Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or an idea
What is a noun?
Many indigenous groups in coastal regions used these common beach objects as currency
What are shells?
These churches would serve as central parts of Spanish settlements in California
What are missions?
The last governor of Mexican California who, at one time, owned more land than the city of Los Angeles. His brother, a general, signed the Treaty of Cahuenga here in Studio City to help end the Mexican-American War.
Who is Pio Pico?
Grimes sings about the sunshine in this state, fitting for LA
What is "California"?
Modifies a noun; a descriptive detail
What is an adjective?
The first Californians migrated to the region on this famous geographical feature
What is the Bering Strait land bridge?
This man founded and served as president of the California mission system; in his later years he realized that it was, overall, a bad idea
Who is Father Junipero Serra?
This animal became the central figure for life and the economy in California.
What is cattle?
Larry Gatlin and his band sang about all of this precious material being "in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills in someone else's name"
What is gold?
This part of speech refers to things in relation to time and space
What is a preposition?
The spiritual leader in a group
What is a Shaman?
Originally named San Miguel by the Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo, this region would serve as the location for the first mission.
The Mexican government gave out 11 square leagues, or 50,000 acres, with these.
What are land grants?
"Sitting (on the dock of the bay)" by Otis Redding is about this famous bay.
What is San Francisco bay?
a noun that refers to a group
What is a collective noun?
Juan Cabrillo and Junipero Serra both made their first contact with this California indigenous group.
Who are the Kumeyaay people?
In the early maps of California, this region was first believed to be an island. It's actually, California's Peninsula (and it's a blast).
What is Baja California?
This new type of economy was also the name of these new farming-based structures.
What is a rancho?
This famous LA street shares the title of a song with Sepulveda. The street itself was named after one of the largest landowning governors in California History
What is Pico?
Can modify verbs, adjectives, and other types of these, but never a noun
What is an adverb?
Cahuenga and Topanga are terms from this Indigenous group's language that appear in Los Angeles geography.
Who are the Tongva people?
"Presidio" is the Spanish term for this Spanish settlement building.
What is a fort?
Land grant petitions included a diseño, another name for this.
What is a map?
Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land" in 1940 and mentions forests of this famous Californian tree
What is a Redwood tree?