Vocabulary
The cattle round up was called a ___________.
a. fiesta
b. pueblo
c. rodeo
c. rodeo
What did Californios barter to get the goods they wanted?
a. tallow and hides
b. cows and horses
c. sombreros and blankets
a. tallow and hides
Why did Mexico go to war with Spain?
a. they didn't like the Spanish
b. they wanted to trade with other countries
c. they wanted to rule themselves.
c. they wanted to rule themselves.
Why did Spain stop sending supplies to California?
a. They didn't feel like it.
b. The cost of the war.
c. The Californians didn't want them to.
b. The cost of the war.
At the end of the war who ordered the missions to close?
a. the padres
b. the new Mexican government
c. the Indians
b. the new Mexican government
Where were the ranchos located?
a. mountains
b. deserts
c. coast
c. coast
What government did not allow other countries to visit California?
a. Spanish
c. Mexican
c. Californian
a. Spanish
Why was the closing of the missions hard on the Indians?
a. They were ordered to return to the desert.
b. Vaqueros would not work with them.
c. The Indians lost their land and way of life.
c. The Indians lost their land and way of life.
How were rodeos and fiesta alike?
a. They both had music
b. They both were a celebration
c. They both had clowns
b. They both were a celebration
Where did the Rancheros bring their hides and tallow? Why did they bring them there?
a. to the padres to trade
b. to the missions to trade
c. to the pueblos to trade
c. to the pueblos to trade
What work was not done on the rancho?
a. caring for animals
b. making cider
c. cooking meals
b. making cider
How did ranchero children get their schooling?
a. a tutor came to teach them
b. they went to the local school
c. they were homeschooled by their parents
a. a tutor came to teach them
What did California traders sell and to whom?
a. They sold cows to the Indians
b. They sold tallow to the padres.
c. They their hides to shoe factories in Boston.
c. They their hides to shoe factories in Boston.
Who went back to Mexico or Spain?
a. the padres from the missions
b. the explorers
c. the Spanish settlers
a. the padres from the missions
How were the mission lands divided?
a. They Indians took them back
b. They were divided among the Californios and Mexican setters.
c. They were divided equally between the Indians and Mexicans
b. They were divided among the Californios and Mexican setters.