Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Choose the best answer.
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Why
did Spanish explorers want to find the Strait of Anián? a. | to find an easier route to
California | b. | to make trading with Asia easier | c. | to cross the Sierra
Nevada | d. | to ship captured Indians back to
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Where
did the Spanish believe the Strait of Anián was located? a. | in the northern Caribbean
Sea | b. | at the southern
tip of South America | c. | in the northern Pacific Ocean | d. | between the Philippines and New
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Which
group did Hernando Cortés conquer? a. | the Chumash | c. | the Cahuilla | b. | the Aztec | d. | the Miwok | | | | |
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How
did the Spanish learn about the coast of Alta California? a. | from an Indian map painted on the walls of a
cave | b. | from charts made
by Francis Drake | c. | from maps that Cortés took back to
Spain | d. | from a sea expedition led by Juan Rodríguez
Cabrillo | | |
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Who
started the first missions in Alta California? a. | Gaspar de Portolá | c. | Junípero Serra | b. | Juan
Crespí | d. | Fernando Rivera y
Moncada | | | | |
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Why
were most supplies sent to Alta California by sea? a. | because the land routes were controlled by
California Indians | b. | because Alta California had many good
harbors | c. | because no land routes had yet been
discovered | d. | because the land routes were too
difficult | | |
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Choose the term that best completes the sentence.
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Most
of the ____ in California were Franciscan priests, who taught Catholicism and Spanish ways of life to
the Indians. a. | presidios | d. | missionaries | b. | ocean currents | e. | neophytes | c. | pueblos | | | | |
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The
Spanish in California built ____ to defend the coastline and to protect the missions from
attacks. a. | presidios | d. | missionaries | b. | ocean currents | e. | neophytes | c. | pueblos | | | | |
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Spanish ships sailing from New Spain to the Philippines depended on ____ to speed them
on their way. a. | presidios | d. | missionaries | b. | ocean currents | e. | neophytes | c. | pueblos | | | | |
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Use
the map to choose the best answer.
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Based
on the map, which country appears to be Spain's greatest rival for control of the Pacific coast of
North America? a. | Russia | c. | France | b. | Britain | d. | Mexico | | | | |
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Essay
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Answer the question in the space provided.
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What
did the Spanish do to encourage people to settle in the pueblos?
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12.
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Why
did the Spanish have difficulty getting settlers to move to the pueblos?
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