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Social Studies- Our California Unit 3, Gr. 4 Scott Foresman

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you (a)   two or more things, you tell how they are alike

2.

Who was Levi Strauss?

(a)  

3.

to come into another country to live

a)

fugitive

b)

immigrate

c)

California Trail

d)

ratify

4.

a written plan for governing a country or state

a)

representative

b)

constitution

c)

boomtown

d)

fugitive

5.

Which is the Question to this Answer- In January 1848, this man was building a sawmill for John Sutter in Colma next to the American River where he found gold.

a)

Who was John Bidwell?

b)

Who was Sam Brannon?

c)

Who was Helen Hunt Jackson?

d)

Who was James Marshall?

6.

Which is the Question to this Answer- He wanted to spread the word about gold to sell mining tools.

a)

In the late 1700s, spleen establish missions along the California coast. What year was the first mission built?

b)

Why did San Brannon run to the streets of San Francisco with a bottle of Gold dust?

c)

Who was Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo?

d)

Who was James Marshall?

7.

A person who starts a new business with the hope of making money?

a)

republic

b)

fugitive

c)

entrepreneur

d)

pioneer

8.

True or False- The Santa Fe Trail was A shortcut that could be taken by crossing a short strip of land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans called the Isthmus of Panama.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False- John Sutter arrived in 1841 and built Sutter's Fort. It was located where the Sacramento and American Rivers meet. He sold supplies to people passing through the area.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False- A delegate is a person who is chosen to speak for others.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or False- Jedediah Smith led the first group of American trappers who came overland to California through Utah.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

To move from one place to another?

(a)  

13.

a person who tries to escape from an authority

a)

entrepreneur

b)

pioneer

c)

delegate

d)

fugitive

14.

True or False- Sam Brannan was a Chinese immigrant who lived in San Francisco. She was upset her Chinese American daughter was not able to attend public school. Because of her efforts a school was created for Chinese and other Asian students.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or False- The old Spanish Trail was the Southern route from Sante Fe, New Mexico to Los Angeles.

a)

True

b)

False