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The Mission System

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Missionaries want to do to the California Indians?

a)

Irrigation

b)

Convert

c)

Rebel

d)

Tallow

2.

What did some Indians do against the Spanish?

a)

Irrigation

b)

Convert

c)

Rebel

d)

Tallow

3.

To produce _______ Indians would collect animal fat and boil it.

a)

Leather

b)

Irrigation

c)

Baskets

d)

Tallow

4.

What were some skills the California Indians had to learn?

Select all that apply.

a)

Carpentry

b)

Painting

c)

Tending to Crops

d)

Sewing Clothes

5.

What did mission Indians build to help with farming?

a)

Irrigation Systems

b)

Bricks

c)

Tallow

d)

Rebel

6.

Where were the 21 missions in California built?

a)

at high points in the desert

b)

in small groups of four or five

c)

in a long row along the coast

d)

near the biggest Indian villages

7.

What was the main purpose of the four presidios?

a)

protection

b)

entertainment

c)

training

d)

food

8.

What was the name of the road that connected all the missions?

a)

El Colorado Road

b)

Armstrong Ave

c)

California Real

d)

El Camino Real

9.

What were most missions churches made of what material?

a)

Steel

b)

Wood

c)

Adobe

d)

Stone

10.

Mission Native Americans were not paid for their work. What did they get instead? Select all that apply

a)

Food

b)

Clothing

c)

Shelter

d)

Freedom

11.

Many people argue against Father Serra as a positive figure because of

a)

the harsh treatment of Indians on his missions.

b)

the fact that he was not born in California

c)

the way he traveled to California.

d)

the religion he chose to follow.

12.

Mission Native Americans were not paid for their work. What did they get instead? Select all that apply

a)

Food

b)

Clothing

c)

Shelter

d)

Freedom

13.

Look at the bar graph, about how many Indians lived in California in 1769?

a)

30,000

b)

200,000

c)

300,000

d)

10,000