History, Sport, Religion, Economy and Education in California

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CALIFORNIA CITY

• JATIN SINGH

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Tables of Content

• About California
• History
• Religion
• Sport
• EducationEconomy
• Resources

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About California

• California is the most populous state in the
  United States and the third most extensive by
  area. Located on the western (Pacific Ocean)
  coast of the U.S.
• California is bordered by the other U.S. states
  of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an
  international border with the Mexican state of
  Baja California.
• California's diverse geography ranges from the
  Pacific Coast in the west to the Sierra Nevada
  mountain range in the east and from the
  redwoodDouglas fir forests in the northwest to
  the Mojave Desert in the southeast.

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History

• The history of California can be divided into
  the Native American period European exploration
  period from 1542 to 1769 the Spanish colonial
  period, 1769 to 1821 the Mexican period, 1821 to
  1848 and United States statehood, which continues
  to this present day.
• California was settled from the North by
  successive waves of arrivals during the last
  10,000 years. It was one of the most culturally
  and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian
  North America

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Religion

• The largest religious denominations by number of
  adherents as a percentage of California's
  population in 2014 were the Catholic Church with
  28 percent, Evangelical Protestants with 20
  percent, and Mainline Protestants with 10
  percent.
• Together, all kinds of Protestants accounted for
  32 percent. Those unaffiliated with any religion
  represented 27 percent of the population.
• The breakdown of other religions in 2008 was 0.5
  Muslim, 1 Hindu and 2 Buddhist.

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Sport

• California has twenty major professional sports
  league franchises, far more than any other state.
• California has long had many respected collegiate
  sports programs. California is home to the oldest
  college bowl game, the annual Rose Bowl, among
  others.
• California is the only US state to have hosted
  both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The 1932 and
  1984 Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles.

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Education

• The educational system in California consists of
  public and private schools in the U.S. state of
  California, including the public University of
  California, California State University, and
  California Community Colleges systems, private
  colleges and universities, and public and private
  elementary, middle, and high schools.
• Public secondary education consists of high
  schools that teach elective courses in trades,
  languages, and liberal arts with tracks for
  gifted, college-bound and industrial arts
  students. California's public educational system
  is supported by a unique constitutional amendment
  that requires a minimum annual funding level for
  grades K12 and community colleges that grows
  with the economy and student enrollment figures

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Economy

• The economy of California is large enough to be
  comparable to that of the largest of countries.
  As of 2016, the gross state product (GSP) is
  about 2.514 trillion, the largest in the United
  States.
• California's GSP is larger than the GDP of all
  but 5 countries in dollar terms (the United
  States, China, Japan, Germany, and the United
  Kingdom, larger than Brazil, France, Russia,
  Italy, India, Canada, Australia, Spain and
  Turkey.
• In Purchasing Power Parity, it is larger than
  all but 10 countries (the United States, China,
  India, Japan, Germany, Russia, Brazil, France,
  the United Kingdom, and Indonesia), larger than
  Italy, Mexico, Spain, South Korea, Saudi Arabia,
  Canada and Turkey.

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Resource

• http//uspopulation2017.com/population-california-
  2017.html
• https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CaliforniaHistory