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TCI Lesson 3 Test (KIM)

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Drake's _______ was the second to sail around the world.

a)

colony

b)

strait

c)

expedition

d)

pueblo

2.

Alta and Baja California each became a(n) _______ of Spain.

a)

colony

b)

strait

c)

expedition

d)

pueblo

3.

Vitus Bering is most famous for discovering a(n) _______ separating Asia and North America.

a)

colony

b)

strait

c)

expedition

d)

pueblo

4.

A(n) _____ was a farming settlement that grew food for the presidios.

a)

colony

b)

strait

c)

expedition

d)

pueblo

5.

Why did European explorers want to reach Asia?

a)

to build a bigger army

b)

to escape from a cruel king

c)

to trade for spices and silks

d)

to learn how other people lived

6.

What was the main reason the Spanish came to Mexico?

a)

to catch wild horses

b)

to find gold and silver

c)

to trade for animal furs

d)

to go to a different church

7.

Bering’s expedition of 1728 answered which of these questions?

a)

Where is the North Pole?

b)

Can presidios be helpful?

c)

Are Asia and America connected?

d)

What is the best place for a mission?

8.

Gaspar de Portolá led the first European expedition to Alta California that _______.

a)

started settlements.

b)

traveled on the ocean.

c)

found gold in the hills.

d)

attacked Spanish ships.

9.

What was Francis Drake looking for on the Pacific coast?

a)

an American Indian village

b)

some Russian ships to attack

c)

better land for European farmers

d)

a waterway across North America

10.

What made Portolá’s expedition to Alta California especially difficult?

a)

icy storms

b)

hilly deserts

c)

Indian attacks

d)

Spanish missions

11.

Who did explorers meet in California?

a)

California Indians

b)

Native Spaniards

c)

Father Serra

d)

Presidios

12.

Vitus Bering was an explorer from Russia. During his expedition, which two areas did he explore?

a)

Bering Strait and Alaska Coast

b)

Baja California and Mexico Coast

c)

Hawaii and Mexico

d)

I don't know

13.

To protect the missions, the Spanish built forts nearby called _____.

a)

Missions

b)

Church

c)

presidios

d)

pueblos