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Week 17: The End of the Mission System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who overthrew the king of Spain?

a)

Joseph Bonaparte

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla

d)

Francisco Javier Venegas

2.

Who organized an army to fight for Mexican independence?

a)

Joseph Bonaparte

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

d)

Francisco Javier Venegas

3.

When did Mexico become an independent nation?

a)

1808

b)

1810

c)

1821

d)

1824

4.

What was the official religion of Mexico in it's original constitution?

a)

Ahmadiyya Islam

b)

Orthodox Judaism

c)

Lutheran Protestantism

d)

Roman Catholicism

5.

What was the goal of Franciscan missionaries?

a)

to gather large tracts of land to sell

b)

to farm cattle and sell beef to Spain

c)

to build large cathedrals for the church

d)

to make American Indians Spanish citizens

6.

At first, mission lands were promised to the American Indians. Who ended up gaining control of mission lands?

a)

American Indians

b)

wealthy land owners

c)

the Spanish monarch

d)

Franciscan missionaries

7.

Who was supposed to receive mission lands?

a)

wealthy Spanish families

b)

American Indian families

c)

the Franciscan missionaries

d)

the Roman Catholic church

8.

Who mainly worked on the ranchos (usually for little to no pay and under harsh conditions)?

a)

American Indians

b)

Franciscan missionaries

c)

indentures ervants

d)

migrant farmers

9.

Who were Californios?

a)

people with Spanish ancestry who lived in California

b)

Mexican government officials

c)

U.S. citizens who moved westward

d)

American Indians from the missions

10.

What was the main product produced on California ranchos?

a)

baskets

b)

gold

c)

leather

d)

pottery

11.

Why did more American Indians not petition for land grants?

a)

The law made them ineligible for land grants.

b)

They were not aware of the secularization law.

c)

Most American Indians could not speak Spanish.

d)

Tribes did not have the money to pay for the land.

12.

What tribe did Camilo Ynitia belong to?

a)

Desert Paiute

b)

Central Yokut

c)

Coastal Miwok

d)

Mountain Pomo

13.

What was the name of Camilo Ynita's tribal village?

a)

Olompali

b)

Teotihuacan

c)

Yerba Buena

d)

Alta California

14.

What is a land grant?

a)

government giving land to people

b)

the area around a mission

c)

secularization of public land

d)

allowing people to live on land

15.

When Mexico won its Independence from Spain, what was the new nation called?

a)

United States of Mexico

b)

Republic of California

c)

New Republic of Spain

d)

Federal State of Mexico