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 Beate AND Eldbjørg KLUNGTVEI€T

We are comming from the perl in Suldal, SAND We chosed California becase we were not alowed to chose USA. Then wechosed Calfornia.

[[image:map_ca.png width="622" height="402"]]Geogrphy:
==California is one of USA’s 50 states. It is located on the west coast. The Pacific Ocean is one of the neighbors, like Mexico and the states Nevada, Oregon and Arizona. The biggest cities are [|Los Angeles], [|San Diego], [|San Jose] and San Francisco. The capital is Sacramento. Actually Los Angeles is the county who has the most inhabitants in all of USA. California is divided into 58 county, every counties are responsible for their own polis within and local court. California becomes a state of America 9.septeber.1850. It was a part of Mexico before it became a part of USA.==

The coast of California was discovered by the Spanish man Cabrillo, in 1542.
==Not until the middle of the century the Spanish took California in possession, while they had settled down on Baja California, the peninsula south of California in 1697. Spanish Franciscans founded a number of mission stations in the area to convert the Indian population.== ==The Spanish were the first to arrive in California after the Native Americans. The Indians in California were split in many tribes. The contact with the white people had reduced the number of Indians from 310.000 to 250.000.== ==Mexico claimed the area of the country’s liberation in 1821. The area was characterized by foreign influence from mainly Russians, British and primarily Americans. And in 1846 the USA declared war against Mexico and California was formally ceded by Mexico in 1848.==

For almost 500 years ago the fight for California began. Queen sent Sir Francis Drake to harass and raid the Spanish galleons. England was also starting to realize the value of California.
==Spain was claiming many lands in the new world, and England didn’t want Spain to claim more lands, when they felt this would upset the balance of power between the two super powers at that time. The tension was high enough between England and Spain already.== ==But there was not enough Spaniards willing to leave Spain for the New World, and Spania attempts to convert the Indians into Spaniards was failing. The settlers in New Spain, which would soon become Mexico, were beginning to pose a problem to the Spanish as well. There was made some of the same errors that the English had made with the c that Spain had made. Spain forbade New Spain from trading with any other l beside them, and Spanish settlers who were born in Spain were considered to be a higher class than pure Spanish born in New Spain. Even though New Spain had adopted the culture of Spain, the Spanish restrictions would soon drive Spain from the New World just as the English had been driven out== ==The rich Central Valley eventually became known as the breadbasket of the world. California offered a lot to the nation. California allowed for year-round farming and fruits and vegetables could be grown in California that would grow in very few other places because of California's mild climate.==

Climate:
Most of California has rainy winters and dry summers. It’s more rain and fog near the cost. It is dryer and colder winters further inlands and hotter summers. The hottest temperature in California ever is 57 °C. That was taken 10 July 1913.

Sacramento river Sacramento River and San Joaquin River is the most known rivers in California. Both of them end in the Pacific Ocean.

 ** Hollywood ** Hollywood is a place in California in the City LA (Los Angeles). Hollywood has the second biggest movie production in the world. Only Bollywood is bigger. The film production has been going on since the early 1900 sentry. The reason why the film production settled down in LA instead of NY (New York), is because of the landscape(which is more varieties than in NY), better natural light. Because of this is Hollywood known all over the world. People associate Hollywood with American film production.

[[image:http://www.pme-math.org/conferences/images/SanJose.jpg]]San Jose
== Is the third largest city in California, it is only 8 cities that are bigger in all of USA. It is locates near the coast in north California, near the south end of the beach San Francisco Bay Area. It is the biggest city in north California. The population of San Jose is (2009) 1.006.892. San Jose had another name before 3.04.1979. It was named [|San Jose City Council] but it adopted the name San Jose. ==

Economics:
==The average income per person is around 38.956 US$. Even if it is a rich state is it around 12% poor people there, but it is only 4,9% that doesn’t have a job. The Gross domestic product of California is 1700 billion US $==

==There are a total student numbers of over 191 000 students and more than 1.340.000 living alumni in 2007. In 2006, tuition for students, people registered in California ca. U.S. $ 6-7.500, depending on the study.==

The Norwegian Finn Kydland with this university.
==It is a university with 26 voting members, established by California's constitution that UC is governed by. The governor appoints 18 members for a period of 12 years. One member is a student appointed for one year. Seven of the members are ex officio members - the governor, vice governor, the chairman of the legislative assembly, the school director, the president and vice president for alumni association and the president of the university.==

==University of California (UC) is a state university in the U.S. state of California. The University's first campus - Berkeley - was founded in 1868 in Oakland, while the tenth and newest campus opened in fall 2005 at the town of Merced. University system has six campuses that belong to the so-called Public Ivy - there is a group of public universities who hold professional and academic purposes, very high quality in the United States.==

** Arnold **** Schwarzenegger ** Arnold Schwarzenegger is an actor, bodybuilder, businessman and a politician    man. He was born 30.July.1947. He is the 38th governor in California. He got the “MR. UNIVERSE” at an age of 22 and he has won the “MR. OLYMPIA” title seven times. He started training at fifteen years old. Once he wrote a book about his sport. He got a “Hollywood action film icon” after he had the lead role in the action films “Conan the Barbarian” and “The Terminator (1, 2, 3 and 4)”. He first became the Governor in October 2003. He took the role after Gray Davis. He is married to Maria Shriver and they have four children.

**Calvin Cordozar** Calvin Cordozar Broadus better known as Snoop Dog, Snoopy or Snoop Doggy Dog is a known person from California. He is a rapper music producer and an actor.

Language:  57,59% people who are   English as a first language in California. It is 42,4% people over 5 years that speak other languages. It is spoken and written over 200 languages in California. English has been the official language since 1986. Difference between Brittan and California: - The (r) sound is not plain in Britain    , but it is very clear in California. It is easy to learn the difference. - <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It is 8 hour’s time difference. California is 8 hours later than Brittan. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Brittan have Queen and California share a president with the rest of the USA. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Likeness: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Both speak English. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Both of them are located on the north side of Equator. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Rugby is one of the most famous sports both places. But soccer is more popular in Brittan, and American Football in California.

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