The Elusive Eden Study Questions Chapters One and Two

1. What is Californian's love affair with history?
2. Who was Cabrillo?
3. What was the Serra-Portola expedition? When did occur?
4. What was The Bear Flag Revolt? When did it occur?
5. What was The Gold Rush? When did it occur?
6. Who were the Big Four?
7. What is "traditional history?
8. What is Casa del Oro?
9. What are Presidios?
10. What is "Boosterism?"
11. What are "Old Towns?"
12. What is the difference between Bodie and Calico?
13. What is "model frontier democracy?"
14. What is Las Sergas de Esplandián?
15. Who was Garciá Ordoñez de Montalvo
16. What does it mean to say the California has a "dynamic landscape?"
17. What climate types does California have?
18. What is special about the Redwood, the Sequoia and the Bristlecone?
19. Where is California's central deep-water port?
20. Where does San Francisco and Oakland get their water?
21. Where does Los Angeles get its water?