🌎Exploration and Settlement of California

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

• the Northwest Passage

• Alta California

• Mexican colonies

• the Pacific Ocean

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

• They declared war on the 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.

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

• pueblos

• missions

• presidios

• haciendas

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

• Africa.

• a route to Asia.

• the Atlantic Ocean.

• other Spanish-speaking countries.

The pueblos were created

• to grow food for the presidios.

• o 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.

_______________ traveled with Portolá on land to teach the Christian religion to the native peoples of California.

• Brother Bering

• Father Serra

• Father Crespi

• Sir Francis Drake

What was the purpose of the presidios?

• to explore Alta California

• to protect the missions

• to treat California Indians fairly

• to communicate with the Spanish rulers

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

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

• Mexico

• England

• Spain

• Russia