Exploration and Early Settlements in California

These forts in New Spain protected their settlements

• pueblos

• presidios

• missions

• galleons

He started the first mission in Alta California.

• Father Junipero Serra

• James Cook

• Juan Rodriguez Carrillo

• Juan Bautista de Anza

Spanish explorers that conquered the land and the people who lived in those areas.

• pirates

• ship builders

• slaves

• conquistadors

These were the two main ways to travel to Alta California

• land route and underground

• sea route and air route

• sea route and land route

• teleportation and sea route

This is a settlement ruled and controlled by a faraway government.

• province

• mission

• colony

• presidio

A landform that is land with water almost all around it.

• peninsula

• island

• archipelago

• canyon

Spanish explorers went in search of riches and this legendary waterway through North America.

• Mississippi River

• Strait of Anian

• Colorado River

• Overland Route

Before the Spanish came to Alta California, the Indians did this to feed themselves.

• farmed

• hunted animals and gathered plants and berries

• went grocery shopping

• traded with soldiers

This mean to resist or act against another person or group. This is what some Indians did to fight against the missionaries.

• revolt

• peace talk

• write angry letters

• look for other places to live

Farming communities that were started to supply the presidios with food

• galleons

• colonies

• missions

• pueblos