CA Studies Weekly - Week 1

The Earth is mostly made up of rock and ______________.

• metal

• sand

• leaves

• chocolate

The outer thin layer of Earth is called the ____________.

• crust

• core

• mantle

• shell

If the Earth were the size of a baseball, the crust would be no thicker than a piece of

• paper

• concrete

• cake

• pie

Before the 1400's, there weren't many attempts to create ______.

• maps

• books

• trips

• ships

A German merchant and navigator named ______________ produced a globe.

• Martin Behaim

• Martin Landau

• Martin Sheen

• Martin Lawrence

The first globe did not have ____________ because they had not been "discovered" by the Europeans.

• the Americas

• Germany

• France

• Italy

The tallest point in California is ___________.

• Mt. Whitney

• Mt. Everest

• Mt. Washington

• Pike's Peak

Why do people on the western part of California need to be prepared for earthquakes?

• The plates at the San Andreas Fault can shift.

• Mining in the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range causes the Earth's crust to shift.

• Underwater volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean can erupt and cause earthquakes on land.

• Shifting weather patterns caused by the jet stream can cause earthquakes.

Without the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range, California would be a ____________.

• desert

• prairie

• forest

• basin

The capital of California is ________________.

• Sacramento

• Simi Valley

• San Francisco

• Gotham City