Spanish Missions
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100
The California missions were settlements run by ______
What are priests?
100
This explorer sailed west across the Atlantic from Spain hoping to find a new trade route to Asia in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This word means conqueror in Spanish.
What is conquistador?
100
The final mission was built in _________ in 1823.
What is Sonoma?
100
This word means lower in Spanish.
What is Baja?
200
Each mission had a ________
What is a church?
200
This explorer conquered the Aztec people of present day Mexico in 1521.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
200
A flow of something, such as wind or water is known as a ________
What is a current?
200
The Spanish demanded that the Native Americans _______ in exchange for living at the missions.
What is work?
200
The factors of 4 are ________
What is 1, 2, and 4.
300
One mission from another was about _____ day (s) journey?
What is one day?
300
This explorer found a narrow body of water between Asia and North America in 1728.
Who is Vitus Bering?
300
A land ruled by another country is called a(n) ______
What is a colony?
300
This officer led an expedition that led to the finding of Monterrey Bay.
Who is Gaspar de Portola?
300
This word means lower in Spanish.
What is alta?
400
The first mission was built in ________?
What is San Diego?
400
This British explorer mapped the Pacific Coast in 1778.
Who is James Cook?
400
A land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
400
Why did many Native Americans die during the mission period?
What is disease?
400
A __________ is a settlement built for people who want to teach a religion and for those they want to teach.
What is a mission?
500
The number of missions that were built in California was _______.
What is twenty-one?
500
This explorer left New Spain to look for a waterway through North America.
Who is Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo?
500
A person who travels to an area to teach a religion is known as a (n) _____________
What is a missionary?
500
This Roman Catholic priest set up his first mission called San Diego de Alcala.
Who is Junipero Serra?
500
Mrs. Karp's favorite football team is?
What is the Carolina Panthers?