California's Regions
This region of California is known for its large cities like Los Angeles and San Diego.
What is the coastal region?
Native American tribes in California often relied on this type of food, which they ground into flour.
What are acorns?
This European country was the first to explore and claim California.
What is Spain?
The California Missions were established in the 18th and 19th centuries to spread this religion.
What is Christianity, or specifically, Catholicism?
When was 1848?
This is the state animal of California, which can also be seen on the California state seal, often shown feeding on grape vines.
What is the California grizzly bear?
This region, known as the "Salad Bowl of the World," is a major area for farming in California.
What is the Central Valley region?
This was a common method of gathering food among many tribes, where people relied heavily on their natural surroundings for sustenance.
What is hunting and gathering?
This type of animal, brought by the Spanish, had a big impact on Native American life and the California economy.
What are horses?
The California missions were built mostly in this California region.
What is the coast?
This man discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, sparking the California Gold Rush.
Who is James W. Marshall?
This figure is shown on the California state seal to represent the California Gold Rush and the mining industry.
Who is the miner?
Besides Los Angeles and San Diego, name two other coastal cities in the coastal region
What is Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Santa Monica, Malibu...?
The Chumash tribe built their canoes out of this natural resource.
What is driftwood, or redwood trees?
This famous explorer discovered California while searching for a route to Asia.
Who is Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo?
The missions were designed to be within a day's journey of each other, allowing travelers to use them as these.
What are rest stops or waystations?
This city, now a famous global city, grew dramatically as a result of the California Gold Rush, with its population increasing from 1,000 in 1848 to 25,000 by 1850.
What is San Francisco?
The Great Seal of California has this word on it, which is the state motto and means 'I have found it' in Greek.
What is "Eureka"?
Big Bear and Mammoth Lake can be found in this California region.
What is the mountain region?
Teepees were cone shaped houses made out of natural resources. Name two resources that were used to make them.
What are animal hides (such as bison) and wooden poles?
This term refers to the Spanish soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under Spain's control.
Who are the conquistadors?
The California Missions system had a significant impact on the Native American population. Name one of the effects the missions had on the indigenous people.
What is disease spread, cultural assimilation, forced labor, or loss of traditional lands?
This significant event, which took place in 1850, was a direct result of the California Gold Rush.
What is California being admitted to the Union as a state?
This body of water, often mistaken as San Francisco Bay, is represented in the background of the Great Seal of California.
What is the Sacramento River?
This dry, desert region of California is below sea level and is one of the hottest places on Earth.
What is the Death Valley region in the Desert region?
What is the overflow of the Colorado River that left a layer of fertile silt?
The Mojave Indians lived in a harsh desert environment near the Colorado River. Each spring, what event occurred that enabled them to grow crops like corn, beans, melons, and pumpkins?
This English explorer was the second person to circumnavigate the globe and is believed to have landed in Northern California in 1579, claiming it for England and calling it "Nova Albion".
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
This is the name of the last mission founded in California.
What is Mission San Francisco Solano?
This global economic impact resulted from the California Gold Rush, as huge amounts of gold inflow into the global economy led to price increases.
What is inflation or the price revolution?
This goddess of wisdom and war, who was born as an adult, is featured on the Great Seal of California to represent the state's unique political birth.
Who is Athena (or Minerva)?