California Geography - Study Guide 2

how much in top 1/3 state?
farmers use what percent of water?
what are major cities dependent on water?
Peripheral Canal (referendum 1982) - pros & cons?
Federal Project is called what? Run by what agency? Examples?
State Project is called what? Ag or Urban is primary use? Examples
Local Projects: LA Aqueduct details including motto and 3 rivers it acquire
Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite: what are the 2 major needs?
Klamath Falls farmers - FILM - legal obligations and players
Yolo Bypass / Army Corp. of Engineers purpose & mechanism:
benefits & costs of dams:
benefits & costs of ground water / alternatives?
vegetation belts such as foothill vs. yellow pine belt. where is Sierra College?
Sclerophyllous leaves, what are they?
Bunch grass, what are they & why are they important?
How do redwoods survive in such a dry, mediterranean climate?
What was their geographic extent millions of years ago? It shrank, why?
Would you have found megafauna in California over 12,000 years ago? What is that? Did any survive?
Vegetation belts such as yellow pine belt vs. boreal belt?
Vegetation belts such as Jeffrey pine? west or east slope? wet or dry?
plant succession and pioneer vs. mature stage: know characteristics
Regarding extinctions & extirpations, we know some have survived, which are they?

Give some example of North American "Megafauna" and time frame when they lived.
What was found at La Brea tar pits?
What is a "refugio" area & give some examples of species?
Where do we find clear evidence of the San Andreas fault movement, in effect, splitting an old volcanic formation in half?
Is Mount Diablo an ancient volcano? What is it?
Where did we find evidence of alpine glaciation? How is this different than continental glaciation?
Clover Valley - Last of it's Kind film - What makes the valley uniquie?
- How did the native Americans live in the valley, who were they?
- What animals likely lived there?

What were the total numbers of indigenous (native folks) living in California before the European settlers?
Be able to recognize the six (6) major language families
Be able to understand the logic behind tribal boundaries, such as Maidu...
For example, why were they often within watersheds & across life zones?
What was the Columbian Exchange? / its biological and cultural significance?
Compare & contrast the Northwest native Americans to the Sacramento Valley folks:
settlement patterns, primary travel, houses, social structure, etc.
What was our tribe here, from the Sacramento Valley toward Foresthill?
Did we have any native Americans who were farmers? If so, where were they?
How did the European settlers decimate the native American folks?
Know about Ishi and what fascinated him

Early Spanish (1500 - 1600s) & other explorers with bronze plaque / Nova Albion
Who was the first to sail into San Diego Bay?
What was the intent of the first European (Old World) settlers, such as the Spanish?
Mission life occurred with the Spanish or the Mexican?
What were mission items?
What was life like for the native Americans?
Who were the Californios? What did they do?