Vocab
Adapt
What is: To change or adjust, get used to!
Who was Hernan Cortes and where did he conquer?
A spanish explorer who conquered Mexico!
What is a shaman? Who could be a shaman?
What is: A spiritual leader believed to have special powers. Both men and women could be Shamans.
European explorers were trying to find a new route between what two places?
Europe and Asia to make trade easier!
Expedition
What is: an organized journey!
Encounter
What is: To meet!
When did Hernan Cortes conquer Mexico?
How did Native Californians get food?
What is: Fished, hunted and traded.
Men hunted, women gathered fruits and nuts.
Some farmed but most were hunter-gatherers.
They used acorn to make flour.
Why did Spain decide to settle in CA after leaving it alone for so long?
Other nations were interested! There was competition. If Spain did not take control of Alta (Northern CA) other countries might.
Currents
What is: underwater, continuous movement of water in the same direction!
Galleon
What is: A large, Spanish, sailing ship!
Who was Juan Cabrillo? When and where did he land in North America?
Juan Cabrillo was a Spanish explorer. He landed in the San Diego Bay on the CA coast in 1542. He was the second Spanish explorer to land North America.
How did climate affect native Californian homes? How were homes similar and different?
In warm places they used materials such as grass and reeds to let air in.
In cold places houses were closed off to keep heat in. They used wood.
How do historians learn about native CA culture?
From the items left behind (artifacts) for example: paintings, baskets, tools and crafts.
Culture
Type of belief and ways of life shared by many people!
What is: A governor of the Spanish empire
Who was Sir Francis Drake?
He was an English Explorer who landed in the North of CA known as Point Reyes. He visited in 1579 and was the 3rd explorer to travel from Europe to North America.
How many languages were spoken by native Californians?
More than 90!
Why was California hard to reach by sea from Mexico?
Strong winds and currents!
Village
A small town or community
Cultivate
What is: to prepare and use land for growing plants!
What was a goal of Sir Francis Drake?
What is one important question you have about native Californians?
What is: TRICK, you each write your own!
What was the order the explorers traveled to North America!
Cortes, Cabrillo, Drake
Circumnavigate
To travel completely around the world!