Lesson 1: Explorers come to California
What were the earliest Spanish explorers known as?
What are conquistadors?
What did they call religious settlements created by the King of Spain?
What are missions?
What were the farming communities in Alta California called?
What are Pueblos?
What was changed because of the missions of Alta California?
What is the economy?
Would a diary be a primary or a secondary source?
What is a primary source?
What were the ships called that travelled from Asia to New Spain?
What are galleons?
What do you call a person who teaches religion to others at a mission?
What is a missionary?
What settlements were built for protection?
What are presidios?
They became _______ to the Catholic faith.
What are neophytes?
Who started the first missions in Alta California?
Who is Junipero Serra?
What two natural forces helped make the trips from Asia to New Spain quick?
What are ocean currents and wind patterns?
What is a colony?
What is a settlement that is ruled by a faraway goverment?
What did they call the mayor who also served as a judge?
Who is a alcalde?
How did the Native Americans feel about the missions?
What is they were incredibly unhappy and revolted?
Where did Sebastian Vizcaino find a good harbor to port?
What is Monterey Bay?
What did Hernando Cortes discover about what he thought was an island?
What is it was actually a peninsula?
What is the goal of expeditions?
What is to explore an undiscovered area?
What did pueblos offer to the people who settled there?
What is they offered land, farming equipment, farm animals, and money?
What is in the center of a Spanish mission?
What is a courtyard?
Where were most California missions located?
What is along the coast?
What year did Sir Francis Drake reach the California Coast?
What is 1579?
Why was the route to Alta California incredibly difficult?
What is because of the desert and mountains?
When was the last Spanish Mission constructed?
What is 1823?
What is a custom?
What is a usual way of doing things?
What was the goal of the Strait of Anian?
What is to make trade easier with Asia?