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By Grainne Magee History  The First Peoples  The Missions  The United States and California  The Discovery of Gold  Towns and Cities  The Turn.

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2 By Grainne Magee

3 History  The First Peoples  The Missions  The United States and California  The Discovery of Gold  Towns and Cities  The Turn of the Century

4 Geography  Coast Ranges  San Andreas fault  South of the Golden Gate  The great Central Valley  The Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers  The Mojave Desert  the Sierra Nevada range  Death Valley National Park

5 Tourist Attractions  Natural Wonders  Cities  Theme Parks

6 Products & Industries  Agriculture: Vegetables, fruits and nuts, dairy products, cattle, nursery stock, grapes.  Industry: Electronic components and equipment, aerospace, film production, food processing, petroleum, computers and computer software, tourism.

7 Interesting Facts  San Bernardino County is the largest county in the country.  One out of every eight United States residents lives in California.  It is estimated there are approximately 500,000 detectable seismic tremors in California annually.  There are more than 300,000 tons of grapes grown in California annually.  The highest point in the continental United States is Mount Whitney and the lowest point is Bad Water in Death Valley.

8 Works Cited 50 States http://www.50states.com USA Tourist www.usatourist.com/.../ attractions.html BW Discover the West www.bwdiscoverthewest.com/.../attractions.htm Capow www.capow.com/ Roots/California/ Yahooligans Encyclopedia http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/

9 What Did You Learn? How many missions are there in California?  What is the San Andreas Fault?  Name one natural wonder in California?  Name one industry in N. California  and one industry in S. California?  What is the largest county in the country?

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