1. California Missions Unit Test
Name___________
Date____________
California Missions Unit Test
Summative Assessment
7/21/10 V. Boyd

2. Directions: Match the Vocabulary Word with its Definition
___ Mission ___ Missionary ___ Spanish Explorers ___ Natives ___ Colonize ___ Alta California ___ Neophyte ___ Padres
Spanish for “Upper California.” Refers to the territory of New Spain that covered what is now the state of California.
Catholic religious leaders; priests.
A series of religious and military outposts built by the Spanish between 1769 and 1823.
People who inhabit a certain area before anyone else.
Religious leaders sent to an area to spread their beliefs.
The act of a group of people from one country settling in a foreign land.
New to the Catholic faith; the newly baptized natives living in the missions.
People from Spain who sought to find new land in order to claim it in the name of the King.

3. Directions: Match the Vocabulary Word with its Definition
Brick made of sun dried mud and straw.
To make romantic.
Ceremonies conducted by the Spain in order to claim land in the name of their King.
A document created by someone who did not witness an event firsthand. The author may have interviewed eyewitnesses or studied the event well after it occurred.
Refuse to obey or be loyal to those in charge.
An original document that describes an event; a firsthand or eyewitness account.
Learning to live by the rules of another country.
___ Adobe ___ Civilize ___ Rebel ___ Romanticize ___ Primary Source ___ Secondary Source ___ Acts of Possession

4. Multiple Choice
The California Mission period occurred between the years…
Mission style architecture…
can be found around our cities today.
was used to romanticize the history of the missions.
included bell towers, red tiled roofs, arches, adobe and more.
all of the above.
The Spanish took over Alta California even though the natives had been living there for thousands of years.
True
False
The first leader of the Spanish missionaries was…
Diego de Alcala
Junipero Serra
Juan Crespi
Gaspar de Portola
Missions were only used for religious practice.

5. Multiple Choice In the late 1800s Americans began to…
form associations to save the missions.
write romantic books that celebrated the mission story.
promote mission architecture.
all of the above.
Which type of source is considered to be more accurate?
Primary Source
Secondary Source
All native tribes hated the mission life and wanted to escape.
True
False
The Spanish missionaries were known for giving what as a sign of communication and peace?
rocks
land
gifts such as glass beads
trophies
It was easy for the natives to communicate with the Spanish because they knew each other’s language from the start.

6. Short Answer- Your response should be at least 4 sentences or longer.
Describe how the California Missions period was romanticized in the late 1800s.
*Think about it: Who romanticized it? How? Why was this a romantic way of looking at it? Did it genuinely reflect the mission life style? Why or why not?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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12. Describe mission style architecture and give an example of where you might find it today.
*Think about it: What features did it include?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Describe the difference between the relationship between the missionaries and the natives & the relationship between the soldiers and the natives.
*Think about it: How did the soldiers treat the natives? What were the missionaries trying to do for the natives? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Short Answer- Your response should be at least 4 sentences or longer.
What influences did the Spanish have on the natives?
*Think about it: How did their life style change? Their economy?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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15. Describe the differences between the hunter-gather economy the natives were used to and the agricultural economy they were introduced to. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Did you enjoy our unit on California Missions? What did you like about it? Name one thing you really liked learning about. Name something you would have changed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________