Week 16: California Studies Weekly: End of the Missions

How were Spanish and Mexican California different?

• 1. Spanish settlers started the mission system, while Mexican settlers broke up the mission system.

• 1. Spanish settlers and Catholic priests wanted to teach American Indians about Christianity on mission land, while Mexican settlers gave the land away (in the form of land grants). 

• 1. Mexican settlers’ land grants became ranchos, which made the Californios who owned them rich. This made money for the Mexican government.

• All of the above

Who took over the mission system when Father Junípero Serra died?

•   Fermín Francisco de Lasuén

•   Gaspar de Portolá

•   Juan Crespí

•   José María de Echeandía

Which natural disaster destroyed the Great Stone Church at Mission San Juan Capistrano?

• tornado

• hurricane

• earthquake

• drought

After being a mission, Capistrano was sold to the _________________ family who used the land as a rancho for the next 20 years.

• Lasuén

• Forster

• Diaz

• Viejas

Using which tool can the company CyArk create blueprints and 3-D models of the missions and pueblos, in order to preserve them or recreate them in the event of a natural disaster? 

•   digital photography

•   3-D printing

• lasers

• ultrasound

Who did the Spanish take away land from to build their missions?

• Mexicans

• American Indians

• Ranchos

• Greeks

What happened to the land that had once belonged to the missions after the mission system was disassembled?

•   The land remained in the control of the church.

•  The American Indians took control of all the land that they had once worked on.

•  The land was given away in land grants to citizens who built large ranchos.

•  The Mexican government kept control of the land and used it for military purposes.

The Spanish priests used wine for religious ceremonies. How did the process of winemaking change over time?

•  Instead of using grapes, the priests used other fruits like apples, peaches and melon.

•  At one time, American Indians crushed grapes with their feet, but the priests created the grape press to make the process easier and faster.

•  The grapes that the priests once grew in Spain would not survive in California, so the priests developed a new variety that thrived in the new land.

•  The priests imported wine from Italy instead of making it themselves.

After the missions were closed, the American Indians who had lived there _______________.

•   were given land grants

•   joined other tribes

•   worked for the ranchos that took over the land

•   all of the above

How did disease affect the American Indians who lived in California and worked on the missions?

•  The Spanish people brought new diseases to California. The American Indians got sick and only 20,000 of them were left.

• The Spanish people brought animals with diseases to California. The American Indians did not get sick and all of them survived.