4th Grade Chapter 3 California

Why did Spanish explorers want to find the Strait of Anian?

• to cross the Sierra Nevada

• to make trading with Asia easier

• to find an easier route to California

Where did the Spanish believe the Strait of Anian was located?

• in the northern Pacific Ocean

• in the northern Carribean Sea

• at the southern tip of South America

Which group did Hernando Cortes conquer?

• the Chumash

• the Cahuilla

• the Miwok

• the Aztec

What did later explorers discover about the island northwest of New Spain that Cortes had claimed for Spain?

• that English settlements had already been built there

• that it was a peninsula, not an island

• that the Strait of Anian was just north of it

• that the native peoples of the island had a lot of gold

How did the Spanish learn about the coast of Alta California?

• from an Indian map painted on the walls of a cave

• from charts made by Francis Drake

• from maps Cortes took back to Spain

• from a sea expedition led by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

In which bay did Sebastian Vizcaino claim to have found a good harbor for a port?

• Monterey Bay

• San Diego Bay

• San Francisco Bay

Who started the first missions in California?

• Gaspar de Portola

• Juan Crespi

• Junipero Serra

• Fernando Rivera y Moncada

Which of the following is a primary source?

• an encyclopedia entry about King Carlos

• Father Serra's diary

• a biography of Juan Bautista de Anza

• a newspaper article about the missions

Why were most supplies sent to Alta California by sea?

• because the land routes were controlled by the California Indians

• because Alta California had many good harbors

• because no land routes had been discovered

• because the land routes were too difficult

Most of the ____________ in California were Franciscan priests, who taught Catholicism and the Spanish ways of life to the Indian.

• presidios

• pueblos

• missionaries

• neophytes