Early Exploration

When Cabrillo explored California,

• all California Indians welcomed them.

• the English claimed California.

• the Spanish came later.

• some of the California Indians did not want the explorers on their land.

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo explored California before Sebastian Vizcaino.

• True

• False

Some historians believe that Francis Drake met local California Indians like the Miwok when he stopped near present-day San Francisco.

• True

• False

Vizcaino explored the California coast and wrote about what he saw.

• True

• False

Which European country did Cabrillo and Vizcaino explore for?

• Portugal

• Spain

• England

• France

An explorer is

• a person who mines for gold.

• a person who goes to a new place to learn about it.

• a person who goes shopping for people.

• a person who rules a country.

What did the European explorers and California Indians disagree on?

• language

• folktale

• hunting

• land ownership

Which European country did Francis Drake explore for?

• Spain

• France

• England

• Portugal

Spain wanted to spread the Catholic religion when they explored other lands.

• True

• False

Explain what the explorers wanted to find.