4th gr. Ca. Studies Weekly: Week 10: California Explorers

In what year did Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo first land in California?

• 1942

• 1542

• 1624

• 1492

Cabrillo's docked his ships in present day

• San Diego

• Monterey

• San Miguel

• San Salvador

The purpose of Juan Cabrillo's mission was

• to see what California looked like

• to meet up with Columbus

• to find gold and riches

• Set up a trading port in the Pacific for ships traveling to Asia to stop at along the California coast

What was the name of the Spanish explorer who conquered Moctezuma and the Aztecs?

• Cortes

• Vizcaino

• Columbus

• Vitus Bering

Captain James Cook was an English explorer, navigator and mapmaker who

• explored many of the Pacific islands including Hawaii and Easter Island.

• Found a water passage near the tip of South America to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

• sailed around the tip of Africa to reach Asia

• built his own ships

Who was hired by Russia to explore northern Siberia and discovered a small opening of water between Russia and Alaska?

• Captain James Cook

• Sir Francis Drake

• Vitus Bering

• John Cabot

Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer who was the first person to

• sail around the world on a ship

• draft an accurate map of the Pacific Ocean and its islands

• sail for the Queen of England

• be buried at sea

Sir Francis Drake is also famous for

• sailing around the Cape of Good Hope

• conquering the Aztecs

• Finding San Diego

• attacking ships on small spanish outposts and robbing them of all their gold, treasure and supplies

Conquistadors were Spanish soldiers who

• explored new land and just saw what was there

• conquered the natives and then claimed/stole land for their mother country

• set up missions in California

Sebastian Vizcaino sailed the southern California coast in

• 1503

• 1492

• 1602-1603