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Question 1

What are four main regions in California?

Answer 1

Coast
Central Valley
Deserts
Mountains

Question 2

About how far each year does the Pacific plate move along the San Andreas Fault?

Answer 2

1 inch

Question 3

California has been inhabited for how many years?

Answer 3

13,000-15,000 years

Question 4

What Spanish explorer is credited as the first EUROPEAN to land in California?

Answer 4

Juan Cabrillo

Question 5

Which port did Spanish galleons sail from as they traveled down the California coast on their way to Acapulco?

Answer 5

Manila?

Question 6

Who is credited with establishing the first Christian Mission in California?

Answer 6

Father Serra

Question 7

Overall, what was the main impact of the mission system on Native Americans?

Answer 7

reduced by 75%, they became dependent.

Question 8

California was under the control of which country after Mexico gained it’s independence from Spain?

Answer 8

Mexico

Question 9

What was the status of American Indians during the Ranchero period?

Answer 9

Indentured servants.

Question 10

What was the most notable cause of survival for half of the members of the Donner party?

Answer 10

Cannibalism (YUCK!!)

Question 11

About how long did the Bear Flag Republic exist in California?

Answer 11

less than a month

Question 12

Who were the Californios?

Answer 12

Spanish-speaking people who came from Spain or Mexico

Question 13

What was the outcome of the Capitulation of Cahuega?

Answer 13

It made California a part of the Unites States

Question 14

What was the fastest way from the eastern part of the Unites States to California during the gold rush?

Answer 14

by boat by transfer through the Itimus of Panama.

Question 15

What was the California government’s official position toward Native Americans during the gold rush?

Answer 15

Extermination

Question 16

What was the original California Constitution’s position on women?

Answer 16

Women could have land but not vote.

Question 17

What event of 1861 speeded communication between California and the rest of the United States?

Answer 17

The telegraph

Question 18

What was the main responsibility for federal troops from California during the Civil War?

Answer 18

Control Native Americans

Question 19

Who is credited with planning the transcontinental railroad?

Answer 19

Thedore Judah

Question 20

Earthquakes in California are due to

Answer 20

Pacific Plate movement.

Question 21

The central valley region…

Answer 21

Is agriculturally rich and is a national leader in the production of crops such as grapes, olives, and peaches.

Question 22

The Sierra Nevada mountains in the eastern mountain region…

Answer 22

were home to the gold rush and the current home of Yosemite park.

Question 23

The desert region in the southeast is..

Answer 23

among the hottest regions on Earth and parts of this region may receive no rain in a year.

Question 24

The development of technology in California is most closely associated with

Answer 24

Silicon Valley

Question 25

The founding of the first mission in California corresponds most closely to which event?

Answer 25

The REVOLUTIONARY war.

Question 26

When Bear Flag was TAKEN DOWN in Sonoma California following the Bear Flag Revolt, it was replaced by the

Answer 26

American Flag.

Question 27

Indian tribles in California about 5,000 years ago were most likely to settle

Answer 27

near the coast.

Question 28

Sierra Nevada Mountains…

Answer 28

were a source for panning gold.

Question 29

What year did Mexico gain its independence from Spain?

Answer 29

1821.

Question 30

Who were the Donner Party?

Answer 30

Wagon trains set out from states such as Missouri to California. May 1886, Donners left Missouri. They were trapped in a terrible snowstorm near the summit of the mountains. Only about half of the party survived. Some survived through Cannibalism.