California Geography
What is the capital of California?
Sacramento
What 3 tribes were on the land that we are on right now?
Maidu, Miwok, and Nisenan tribes
Why were the missions built?
To show and convert Native Americans to the Spanish way of life
What is the name of a mexican party? Often done inside the missions
Fiesta
Merchants
What Ocean is along Califonia's coast?
Pacific Ocean
What country paid for Columbus's journey?
Spain
What is the name of the road that links all the missions?
El Camino Real
What was the name of the revolt that led to America gaining control of California?
Bear Flag Revolt
You've found Gold!!! What do you say?
EUREKA
Name the 4 natural regions of California
Mountain, Coastal, Valley, and Desert
What moderns day country did Columbus land on?
The Bahamas
Who was considered the founding missionary of the missions.
(Hint: Theres a good chance he founded your mission!)
Father Juniperro Serra
With so much land to give away, how did the mexican government decide what and how much to give to people?
Disenos, or maps of the land you want... simply requesting it.
What group of people were discriminated against during the gold rush, eventually being taxed in order to mine
Foreigners
What 2 rivers run through Sacramento
What was your traditional Native American play?
The sun, the fox, or the gods
What were the Missions made out of?
Adobe bricks
How did mexico get control of California from Spain?
Mexican War for Independence
Lines of longitute and latitude graph the earth. The line that seperates the Earth horizontally is called the Equator. What is the line that seperatesin vertically.
(Hint: 2 words)
Prime Meridian
How long were Native Americans in California before Columbus?
30,000 years.
(Any number above 5,000 counts. "30,000" is double points)
Name the first or last missions built
(Hint: They were built from south to north)
San Diego, or San Francisco
Name one right given to Americans after Mexico lost control of California, as written in the California Constitution
Im not writing them all....