Maps
What tool on a map uses symbols that represent to locations of mountains, parks, rivers, etc.?
map key or legend
British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.
Who is Captain James Cook.
What year did the California Gold Rush begin?
1848.
What three states border California?
Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona.
Where was the first California mission built?
San Diego
What tool on a map shows the directions?
At what mill in Coloma, California, was gold first found?
Sutter's Mill
What ocean borders California?
the Pacific Ocean
Which priest established the first nine California missions?
Father Serra
North, south, east, and west are called ____________directions.
Who was the first person to discover gold in California?
James Marshall.
The seven continents on Earth are North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, and ___________.
Asia
Which religion did the Spanish teach the Native Americans that joined the California missions?
Christianity (Catholicism)
What word represents the land that makes up all of Earth?
Who invented sturdy jeans for the miners to wear when mining for gold?
Levi Strauss
What are the four regions of California?
Coast, Central Valley, Mountains, and Desert
What is the name of the road that connects the 21 missions, four presidios, and the pueblos?
What imaginary lines (north/south and west/east) divide Earth into hemispheres?
latitude and longitude lines
What name was given to the thousands of people that came to California to find gold?
"Forty-Niners"
What mountain range runs along the eastern edge of California and runs from the Mojave Desert to the Cascade Mountain Range?
the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
What was the name of the movement of items from the New World to the Old World and the Old World to the New World?
Columbian Exchange