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G.
California poppy
California Indians cherished the poppy as both a source of food and for oil extracted from the plant. Its botanical name, Eschsholtzia Californica,was given by Adelbert Von Chamisso, a naturalist and member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, who dropped anchor in San Francisco in 1816 in a bay surrounded by hills ofthe golden flowers. Also sometimes known as the flame flower, la amapola, and copa de oro (cup of gold), the poppy grows wild throughout California. It became the state flowerin 1903.
A.
The state of California was discovered in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo; later being established in 1848. Blessed Juniper Serra, a Spanish priest, was thefounder of the golden state. California was formally admitted as a state in 1850.
B.
A majority of Californians today are migrants from other states. The largestnamed ancestries in California are Mexican (25%), German (9%), Irish (7.7%), English (7.4%); there are 65 other ethnicities including Albanians, Haitians, Pakistanis, andSomalis. Both Los Angeles and San Francisco have large numbers of residents with French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Scandinavian ancestry.
formally admitted as a state in1850
C. California has a total area of 163,695 Square Miles. This gives it an area rank of 3 (out of the 50 US states). There are two major ranges of mountains in California:The Sierra Nevada and The Coast Ranges. Some of the main rivers in California are the Sacramento River, the Colorado River, and the San Joaquin River. There are more than3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in California. California is mostly made up of forests although it does consist if deserts and valleys in the south-eastern region.
California poppy
California Indians cherished the poppy as both a source of food and for oil extracted from the plant. Its botanical name, Eschsholtzia Californica,was given by Adelbert Von Chamisso, a naturalist and member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, who dropped anchor in San Francisco in 1816 in a bay surrounded by hills ofthe golden flowers. Also sometimes known as the flame flower, la amapola, and copa de oro (cup of gold), the poppy grows wild throughout California. It became the state flowerin 1903.
A.
The state of California was discovered in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo; later being established in 1848. Blessed Juniper Serra, a Spanish priest, was thefounder of the golden state. California was formally admitted as a state in 1850.
B.
A majority of Californians today are migrants from other states. The largestnamed ancestries in California are Mexican (25%), German (9%), Irish (7.7%), English (7.4%); there are 65 other ethnicities including Albanians, Haitians, Pakistanis, andSomalis. Both Los Angeles and San Francisco have large numbers of residents with French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Scandinavian ancestry.
formally admitted as a state in1850
C. California has a total area of 163,695 Square Miles. This gives it an area rank of 3 (out of the 50 US states). There are two major ranges of mountains in California:The Sierra Nevada and The Coast Ranges. Some of the main rivers in California are the Sacramento River, the Colorado River, and the San Joaquin River. There are more than3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in California. California is mostly made up of forests although it does consist if deserts and valleys in the south-eastern region.
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