Unit 1 California

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Unit 1 California

What do you already know about the state of California?

The golden state

Ever wondered how California got its name? Early Spanish explorers mistakenly thought that California was an island. They named it after a mythical island from a Spanish novel called California. It was ruled by Queen Califia and the only people living there were female warriors who used gold tools and weapons. California got its nickname 'The Golden State' a few centuries later when a massive rush of gold seekers came to California to get rich.

Have you heard of the Gold Rush? What do you think it means?

California is not cool as in the weather but cool as in the most.........place to be.

1. rational
2. fashionable
3. horrible
4. musical

The summers in Alameda county are short.

1. False
2. True

Ventura county is in the northern part of California.

1. false
2. true

What is the name of the oil Capital of Kern county?

1. Bakerloo
2. Bakerstreet
3. Bakerfield
4. Bakers

What is the primary industry of Fresno county?

1. tech industry
2. film and media
3. social service
4. agriculture

Mountains, skiing, deserts and peaches are all within a one-hour radius of San Bardino

1. False
2. True

Riverside county is the birthplace of California's ......industry.

1. orange
2. citrus
3. banana
4. mango

Describe what the term 'melting pot of cultures' means. (Dutch or English)

What is the name of the ocean where Orange county is bordered?

1. Pacific Ocean
2. Indian Ocean
3. Atlantic Ocean
4. North Sea

With which two industries is Los Angeles commonly associated?

1. film & social media
2. digital media & analog media
3. film & entertainment
4. entertainment & digital media

'The California Gold Rush'

Unit 1.1, page 8

TASK

1. Exercises 2 & 3, work in pairs.
2.  www.readtheory.org

HOMEWORK Monday 24-08:

Study appearances 1 & 2