Book: The San Fernando Valley, America's Suburb
Author: Kevin Roderick
ISBN: 1-883792-55X
U-$1.00-B-0.003856699-BE-259
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Chapter 1: The Land
Questions/Notes
1. How long is the San Fernando Valley?
2. What is the width of the San Fernando Valley?
3. Which 3 U.S. cities together can fit in the San Fernando Valley?
4. Who settled in a fledgling Scandinavian settlement with the Biblical name of Zelzah?
5. In what year did Van Nuys flood?
6. In what year was the Pacoima Canyon dam built?
7. In what year was the Big Tujunga Canyon dam built?
8. Which bridge collapsed in the rains of 1938?
9. In what year was Hansen Dam built?
10. Where does the Los Angeles River start?
11. Who was Hansen Dam named after?
12. How many acres of farmland and ranches did the Van Nuys Retention Basin take?
13. What is the Van Nuys Retention Basin called today?
14. Who cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony for the basin in March 1942?
15. What was the magnitude of the 1971 earthquake?
16. Which hospital collapse during this quake?
17. Which medical center fell during this earthquake?
18. In which year was the Northridge Earthquake?
Author: Kevin Roderick
ISBN: 1-883792-55X
U-$1.00-B-0.003856699-BE-259
Go to Table of Contents
Go to Answer Key
Chapter 1: The Land
Questions/Notes
1. How long is the San Fernando Valley?
2. What is the width of the San Fernando Valley?
3. Which 3 U.S. cities together can fit in the San Fernando Valley?
4. Who settled in a fledgling Scandinavian settlement with the Biblical name of Zelzah?
5. In what year did Van Nuys flood?
6. In what year was the Pacoima Canyon dam built?
7. In what year was the Big Tujunga Canyon dam built?
8. Which bridge collapsed in the rains of 1938?
9. In what year was Hansen Dam built?
10. Where does the Los Angeles River start?
11. Who was Hansen Dam named after?
12. How many acres of farmland and ranches did the Van Nuys Retention Basin take?
13. What is the Van Nuys Retention Basin called today?
14. Who cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony for the basin in March 1942?
15. What was the magnitude of the 1971 earthquake?
16. Which hospital collapse during this quake?
17. Which medical center fell during this earthquake?
18. In which year was the Northridge Earthquake?
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