California Mission Walls

What material were the walls of California missions made from?

• Wood

• Adobe

• Stone

• Brick

Adobe is a building material made from mud, straw, manure and sand.

• true

• false

After the Mexican-American War, California became part of the ______.

• Mexico

• Spain

• United States

• France

What natural forces caused the adobe walls to erode into muddy mounds?

• Wind and rain

• Sun and heat

• Snow and ice

• Earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How many new adobe bricks did the Civilian Conservation Corps have to make when they were restoring the La Purisima mission?

• 200

• 250

• none

• 250,000

How many roof tiles did they make?

• 50,000

• 91,000

• 100,000

• 200,000