Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Explorers
Alta California
100

Where Indians learned about the Catholic Religion.

a. colony

b. pueblos

c. missions

c. missions

100

The style of clothing  and kind of food is part of the _______ of Spain.

a. revolt

b. culture

c. mission

b. culture

100

Who raided Spanish Galleons for their treasure?

a. Anza

b. Cortez

c. Drake

c. Drake

100

The king of Spain sent Cortes to Mexico to

a. find lands rich with gold, silver, or other natural resources.

b. build forts to protect the coast.

c. learn about the special talents of the Indians of Mexico.


a. find lands rich with gold, silver, or other natural resources.

200

Father Junipero Serra was a ___________.

a. peninsula

b. padre

c. revolt

b. padre

200

New Spain was a __________ of Spain.

a. pueblos

b. colony

c. peninsula

b. colony

200

Who stole Aztec treasures to take back to Spain?

a. Anza

b. Cortez

c. Cabrillo

b. Cortez

200

The first Europeans to visit California were

a. Sir Francis Drake and his fleet.

b. Cabrillo and two ships of sailors.

c. Portola and his soldiers.

b. Cabrillo and two ships of sailors.

300

Indians that were treated unfairly wanted to ______.

a. revolt

b. culture

c. expedition

a. revolt

300

Baja California is a finger of land called a _____________.

a. peninsula

b. pueblo

c. colony

a. peninsula

300

Who traveled with Father Serra?

a. Portola

b. Drake

c. Cabrillo

a. Portola

300

One reason Indians came to the mission was to 

a. share their food with the padres.

b. help the padres build the churches and plant crops.

c. learn about Catholicism.

c. learn about Catholicism.

400

The first towns were called ______.

a. peninsula

b. colony

c. pueblos

c. pueblos

400

Juan Bautista de Anza led an ____________ across the Sonoran Desert.

a. mission

b. revolt

c. expedition

c. expedition

400

Who hope to open a new land route from Baja California to Monterey?

a. Anza

b. Cortez

c. Portola

a. Anza

400

The MAIN purpose of El Camino Real was to

a. provide food for the presidios.

b. connect the missions

c. be a trade route for the pueblos.

b. connect the missions

500

Who explored the coast of Alta California to find a passage to Asia?

a. Drake

b. Cortez

c. Cabrillo

c. Cabrillo

500

What narrow waterway connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?

a. Straight of Magellan

b. Monterey Bay

c. Straight of Anian

c. Straight of Anian