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
Answer Key
1. The San Fernando Valley is 20 miles long.
2. The width of the San Fernando Valley is 12 miles.
3. San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Boston can fit in the San Fernando Valley.
4. Menton Neggen settled in a fledgling Scandinavian settlement with the Biblical name of Zelzah.
5. In 1914 is the year Van Nuys flooded.
6. In 1929 the Pacoima Canyon dam was built.
7. In 1931 the big Tujunga Canyon dam was built.
8. The Lankershim Boulevard Bridge collapsed in the rains of 1938.
9. Hansen Dam was built in August 17, 1940.
10. The Los Angeles River starts were two concrete streams meet behind the bleachers of the Canoga Park High School football field.
11. Hansen Dam was named after Dr. Homer Hansen, a pioneer sub-divider.
12. The Van Nuys Retention Basin took 1,000 acres of farmland and ranches.
13. The Van Nuys Retention Basin is called today the Sepulveda Dam Basin.
14. Film Actress Jane Wyman, the wife of actor Ronald Reagan, cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony for the basin in March 1942.
15. 6.6 Magnitude was the magnitude of the 1971 earthquake.
16. The San Fernando Valley Veterans Hospital in Sylmar collapsed during the 1926 earthquake.
17. Olive View Medical Center in Sylmar fell during an earthquake.
18. The Northridge Earthquake was on January 17, 1994.
Author: Kevin Roderick
ISBN: 1-883792-55X
U-$1.00-B-0.003856699-BE-259
Go to Table of Contents
Go to Questions
Chapter 1: The Land
Answer Key
1. The San Fernando Valley is 20 miles long.
2. The width of the San Fernando Valley is 12 miles.
3. San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Boston can fit in the San Fernando Valley.
4. Menton Neggen settled in a fledgling Scandinavian settlement with the Biblical name of Zelzah.
5. In 1914 is the year Van Nuys flooded.
6. In 1929 the Pacoima Canyon dam was built.
7. In 1931 the big Tujunga Canyon dam was built.
8. The Lankershim Boulevard Bridge collapsed in the rains of 1938.
9. Hansen Dam was built in August 17, 1940.
10. The Los Angeles River starts were two concrete streams meet behind the bleachers of the Canoga Park High School football field.
11. Hansen Dam was named after Dr. Homer Hansen, a pioneer sub-divider.
12. The Van Nuys Retention Basin took 1,000 acres of farmland and ranches.
13. The Van Nuys Retention Basin is called today the Sepulveda Dam Basin.
14. Film Actress Jane Wyman, the wife of actor Ronald Reagan, cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony for the basin in March 1942.
15. 6.6 Magnitude was the magnitude of the 1971 earthquake.
16. The San Fernando Valley Veterans Hospital in Sylmar collapsed during the 1926 earthquake.
17. Olive View Medical Center in Sylmar fell during an earthquake.
18. The Northridge Earthquake was on January 17, 1994.
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