Unit 3.1 The First Californians Flashcards
isolated
to set apart of cut off from others
dispute
an argument or conflict
presidios
a fort or military post
domain
a territory governed by a single ruler
mortar
a material used to bind together bricks or stones
epidemics
an outbreak of a contagious disease
ceded
to surrender possession of
peninsula
an area of land that juts out from a larger area of land and is surrounded by water on three sides
Missionaries
a person who is sent to teach and spread a particular religion
paleontologists
a person who studies fossils
submerged
to cover or overflow with water
fossilized
to become preserved and hardened in rock
exploration
the investigation of unexplored regions and territories
Spaniards were latecomers to a land that others had discovered long before. Approximately 15,000 years earlier, asian people had crossed a land bridge from present day Siberia to North America. T or F?
T
What did Queen Calafia and her spaniards find?
Baja California
