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| What order did California enter the Union? |
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| How many state counties are there? |
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| How many electoral votes does the state have? |
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| How many members are in the state Senate? |
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| How many members are there in the State Assembly? |
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| How many consecutive terms can the governor serve? |
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| Any number of consecutive terms |
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| What former California governor went on to become the President of the United States? |
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| When are state elections held? |
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| The Tuesday after the first Monday in November during even years. |
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| Who was the state's first governor? |
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| When was the University of California founded? |
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| Where is the main campus of the University of California located? |
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| When was the first school built in California? |
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| Who was California's first explorer? |
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| Where was California's first settlement? |
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| The Alcala Mission in San Diego |
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| What is the state's deepest lake? |
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| Where was the state's largest lake? |
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| What is California's rank among states in population? |
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| What is the state's most important mineral? |
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| Boron minerals and compounds |
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| What is the state's most important crop? |
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| All farm commodities combined |
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| What river forms the boundary between Arizona and California? |
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| What is the state's largest national park? |
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| In what part of the country is the state located? |
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| What trees in northern California are the world's tallest? |
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| Where was most of the gold from the 19th century Gold Rush found? |
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| The Sierra Nevada Mountains |
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| What are the names of the two islands chains of the California coast? |
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| The Santa Barbara Islands and the Farallon Islands |
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| What mountain chain in the northern part of the state runs into Oregon? |
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| What three main mountain chains are in the Los Angeles Ranges? |
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| The San Gabriel, San Bernardino, and San Jacinto Mountains |
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| What region is Death Valley and the Mojave Desert located? |
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| In what mountain range is Mount Whitney located? |
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| What two rivers flow through the state's Central Valley? |
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| The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers |
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| What California waterfalls are the highest in North America? |
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| What does the Central Valley Project do? |
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| It is a masterplan to provide for extensive water storage in the northern part of the state. |
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| What two nations controlled California between 1769-1848? |
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| What year did the United States acquire California? |
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| What year was the great California Gold Rush? |
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| What rank is Los Angeles among national cities in population? |
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| What city was the old Spanish capitol? |
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| Where is the state's national seashore located? |
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| What three national parks are in the Sierra Nevada? |
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| Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks |
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| What state park is comprised mostly of lava formations? |
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| Lassen Volcanic National Park |
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| What valley was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics? |
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| What famous publisher built a grand mansion in San Simeon? |
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| Who lived in "Wolf House" in the Valley of the Moon? |
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| What is the name of Howard Hughes's huge wooden propeller-driven plane anchored in Long Beach? |
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| What Spanish missionary founded 21 missions located along the EI Camino Real? |
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| Where is the Tournament of Roses Festival each year? |
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| What amusement park is located in Anaheim? |
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| How many professional baseball teams are in California? |
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| 5 (Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, California Angels, San Francisco Giants, and Oakland Athletics) |
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| What bank located in San Francisco was once the world's largest? |
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| What crop is grown in the Napa Valley? What is produced from this crop? |
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| What does California mainly manufacture? |
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| Transportation equipment, processed foods and electrical machinery |
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| What mineral is mined out of Eagle Mountain? |
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| What does the RAND Corporation research? |
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| Strategic and tactical research for the United States military |
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| What mineral does California rank third in the nation in production of? |
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| What mineral is California the leading world supplier of? |
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| Boron minerals and compounds |
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| What form of transportation was completed in California in 1869? |
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| The Transcontinental Railroad |
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| What state document was revised three times? |
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| What state official is responsible for the state budget? |
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| How many members occupy the State Supreme Court? |
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| Who were the only father and son to become California Governors? |
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| Edmund G. Brown and Edmund G. Brown, Jr. |
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| Where was the California Academy of Sciences, the first such institution in the west, founded? |
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| What observatory on Mount Hamilton in San Jose, was one of the first astronomical observatories established in the United States? |
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| What Englishman took possession of California in 1579? |
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| What area did Sebastian Vizcaino survey as a possible settlement in 1602? |
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| Where was the first pueblo, or civilian community. established? |
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| What nation established Fort Ross. a settlement north of San Francisco? |
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| What nation did the Province of California pledge its allegiance to in 1822? |
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| What American first led expeditions into California in 1842? |
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| What revolt took place in 1846 between the Americans and the Mexicans? |
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| What treaty ceded California to the United States from Mexico? |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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| On what property was gold first discovered? |
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| What state document was first written in 1849? |
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| What park was established in 1890? |
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| What year was the great San Francisco earthquake and fire? |
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| What international organization was founded in San Francisco in 1945? |
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| What city has held the Summer Olympics twice? |
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| What three-term governor became the 14th chief justice of the U.S.? |
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| What German born pioneer once owned Sacramento? |
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| What California Pulitzer Prize winner wrote The Pearl and Grapes of Wrath? |
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| What California labor leader organized grape pickers into a farm-workers union? |
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| What California Hall of Fame baseball player was known as, "Jolton Joe"? |
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| What tennis player nicknamed "Pancho" dominated professional tennis in the 1950's? |
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| What astronomer helped build the Lick Observatory? |
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| What California author wrote Call ofthe Wild? |
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| What California politician became the 37th president of the United States? |
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| What California scientist developed the first polio vaccine? |
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| In what national park are the redwood trees located? |
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| What bridge joins San Francisco and Oakland? |
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| What is the name of San Francisco's famous wharf? |
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| What is the name of the fault line that runs down the western side ofthe state? |
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| What two National Basketball Association teams play in Los Angeles? |
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| The Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers |
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| What was the first Spanish mission? |
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| Mission San Diego de Alcala |
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| What is the name of the current that runs along the state? |
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| What is the state's largest port? |
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| Where was the B-2 bomber assembled? |
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| Where is Death Valley located? |
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| Name the four groups of California Indians? |
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| Cahuilla, Miwok, Hupa, Chumash |
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| Who was the leader of the Donner Party who traveled through the pass named after him? |
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| Who was the African-American guide who helped people cross the Sierra Nevada land and had the Beckworth Pass named after him? |
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| What are the three types of communities in California? |
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| Urban, suburban, rural areas |
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| In 1602, what Spanish explorer explored the area from present day San Diego to present day Monterey? |
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| Who traveled northeast from Russia and present day Alaska? |
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| What amusement park is located in Valencia? |
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| Six Flaggs Magic Mountain |
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| What marine animal theme park is located in San Diego? |
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| Who was the Woman who wrote the novel Ramona to bring to light the unfair treatment of California Indians? |
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| Who was the female slave who gained freedom, worked as a nurse, and became the first African American woman in Los Angeles to own property? |
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| What was the Pony Express? |
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| The system of horse and riders that carried the mail to California |
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| What transportation company did the Big Four businessmen form? |
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| The Central Pacific Railroad Company |
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| What became one of Los Angeles's most important industries in the 1920's? |
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| The movie making industry |
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| What did they call the group of Midwest and Southwest states that suffered from severe drought, resulting in thousands of families moving to California? |
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| What contributions did Sally Ride, Ellen Ochoa, and Patricia Cowings make to California history? |
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| They all worked for NASA with the space program |
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| What is the Central Valley Project? |
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| The system of dams, canals, and reservoirs that provide California with water |
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| What do you call the form of local government that some California Indian groups use to govern? |
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