California Geography
This state is the northern boundary of California.
Oregon
California Indians made beautiful ________________ out of reeds that they used for cooking and gathering food.
Baskets.
Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, was given credit for being the first person to do what?
Sail around the world
How many missions were built in California?
21
What is the current capital of California?
Sacramento
The entire western border of California touches this...
The Pacific Ocean
The Maidu Tribe cooked _________ meal, that could be eaten as mush, soup or bread.
acorn
Explorers famously set sail for 3 reasons... gold, God and glory. Explain these 3 reasons in your own words.
They wanted to be rich, to share their religion and to be famous.
Where was the first California mission built?
San Diego
The California Flag has a _______ __________ on it with a red ___________ and a red ____________.
Grizzly Bear. stripe. star
This country borders Southern California.
Mexico
The Iroquois lived in _____________, long wooden structures that housed multiple families.
longhouses
Which two continents were named after Amerigo Vespucci?
North and South America. He was the first European (Italian) to discover that they were separate land masses and not attached to Asia.
What was the El Camino Real?
It was the road through California connecting all 21 missions.
Where in California is the Mojave Desert located?
a. Northwest b. Northeast c. Southeastern. d.Southwestern
c. Southeastern
The Sierra Nevadas are a ___________ range that cover most of Northern California.
mountain
Tribes from the Great Plains such as the Cheyenne and Lakota were nomadic, often moving their tipis from place to place hunting what animal?
Buffalo
What country did Mexico win it's independence from after a 10 year war? This same country gave Mexico the region of California as part of the settlement.
Spain
Which breed of bear, now completely absent from our state, used to roam California in numbers greater than 10,000?
The Grizzly Bear
Name one of the cities in California (not including Sacramento) that served as a capital city.
Monterey, San Jose, Vallejo, Benicia, San Francisco
The Navajo of the Southwest built and lived in hogans, which were traditional dwellings made from what ?
mud, clay and straw.
Sir Francis Drake was the first Englishman to sail around the world. How long did it take him?
3 years
What did they call the uprising in Sonoma, California, when 33 men took over the town, took the Mexican commander prisoner and raised a flag to say that they were their own, new, California Republic?
The Bear Flag Revolt
What 2 states are on the Eastern border of California?
Nevada and Arizona