Week 17: California Studies Weekly

How did the arrival of the Spanish impact the American Indians' economy?

• The Spanish established the missions, which taught Indians how to farm instead of hunting and gathering and become a farming economy
• The value of Spanish Gold went up because they claimed Indian land
• The Church was able to make more money off the missions
• The American Indians' value of products such as cattle and horses increased in value for the Spanish to buy

Along with corn, wheat, and barley, the Franciscans and American Indians grew____________ that they processed into oil.

• cotton seed
• sunflowers
• olives
• soybeans

The honeybee population, which was important for polluting many plants that produce the food that we eat, has been decreasing because of pesticides and 

• disease
• habitat loss
• increasing global temperatures
• parasitic mites

After Mexico took control of California, _____________________________

• the Mexican government gave away land in grants
• priests established missions to convert the American Indians
• Soldiers took the best land for themselves
• Spain gave away the land in the form of land grants

Cattle were important to the missions of California because they provided

• beef, bull fights, and rodeos
• manure for crops
• baby calves 
• beef, milk, cheese

When the Central Pacific Railroad decided to create a new station, the city of _____________ was born.

• San Francisco
• Fresno
• Los Angeles
• Millerton

John Deere developed the _____________ which helped farmers break up the land easier to plant crops.

• steel shovel
• steel tractor
• steel plow
• steel planter

Organic produce is grown without synthetic fertilizers or _________________

• sunlight
• pesticides
• minerals 
• water

In an effort to use milk before it spoiled, priests and American Indians made____________

• cookies
• butter
• ice cream
• cheese

How did most people make money during the California Gold Rush of 1848?

• They struck it rich!
• Entrepreneurs sold goods to the miners when miners came to find gold
• Entrepreneurs advertised their goods in newspapers and the promotion helped them get more money
• There were thiefs and bandits that stole the gold that miners found and re-sold it in pawn shops