Traders in California
Why did Mexico go to war with Spain?
A. Spain would not let Mexico trade with California.
B. The people of Mexico wanted to rule themselves.
C. Mexico wanted to take over and rule California.
D. Spain sent supplies to California and not to Mexico.
B. The people of Mexico wanted to rule themselves.
In what region were most of the ranchos located?
A. mountains
B. desert
C. Central Valley
D. coast
D. coast
What was the cattle roundup called?
A. town council
B. plaza
C. rancho
D. rodeo
D. rodeo
A. Californios did not want to trade with them.
B. The Spanish government did not allow them.
C. The Mexican government didn't like the Californios.
D. Californios did not need any outside goods.
B. The Spanish government did not allow them.
What happened to the padres on the missions?
A. They became the new mayors.
B. They tried cattle ranching.
C. Many went back to Mexico or Spain.
D. The government gave them land grants.
C. Many went back to Mexico or Spain.
How did rancho children get their schooling?
A. Indian workers taught the rancho children.
B. They went to schools in the pueblos.
C. Rancho children rode their horses to school.
D. A tutor would come to the rancho to teach them.
D. A tutor would come to the rancho to teach them.
Why did Spain stop sending supplies to California?
A. They wanted to punish Californios for joining the war.
B. They began trading with New England.
C. The cost of the Mexican War kept them from sending supplies.
D. The Californios had stopped all trade.
C. The cost of the Mexican War kept them from sending supplies.
At the end of the Mexican War for Independence, who ordered the Spanish mission closed in Alto California?
A. the Spanish people
B. the new government in Mexico
C. the Indians
D. the padres
B. the new government in Mexico
How were rodeos and fiestas alike?
A. Each lasted five days in all.
B. They were times people came together to celebrate.
C. They were Indian holidays.
D. Each was help once a year.
B. They were times people came together to celebrate.
To whom did traders sell the hides they got from Californios?
A. to restaurants in Boston
B. to merchants in Chile
C. to shoe factories in Boston
D. to candle makers
C. to shoe factories in Boston
How were the mission lands divided?
A. mostly amount Californios and new Mexican settlers
B. only among Indian vaqueros
C. to anyone who paid a large sum of money
D. equally to all settlers on the land
A. mostly amount Californios and new Mexican settlers
Why might rancheros bring hides and tallow to the pueblos?
A. to trade with the merchants
B. to have something to sit on during a fiesta.
C. to make candles for a fiesta
D. to ask an artisan to make shoes
A. to trade with the merchants
What did Californios barter to get goods they wanted?
A. candles
B. cattle
C. tallow and hides
D. shoes
C. tallow and hides
Why was the closing of the missions a hardship for many Indians?
A. Vaqueros would not work with them.
B. Mexican settlers gave Indians their lands.
C. The Indians had lost their land their way of life.
D. They were ordered to return to the desert.
C. The Indians had lost their land their way of life.
What work was NOT done on a rancho?
A. repairing tools and wagons
B. cooking meals
C. caring for animals
D. making cider
D. making cider