TCI - Ch.3 Exploration and Settlement

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Drake's _______ was the second to sail around the world.

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Expedition

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Alta and Baja California each became a(n) __________ of Spain.

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Colony

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Vitus Bering is most famous for discovering a(n) _____ separating Asia and North America.

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Strait

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A(n) ________ was a farming settlement that grew food for the presidios.

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Pueblo

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What was the main reason the Spanish came to Mexico?

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to find gold and silver

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Why did European explorers want to reach Asia?

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to trade for spices and silks

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What was one reason it was hard for Juan Cabrillo to sail north along the Pacific coast?

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The coastline was rocky.

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What was Francis Drake looking for on the Pacific coast?

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a waterway across North America

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Gaspar de Portolá led the first European expedition to Alta California that

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started settlements.

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What was the first California bay discovered by one of these explorers? When was it discovered? Options: San Diego Bay; 1542, Monterrey Bay; 1602, San Francisco; 1769, Pacific Coast; 1779

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San Diego Bay; 1542