California in Context
Directions: see if you can recall by memory some facts about California, without using your notes. Quiz your partner on these questions.
1. What is the largest tree in California... in fact, the entire world?
2. What type of climate does California have?
3. How much land is publicly owned (U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management [BLM], State Parks, Nat. Parks, etc.)?
4.What aspect of
California's topography (i.e. the lay of the land) provides for such an enormous
watershed?
Now, as a team try to figure out the following questions.
5. Why are the northern
California's counties small compared to the south, especially in the "Gold
Country?"
6. Why is San Bernardino
County so large?
7. What determines the shape
of counties?
8. What influenced the distinctive names of the coastal counties?