Sir Francis Drake probably landed somewhere near San Francisco and claimed all the territory for: |
England |
Spain |
France |
The United States |
Who was Calafia? |
She was the Queen of Spain during early stages of Spanish Exploration |
She was the Indian Princess of the Chumash who married Vizcaino |
She was a mythic Queen of California in a novel. |
None of these. |
What group of people did Cabrillo meet on his voyage when his party passed by Catalina? |
Miwoks |
Tongva or Gabrelino |
Serrano |
Tatavaiam |
What city is probably closest to the place Cabrillo named "Peublo de las Canoas" |
San Diego |
San Francisco |
Ventura |
Redding |
What was Vizcaino talking about when he mentioned "Sea Wolves" in his account of the Ohlone Indians? |
English Pirates |
Probably Sea Lions |
Russian sailors |
Mythical sea creatures, which the Spanish feared |
Which of these stands as a strong causal reason for the great linguistic diversity in California? |
constant warfare among the tribes |
the constant migration of the tribes |
the variety of physical environments |
there was not very great linguistic diversity among the tribes of California. |
Which of these historic Indian culture groups could not be found in California? |
Chumash |
Gabrielino |
Sioux |
Modoc |
In what part of the state would you most likely find Indians engaged in farming? |
Northwest |
Southwest |
South East |
In the Great Central Valley |
The male Indians were least likely to be found doing ________, and therefore may have been less happy in the Mission setting than his female counterpart. |
agricultural activities (like processing food). |
religious activities |
crafts and art activities |
hunting and fishing activities |
How would you characterize the diversity of Indian languages spoken in California? |
1000's of unrelated languages in a jig-saw puzzle distribution |
Hundreds of languages in a handful of language families |
A dozen or so languages in four language families |
Most of the tribes spoke a variant of the Miwok family of languages. |