Social Studies Chapter 3 Test Review

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

• To find an easier route to California

• to make trading with Asia easier

• to cross the Sierra Nevada

• to ship captured Indians back to Spain

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

• in the northern Caribbean Sea

• at the southern tips of South America

• in the northern Pacific Ocean

• between the Philippines and New Spain

Which group did Hernando Cortes conquer?

• the Chumash

• the Aztec

• the Cahuilla

• the Miwok

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

• that it was a peninsula, not an island

• that English settlements had already been built there

• 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 the charts made by Francis Drake

• from maps that Cortes took back to Spain

• from a sea expedition led by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

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

• San Francisco Bay

• San Diego Bay

• Humboldt Bay

• Monterey Bay

Based on the map, which country appears to be Spain's greatest rival for control of the Pacific coast of North America?

• Russia

• Britain

• France

• Mexico

Who started the first missions in Alta California?

• Gaspar de Portola

• Juan Crespi

• Junipero Serra

• Fernando Rivera y Moncada

Why were most supplies sent to Alta California by sea?

• because the land routes were controlled by California Indians

• because Alta California had many good harbors

• because no land routes had yet been discovered

• because the land routes were too difficult

Which of the following would be an important primary source about daily life in Alta California?

• a recent newspaper article about Spanish missions in California history.

• a biography of Juan Bautista de Anza

• Father Junipero Serra's diary

• an encyclopedia entry about King Carlos III