Social Studies Ch. 3: Spanish California (Houghton Mifflin)

A strong flow of wind, water or electricity is a:

• peninsula

• peak

• current

• gust

Who was the first European to visit Alta California?

• Cabrillo

• Cortez

• Drake

• Portola

The following was NOT a barrier to explorers traveling to Alta California:

• wind and water currents

• lack of ships

• steep cliffs

• deserts and high mountains

What is a mission?

• a settlements built to teach a religion to people nearby

• another name for a school

• a person who travels to an area to teach a religion

• land ruled by another country

Convert means:

• to rise again a ruler

• to change clothes

• a way to get from one place to another

• to change a religion or belief

TRUE or FALSE: Indians were forced to give up their way of life to become Roman Catholics.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: On the missions, Indians farmed, raised animals and traded goods with other missions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who was the first governor of California?

• Jerry Brown

• Felipe de Neve

• Juan Bautista

• Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

The first governor of Alta California started pueblos in order to:

• create jobs for soldiers

• grow food for the soldiers

• help grow the colony

• protect the colony

Presidios were built to provide for:

• protection for families

• food for the pueblos

• supplies for ships

• jobs