1. What was the main result of using new farming machines in California's Central Valley?
- A. The soil in the valley became less rich
- B. It made farming much more difficult for people
- C. Farmers could grow and gather a lot more food
- D. People stopped farming and moved to cities
2. What is the main reason early settlers in California invented new tools?
- A. To solve problems
- B. To sell their ideas
- C. To compete with others
- D. To practice building
3. If a new community was built in a very dry desert, which invention would help it get water?
- A. A special machine for picking tomatoes
- B. A large boat for traveling on the ocean
- C. An aqueduct to carry water to the town
- D. A tall fence to keep wild animals away
4. Scientists in Davis created a new tomato-picking machine. What problem did this invention help solve?
- A. It stopped wild animals from eating the tomatoes
- B. It made it faster and easier to harvest crops
- C. It helped farmers grow tomatoes in the desert
- D. It changed the taste of the tomatoes to be sweeter
5. Aqueducts and new farming machines show that settlers...
- A. only built towns near the ocean
- B. used clever ideas to solve problems
- C. preferred to live in the mountains
- D. avoided living in places with rich soil
6. If a student wanted to find the location of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which type of map would be most helpful?
- A. A political map
- B. A physical map
- C. A special-purpose map of roads
- D. A map of state capitals
7. A political map is most useful for finding which of the following?
- A. The tallest mountain in a state
- B. The border between two states
- C. The main rivers in a country
- D. The location of large forests
8. The main purpose of a physical map is to show which of the following?
- A. the locations of major cities
- B. the natural landforms of an area
- C. the roads connecting different towns
- D. the population of different regions
9. If you wanted to find the capital of a state and also see if it is located in the mountains, what two maps would be most helpful?
- A. A weather map and a road map
- B. A political map and a physical map
- C. Two different political maps
- D. A special-purpose map and a city map
10. A map that shows only the paths that pioneers used to travel west during the 1800s is an example of what kind of map?
- A. A physical map
- B. A special-purpose map
- C. A political map
- D. A world map