California Studies Weekly Quiz #10

Spanish conquistadors were celebrated heroes upon their return to Spain. Why aren't their conquests celebrated by everyone?

• Because they were unsuccessful in their conquests

• Because they were cruel to the native people

• Because they were not recognized for their achievements

• Because they didn't discover any new lands

Sebastián Vizcaíno sailed the southern California coast from 1602-1603 and is credited with naming San Diego and other landmarks. He is also remembered for

• Producing accurate maps used by sailors for over one hundred years

• Visiting Easter Island and conquering the indigenous people

• Discovering Hawaii and forming alliances with the native tribes

• Sailing up the Rio Grande and creating a settlement

This Spanish soldier discovered California in 1542, while sailing up the coast to find a trading port for ships traveling across the Pacific to Asia. Who was he?

• Hernán Cortés

• Ponce de Leon

• Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo

• Amerigo Vespucci

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 Pacific Oceans

• Built his own ships

• Sailed around the tip of Africa to reach Asia

Hernán Cortés took advantage of the Aztec of Mexico by

• Paying huge amounts of gold to the chief

• Allowing them to mistake him for Quetzalcoatl, a returning god

• Ambushing them at night while the tribe was asleep

• Sneaking in undetected using underwater breathing tools

This man was hired by Russia to explore northern Siberia and discovered a small opening of water between Russian and present-day Alaska. Who was he?

• John Cabot

• Sir Francis Drake

• Captain James Cook

• Vitus Bering

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

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

• Sail around the world on his own boat

• Sail for the Queen of England

• Be buried at sea

San Diego was an ideal bay for Cabrillo's fleet because it

• Was deep enough for large boats

• Was protected from violent storms

• Both A and C

• Was shallow enough for the men to walk in on foot

Conquistadors were Spanish soldiers who

• Settled the land for future countryman

• Conquered native inhabitants

• All of the above

• Explored new lands

Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer who was quite different from the other explorers in this issue. What made him different from the other explorers you studied this week?

• He was not recognized for his achievements

• He sailed around the world on his own boat

• He was unsuccessful in his explorations

• He did not discover any new lands