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Unit1Alandofdiversity,TheWhiteHouse,TheStatueofLiberty,50starsEachstarrepresentsonestate,13stripestheoriginal13states.,Blueloyaltyandjustice,Redcourage,Whitefreedom,Someimportantcities:,NewYork,WashingtonD.C.,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleans,Houston,Philadelphia,Miami,Atlanta,Seattle,Denver,Kansas,Detroit,Boston,WhocannamesomeimportantcitiesoftheUSA?,LetsappreciatesomepicturesaboutCalifornia.,Californiacoast,Hoovertower,Californiasunset,HotelCalifornia,California,AndresCanyon,LakeTahoe,DeathValley,TheDeathValley,Ithasanareaof411,000squarekilometers.AnditisoneoftheAmericanstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.,AbuildinginChinatown,SanFranciscoManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.,1.Californiaisthe_largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.secondC.fourthD.fifth,GeneralknowledgequizaboutCalifornia.,2._hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.A.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.Texas,3.CaliforniaenteredtheUniononSeptember9th1850,asthe_state.A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighthC.thirty-secondD.thirty-first,Readthetextcarefullyandanswerthequestionswithtrueorfalse.,Scanning,1.CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateinUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.2.In1848,beforetheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.3.ThenativepeoplesufferedgreatlyafterthearrivalofEuropeansinthe16thcentury.,F,T,T,III.TrueorFalse.,4.Over40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstlanguage.5.Inthe1800s,RussianhuntersbegansettlinginCalifornia.,T,F,6.Alotofpeoplerushingforgoldlosttheirlivesorwentbackhome,butmostofthemleftinCaliforniatomakealivingforthemselvesinthenewtownsoronfarms.,T,7.Comparedwiththeperiodofgoldrush,lessChineseimmigratetoCaliforniaduringtheperiodofbuildingtherailnetworkfromthewesttotheeastcoast.8.Bythe1920s,thefilmindustrywaswellestablishedinCalifornia.,T,F,9.Itisthecomputerindustrysinceitsbeginningin1970sthathasattractedIndiansandPakistanistoCalifornia.10.WithmoreimmigrantscomingtoCalifornianowandthen,itisbelievedthatbeforelongtherewillbeaevengreatermixofnationalitiesinthisstate.,T,T,II.Choosethebestanswer.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueabouttheGoldRush?OnlyafewpeoplebecamerichintheGoldRush.B.ManypeoplediedintheGoldRush.C.IthappenedduringtheAmerican-Mexicanwar.D.SouthAmericanswereamongthefirsttoarrivetolookforgold.,C,Thetextisaboutthebrief_ofCalifornia,whichfocusesonthesettlementofthestate.,history,Readthetextquicklyandcompleteitsmainidea.,Skimming,NorthAmerica,SouthAmerica,Africa,Europe,Asia,Oceania,Antarctica,PacificOcean,PacificOcean,AtlanticOcean,IndianOcean,ArcticOcean,Namethesevencontinentsandfouroceans.,WhyisCaliforniasuchamulticulturalcommunity?Whatproblemsdoyouthinkmightarise?Explaininyourownwords.Writethreeorfoursentences.Compareyouranswerwithothersinyourclass.,ThestateofCaliforniaisamulticulturalcommunitybecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeoplehavebeenmovingintothestateforthelast200years.Itisthismixofpeopleswiththeirowncustoms,cultureandfoodthathavegivenCaliforniaitsmulticulturalflavor.,Problemsthatmightariseincludeinterculturalrivalryorcompetition,discriminationor