Missions
Father Junipero Serra was a ...
a. mission
b. colony
c. padre
d. culture
c. padre
The style of clothing and the kind of food its people enjoyed were part of the _____________ of Spain.
a. expedition
b. culture
c. colony
d. missions
b. culture
_________ hoped to open a new land route from Baja California to Monterey.
a. Cortez
b. Portola
c. Drake
d. Anza
d. Anza
The main purpose of the El Camino Real was to
a. connect the missions.
b. provide food for the presidios.
c. be a trade route for the pueblos.
a. connect the missions
The ___________ were the first towns of California.
a. missions
b. pueblos
c. colony
d. peninsula
b. pueblos
Baja California is a finger of land called a __________.
a. culture
b. colony
c. peninsula
d. pueblo
c. peninsula
__________ explored coast of Alta California to find a passage to Asia.
a. Cabrillo
b. Drake
c. Anza
d. Cortez
a. Cabrillo
What narrow waterway connected the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans?
a. Monterey Bay
b. Strait of Anian
c. Strait of Magellan
b. Strait of Anian
At the ___________ Indians learned about the Catholic religion.
a. missions
b. colony
c. revolt
d. pueblos
a. missions
Juan Bautista de Anza let a long _________ across the Sonoran desert.
a. revolt
b. expedition
c. mission
d. peninsula
b. expedition
_____ raided Spanish galleons for their treasure.
a. Portola
b. Anza
c. Drake
d. Cabrillo
c. Drake
The King of Spain sent Cortez to Mexico to
a. build forts to protect the coast.
b. learn about the special talents of the Indians of Mexico.
c. find lands rich with gold, silver, or other natural resources.
c. find lands rich with gold, silver, and other natural resources.
Many Indians treated unfairly by the Spanish wants to ______.
a. culture
b. pueblos
c. missions
d. revolt
d. revolt
Because New Spain was controlled by the people who rules Spain, it was a ____ of Spain.
a. mission
b. pueblo
c. expedition
d. colony
d. colony
_____ stole Aztec treasures to take back to Spain.
a. Cortez
b. Drake
c. Anza
d. Portola
a. Cortez
One reason the Indians came to the mission was to
a. learn about Catholicism
b. share their food with the padres.
c. help the padres build churches and plant crops
a. learn about Catholicism
______ governor of New Spain who traveled with Father Serra.
a. Anza
b. Cabrillo
c. Portola
d. Cortez
c. Portola
The first Europeans to visit California were
a. Portola and his soldiers.
b. Sir Francie Drake and his fleet.
c. Cabrillo and two ships of sailors.
c. Cabrillo and two ships of sailors.