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Nothing Rhymes with Orange Ch 4-5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the year ____, violent earthquakes left the Great Stone Church in ruins.

a)

1776

b)

1812

c)

1821

2.

Miss Jones said that Spain's ____ ____ would not pay to repair the Great Stone Church.

a)

Gaspar de Portola

b)

King Carlos

c)

Junipero Serra

3.

Rather than pay (a)   to Spain, Mexican rebels wanted their own government

4.

A pirate named Hippolyte de Bouchard (a)   the California coast, pillaging pueblos and missions, stealing silver, gold, and other treasures.

5.

What did De Bouchard and his pirates do when they came ashore? (Check all that apply.)

a)

stole valuables

b)

burried two large church bells

c)

burned huts

d)

looted Father Serra's chapel

6.

Some said the pirates did more damage to the mission than the 1812 _____.

a)

government

b)

Mexican rebels

c)

earthquakes

7.

When the war between Mexico and Spain was over in 1821, all the land that would later become Orange County was a part of (a)   .

8.

The Spanish soldiers and many of the Franciscan Fathers left their presidios, pueblos, and missions and returned to _____.

a)

Mexico

b)

Orange County

c)

Spain

9.

Some Spanish families stayed in what would become Orange County because King Carlos gave them large gifts--some called ____ ____.

(a)  

10.

By the 1840's, more than ___ big land grants had been granted in what is now Orange County.

a)

10

b)

20

c)

30

d)

40

11.

Another name for land grants is (a)   .

12.

Orange County was a part of Mexico from

a)

1769-1776

b)

1812-1821

c)

1821-1848

13.

Sleek Yankee sailing ships soon were coming ashore all along the California coast to trade their (a)   goods

14.

Goods traded included:

(Check all that apply.)

a)

knives

b)

cowhides

c)

ranchos

d)

jump ropes

15.

Chapman's Old Mission oranges was located in what city in Orange County?

a)

Orange

b)

Anaheim

c)

Fullerton

d)

Yorba Linda

16.

What was Father Junipero Serra called?

a)
the Apostle of California
b)

A western explorer

c)

The father of our county

d)

A student in Miss Jones's class

17.

Father Junipero Serra was accused by some of using harsh methods in his dealing with _____ ______.

a)

Mexican rebels

b)

Native Americans

c)

Spanish soldiers

d)

Ranch owners

18.

Yankee sailing ships were coming ashore all along the California coast to trade their manufactured goods. What does manufactured mean?

a)

grown by farmers

b)

built with machines

c)

Made by man in Hawaii, then flown to California

19.

In 1835, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., a boy sailor, was part of the crew on a tall ship named (a)   .

20.

Young Richard Henry Dana, Jr, wrote he was very _______ as the sailors lowered him down the cliff to retrieve the stray cowhides.

a)

frightened

b)

excited

c)

dizzy