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Ch. 3 - Changes in California Over Time

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first European to come to California?

a)

John Sutter

b)

Sebastian Vizcaino

c)

Francis Drake

d)

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

2.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

The California Indians got along with all of the explorers.

b)

The explorers brought over new diseases that killed many Indians.

c)

Indians and explorers traded often with each other.

d)

The explorers paid the Indians to buy their land.

3.

Who was a worker that first discovered gold in California?

a)

Father Antonio Cruzado

b)

Levi Strauss

c)

James Marshall

d)

John Sutter

4.

Which of the following was NOT a reason explorers came to California?

a)

to find faster routes for trading

b)

to claim land

c)

to start businesses

d)

to get riches and wealth

5.

Some California communities started as religious settlements, or _______________.

a)

farms

b)

missions

c)

chapels

d)

factories

6.

Which explorer raided ports and ships?

a)

Levi Strauss

b)

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

c)

Francis Drake

d)

Sebastian Vizcaino

7.

Which of the following is TRUE about John Sutter?

a)

he invented the blue jeans

b)

his farm was near San Diego

c)

he came to California in 1980

d)

gold was found on his land

8.

Which of the following made it easier for people to come to California?

a)

buses

b)

donkeys

c)

the Transcontinental Railroad

d)

bicycles

9.

Mission lands were divided up into large ranches called ranchos.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which was NOT a reason people stopped working in the gold mines?

a)

they found too much gold and had no where to put it

b)

it was very hard work

c)

it was dangerous

d)

they never found gold

11.

Sebastian Vizcaino explored Monterey Bay in _______________.

a)

1982

b)

1500

c)

1713

d)

1602

12.

What did the Spaniards call California?

a)

Monterey Bay

b)

New Spain

c)

Mexico

d)

San Francisco

13.

Which of the following describes how the railroads changed California?

a)

It made it easier and faster to travel to California.

b)

Many Chinese immigrants came to work on the railroads.

c)

California's population grew.

d)

It made getting supplies and goods to places even harder.

14.

Catholic priests built settlements and religious communities known as ________________.

a)

villages

b)

ranchos

c)

missions

d)

property

15.

Levi Strauss was famous for ________________________.

a)

making the first blue jeans

b)

founding missions

c)

creating work boots for miners

d)

finding gold on John Sutter's land

16.

In 1579, who explored San Francisco Bay?

a)

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

b)

Levi Strauss

c)

Sebastian Vizcaino

d)

Francis Drake

17.

Gold miners who came to California in search of gold were called _________________.

a)

goldies

b)

entrepreneurs

c)

explorers

d)

49'ers

18.

The Transcontinental Railroad began building from which two states?

a)

Nebraska and Colorado

b)

Utah and California

c)

Nebraska and California

d)

New York and California

19.

A _______________ is a written agreement.

a)

treaty

b)

map

c)

promise

d)

presidio

20.

Choose TWO DETAILS from below that support the main idea that newcomers (explorers) affected the lives of California Indians.

a)

Some CA Indians converted to the Catholic religion.

b)

CA Indians had a close bond with nature.

c)

CA Indians were forced onto reservations.

d)

CA Indians lived freely on any land they chose.

21.

What were the maps that people drew of their land/ranchos called?

a)

emoji

b)

pixel

c)

disenos

d)

presidio