California's Golden Landscape review

A person who uses maps to locate places is

• Biologist

• Geography

• Geographer

• Cartographer

What is the capital of California?

• Fresno

• Santa Cruz

• Los Angeles

• Sacramento

What are lines on a globe or map that run east to west and measure distance from Equator?

• Latitude

• Longitude

Which California natural region is land of high peaks, including the Sierra Nevada range?

• Mountain Region

• Coastal Region

• Desert Region

• Valley Region

Which region has some of the world's best farmland in California?

• Coastal

• Valley

• Mountain

• Desert

What is the coastal region?

• wide, flat valley region in the middle of the state

• A sunny and dry land with little rainfall

• The area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean

• High peaks that were formed with the movement of Earth's crust

the plants and animals that live here thrive on little rainfall

• Valley region

• Desert region

• Mountain region

• Coastal region

lines on a globe or map that run north to south and measure distance from the prime meridian

• Longitude

• Latitude

The measure of the average number of people living in one area is called

• Population

• Capital

• Map key

• Population density

A _______ will tell you what different colors or symbols on a map represent.

• compass rose

• map key

• geographer

• capital