California Regions
Which region has extreme temperatures in the summer and winter?
What is the desert region
Who was responsible for most of the work at the missions, including building churches, farming, weaving blankets.
California Natives
What was the map used to identify your land when applying for a land grant?
What is a diseño
What year was gold first discovered in California?
What is 1848
What was the first decision the delegates had to decide when applying to become a state?
What the borders of California would be.
Which region hosts snow activities?
What is the Mountain region.
Why did the tribes trade with each other?
To get materials/things they didn't have/couldn't make themselves.
What was the animal that most ranchos raised and needed vaqueros for?
Where was gold first discovered in California?
What is Sutter's Mill
What was California's stance on slavery?
It wanted to be a free state
Which region includes most of California's farm land?
What is the Central Valley region
Who founded the first 9 missions?
Who is Junipero Serra
Why did the missions close?
The Mexican government did not want reminders of Spanish rule and didn't have money to maintain them.
Who were the people that started their own businesses during the Gold Rush?
What are entreprenuers
What is the name of the document that is the plan for the government?
What is a constitution
Which region includes 4 bays and 2 groups of islands?
What is the Coastal region
What is the purpose of the presidios?
Forts/protection
How long did Mexico fight with Spain for its independence?
11 years
What mining method was most harmful to the environment?
Why was the Fugitive Slave Act considered a compromise?
In order for CA to join as a free state, anyone caught helping escaped slaves would be punished
Which region has the most people living in it?
What is the Coastal region
Who was the Spanish explorer that defeated the Aztec and started conquering Mexico?
Who is Hernando Cortez
What happened to the Native Americans after Mexico got its freedom/during the Rancho period?
They worked on the ranchos/they could not go back to their original way of life.
What is inflation?
When prices of goods increases because of low supply
Name any city that was considered for CA's state capitol before they decided on Sacramento.
Monterey, San Jose, Vallejo, or Benecia