Social Studies Unit 3 Study Guide

Drake's __________________ was the second to sail around the world

• colony

• strait

• expedition

• pueblo

A(n) ________________ was a farming selement that grew food for the presidios.

• colony

• strait

• expeditioin

• pueblo

What was the main reason the Spanish came to Mexico?

• to catch wild horses

• to find gold and silver

• to trade for animal furs

• to go to a different church

Why did European explorers want to reach Asia?

• to build a bigger army

• . to escape from a cruel king

• to trade for spices and silks

• to learn how other people lived

What was one reason it was hard for Juan Cabrillo to sail north along the Pacific coast?

• . There was too lile wind.

• The land was sandy deserts.

• The coastline was rocky.

• The ocean current flowed north.

What was Francis Drake looking for on the Pacific coast?

• . an American Indian village

• some Russian ships to aack

• better land for European farmers

• a waterway across North America

Gaspar de Portolá led the first European expedion to Alta California that

• started settlements.

• traveled on the ocean.

• found gold in the hills.

• attacked Spanish ships.

What made Portolá’s expedition to Alta California especially difficult?

• icy storms

• hilly deserts

• Indian attacks

• Spanish missions

What was the first California bay discovered by one of these explorers? When was it discovered?

• San Diego Bay 1542

• Monterey Bay 1602

• San Diego Bay, Monterey Bay, San Francisco Bay 1769

• Mexico to San Francisco

Early California settlements were called

• missions

• claims

• bearings

• Guadalupes