Social Studies Explorers Unit 3 TCI Review

When Spanish explorers discovered the Americas, they were actually look for

• Africa

• a route to Asia

• the Atlantic Ocean

• other Spanish-Speaking countries

What is a colony?

• any area of land that is not yet a state

• a territory that is ruled by a country in another land

• lands that have not yet been explored by Europeans

• a port where Spanish explorers could rest from their journeys

Who led the first sea expedition to Alta California in 1542?

• Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

• Francis Drake

• Sebastian Vizcaino

• Vitus Bering

What was Francis Drake looking for when he set sail from England in 1577?

• the Northwest Passage

• Alta California

• Mexican colonies

• the Pacific Ocean

Vizcaino discovered ________________in 1602, but the Spanish king decided not to start a new settlement there.

• the Los Angeles port

• San Diego Bay

• the Santa Cruz harbor

• Monterey Bay

What country sent Vitus Bering on his 1728 expedition where he discovered a waterway separating Asia and North America?

• Mexico

• England

• Spain

• Russia

Why did Spain's rulers send Gaspar de Portola on an expedition to California in 1769?

• They declared war on California Indians

• They wanted to eliminate all Mexican colonies in California

• They were worried that England and Russia would take over California

• They had discovered gold in California's mountains and wanted to become rich.

___________ traveled with Portola on land to teach the Christian religion to the native peoples of California.

• Brother Bering

• Father Serra

• Father Crespi

• Sir Francis Drake

In the ____________, priests taught their religion to the native peoples of California.

• pueblos

• missions

• presidios

• haciendas

The pueblos were created ____________________

• to grow food for the presidios

• to buy Bibles for the California Indians

• to teach the native peoples how to cook Spanish foods

• to provide a place of recreation for the priests