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1 CALIFORNIA By : Alex

2 Economy CROPS : One people in CA make money is that they almost grow over 200 crops, Something such as grapes, almonds, strawberries, oranges and walnuts. LIVESTOCK : Some live stock products are milk, beef cattle, eggs, sheep, turkeys , hogs and horses. MINING : California is one of the leading mining places in the US. It 11 different things to mine. It also has a variety of different things. These are some ways people make money.

3 Special Places! Alameda County Fair
Pleasanton Avenue Pleasanton, California The California Welcome Center San Francisco - San Francisco Truckee: Golf's Going to the Dogs Northwoods Blvd Truckee, CA

4 Famous Pepole SHIRLEY TEMPLE  - Shirley Temple is born at Santa Monica On 1928. WALT DISNEY – Walt Disney is born on 1901 and lived to be 65 years old. TIGER WOODS – Famous Golf player born on 1975, he became a pro Golfer on 1996.

5 Facts on California California is 163,695 sq miles. The population 37,253,956. The state bird is California Valley Quail. The flower is Golden Poppy. The tree is the California Redwood. The state motto is Eureka ( I have found it ). The state nick name is the Golden state. California became a state in September, 9, The web site is state.ca.us. The state flag looks likes this : The Current Governor of California is Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, he became a Governor on 2011.

6 Important events > Francis Drake sailed across the country and claimed California for United States. > The Bidwell-Bartleson party became the first organized group of American settlers to travel to California by land. > The Gold Rush began.

7 Geography ~ California covers 163,707 square miles.
~ 7,734 square miles of California are covered by water. ~ The Mean Elevation of the state of California is 2,900 feet above sea level. ~ California covers 163,707 square miles, making it the third largest of the 50 states. ~ 560 miles: greatest distance East to West. 1,040 miles: greatest distance North to South. ~ The highest point in California is Mt. Whitney at 14,494 feet. Mt. Whitney is the highest mountain in the contiguous 48 states. Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in Alaska. rises 20,320 feet above sea level and is the highest point in the United States. ~ The lowest point in California is in Death Valley. Death Valley lies 282 feet below sea level and is the lowest point in the United States. ~ Longitude: 114° 8' W to 124° 24' W Latitude: 32° 30' N to 42° N ~ California is bordered by Oregon to the north. In the south, California shares an international border with Mexico. To the east, Nevada and Arizona share the California border. California meets the Pacific Ocean on the west.

8 Sources : http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/california/

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