Missions and Vocab Study Game

California Missions

100

I am the number of missions in California

21

200

What is the difference between a Mission and a Presidio?

The Missions were religious training centers and the Presidio's were the military bases that protected them

300

Who made the Missions

Catholic priests from Spain

400

What does the word "secularize" mean?  What happened when the missions were secularized?

Secularized means that the missions were no longer part of the church.  When the missions were secularized the land was broken up into land grants and given away

500

How did the Indigenous people react to the missions?

They revolted.  Some of them ran away and others tried to light them on fire.

Synonyms

100

Reasonable is a synonym for this word

Sensible

200

Settler is a synonym for

Pioneer

300

to flog

Lash

400

Muggy

humid

500

Create

establish

Antonyms

100

temporary is an antonym for

eternal

200

extend is an antonym for

DIGEST

300

ASSIST IS AN ANTONYM FOR

OPPOSE

400

FOLLOWER IS AN ANTONYM FOR

PIONEER

500

NEW IS AN ANTONYM FOR

Antique

Can You Use it in a Sentence?

100

The climbers had to_____ their route before climbing the mountain.  

The climbers had to ESTABLISH their route before climbing the mountain.

200

They had to move with ______ because they were being chased by a tiger.

HASTE

300

My ______ was full and heavy.  

Baggage

400

Mom bought me an___ doorknob

antique

500

It was hot and _____ today so we went to the beach.

humid

Wild Card

100

Why did most California Indians stay at the missions

They stayed there because the people running the missions gave them food for working there.

200

How many meters are in one kilometer

1000

300

How many milliliters are in one L

1000

400

What is the meaning of life?

42

500

True or false: Is it going to rain tomorrow?

True