TRABALHOLocation:CaliforniaisastatelocatedontheWestCoastoftheUnitedStates.NicknamedTheGoldenState,itisthemostpopulousandthird-largeststatebylandarea,afterAlaskaandTexas.California'sdiversegeographyrangesfromthePacificCoasttothewest,totheSierraNevadaMountainsintheeast,totheMojaveDesertareasinthesoutheastandtotheRedwood–Douglas-firforestsofthenorthwest.ItsfivelargestcitiesareLosAngeles,SanDiego,SanJose,SanFrancisco,andFresno.HistoryThenameCaliforniaoncereferredtoalargeareaofNorthAmericaclaimedbySpain.Beginninginthelate18thcentury,theareawascolonizedbytheSpanishEmpireaspartofNewSpain.In1821,AltaCaliforniabecameapartofMexicofollowingitssuccessfulwarforindependence.AmericanvictoryinthewarledtotheTreatyofGuadalupeHidalgo,inwhichMexicoceded(MexicocededtotheUnitedStatesUpperCaliforniaandNewMexico)AltaCaliforniatotheUnitedStates.WesternareasofAltaCaliforniabecamethestateofCalifornia,whichwasadmittedasthe31ststateonSeptember9,1850.IndustryMeanwhile,attractedtothemildMediterraneanclimate,cheapland,andthestate'swidevarietyofgeography,filmmakersestablishedthestudiosysteminHollywoodinthe1920s.Acoupleofdecadeslater,StanfordUniversityanditsDeanofEngineeringFrederickTermanbeganencouragingfacultyandgraduatestostayinCaliforniainsteadofleavingthestate,anddevelopahigh-techregionintheareanowknownasSiliconValley.Asaresultoftheseefforts,Californiaiscurrentlyregardedasaworldcenteroftheentertainmentandmusicindustries,oftechnologyandengineeringbusinesses,andastheU.S.centerofagriculturalproduction.TheLosAngelesLakersareaNationalBasketballAssociation(NBA)teambasedinLosAngeles,California.KobeTeamcaptainI’msureallofyououttherearebigfansofHollywood.Whowouldn’tbe?IthasbeenthekingofentertainmentovermanydecadesnowandHollywoodhasshowcasedsomeofthebestactorsourworldhaseverseen.TigerWoodsisanAmericanprofessionalgolferwhoseachievementstodaterankhimamongthemostsuccessfulgolfersofalltime.LawrenceLarryPage[2](bornMarch26,1973)isanAmericancomputerscientistandindustrialistwho,withSergeyBrin,isbestknownastheco-founderofGoogle.FOODThetypicalAmericanfoodishamburgers,hotdogs,pizza,frenchfrys,applepie,friedchicken