Chapter 3 Test

Why did Spanish explorers want to find the straight of Aninan?

• to find an easier route to California

• to make trading with Asia easier

• to cross the Sierra Nevadas

• to ship captured Indians back to Spain

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

• in the northern Caribbean Sea

• at the southern tip 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 Straight 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 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

Most of the ​ (a)   ​ in California were Franciscan priests, who taught Catholicism and Spanish ways of life to the Indians.

The Spanish in California built​ ​ (b)     to defend the coastline and to protect the missions from attacks.

The cities known as San Jose and Los Angeles began as farming communities called ​​ (c)     .

• missionaries
• presidios
• pueblos

Spanish ships sailing from New Spain to the Philippines depended on (a)   to speed them on their way.

Indians new to Catholicism, who were called ​ (b)   , had to give up their traditional beliefs.

• ocean currents
• neophytes

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