Geography
Indigenous Groups
European Contact
Westward Expansion
20th Century
100

Death valley is located in this region. 

What is the desert?

100

Because of cold winter weather, the indigenous groups located in this region built warm and sturdy homes. 

Who are the Mountain People?

100

About 21 of these were built along the coast from San Diego to Sonoma. 

What are missions?

100

This Native American women helped Lewis and Clark explore the land bought from the Louisiana Purchase deal. 

Who is Sacagawea? 

100

This famous photographer captured history in the 1930s, photographing the great depression, shipyards, and the dust bowl.

Who is Dorothea Lange?

200

This region is known for its agricultural production. 

What is the central valley? 

200

This indigenous group built cone shaped homes, covered in tule mats. 

Who are the Yokuts?

200

This Yokut leader lead thousands to fight againts European Missions. He was never captured. 

Who is Estanislao? 

200

The US and Mexico argued about this once Texas won its independence, thus causing the Mexican-American War. 

What was the border dispute?

200

This nickname/figure created by the US government represents women working in the shipyards.

Who is Rosie the Riveter?

300

Tallest mountain in California. 

What is Mt. Whitney? 

300

This indigenous group used snares to trap squirrels, ducks, rabbits, mice, rats, and quail. They also hunted deer, antelope, and mountain sheep.

Who are the Cahuilla?

300

The 3 G's that explain the motivation of European Explorers. 

what is God, Glory, and Gold? 

300

Between 1841 and 1860, 300,000 people traveled west from Missouri to Oregon Country. They traveled along this route. 

What is the Oregon Trail?

300

After this event, the US chose to start sending Japanese-Americans to incarceration camps for fear of spies. 

What was Pearl Harbor?

400

This coastal city has a population of about 900,000. 

What is San Francisco? 

400

This indigenous group were excellent basket makers. They also made valuable shell beads sometimes used as money!

Who are the Chumash? 

400

This explorer described Monterey Bay incorrectly, which misled many explorers that followed him. 

Who is Sebastian Vizcaino?

400

This work of art shows an angel traveling westward. She holds a book in one arm, and a telegraph wire in another. 

What is American Progress?

400

This LGBTQ+ protest happened 3 years before Stonewall, changing the course of LGBTQ history.

What was the Compton Cafeteria Riot?

500

These imaginary lines are essential for navigating and pinpointing locations on Earth. 

What is latitude and longitude? 

500

The Maidu were skilled at crafting these with logs and plant fiber. 

What are canoes? 

500

These people came to California to convert Native Americans to Catholicism. 

Who were Spanish Priests? 

500

This treaty ended the Mexican American war in _____ year.

What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)?

500

This California Act had the goal to cut emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

What is the Global Warming Solutions Act?