Ch. 3 Social Studies Test

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California Missions

Social Studies Chapter 3 Quiz

Use your social studies book and your vocabulary flashcards to help you complete this quiz.
1

Why did Spain send explorers to California in the late 1700s?

2

Why did the Spanish create missions in California?

2

Describe what life was like for California Indians at the missions. Give details and evidence to support your answer.

4

Drag the vocabulary words to match the correct definition.

  • Missions
  • Pueblos
  • Colony
  • Presidios
  • Settlements with the goal of spreading religion.
  • Spanish towns that grew food for the soldiers.
  • Military forts where Spanish soldiers lived.
  • Land controlled by another nation.
6

Drag the job descriptions to match the people groups who did them.

  • Performing religious ceremonies.
  • Baptize California Indians.
  • Building the missions buildings.
  • Keep Spanish citizens safe from danger.
  • Tending the crops and animals.
  • Return escaped California Indians to the missions.
  • California Indians
  • Spanish Missionaries
  • Spanish Soldiers
1

Which word best completes this sentence?
One of the goals of the Spanish missionaries was to ______ the California Indians to Catholicism.

1

Which word best completes this sentence?
The Kumeyyay people led a ____ at Mission San Diego, during which the church burned down.

1

Which word best completes this sentence?
California Indians are the ____ people of California.

1

What were some of the effects that occurred because the Spanish introduced a pastoral economy?

1

When Mexico gained its independence from Spain, what was the new type of government they established?

1

Some people wanted to secularize the missions. What does that mean?

1

What did people need in order to apply for a land grant? Check all that apply: