Geography 417

Practice Quiz 4

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Question	Answer	Letter	Questions and Answer Options
1. Preview	Answer 1	1.	Sir Francis Drake probably landed somewhere near San Francisco and claimed all the territory for:
		a.	England
		b.	Spain
		c.	France
		d.	The United States
2.Preview	Answer 2	2.	Who was Calafia?
		a.	She was the Queen of Spain during early stages of Spanish Exploration
		b.	She was the Indian Princess of the Chumash who married Vizcaino
		c.	She was a mythic Queen of California in a novel.
		d.	None of these.
3.Preview	Answer 3	3.	What group of people did Cabrillo meet on his voyage when his party passed by Catalina?
		a.	Miwoks
		b.	Tongva or Gabrelino
		c.	Serrano
		d.	Tatavaiam
4.Preview	Answer 4	4.	What city is probably closest to the place Cabrillo named "Peublo de las Canoas"
		a.	San Diego
		b.	San Francisco
		c.	Ventura
		d.	Redding
5.Preview	Answer 5	5.	What was Vizcaino talking about when he mentioned "Sea Wolves" in his account of the Ohlone Indians?
		a.	English Pirates
		b.	Probably Sea Lions
		c.	Russian sailors
		d.	Mythical sea creatures, which the Spanish feared
6.Review	Answer 6	6	Which of these stands as a strong causal reason for the great linguistic diversity in California?
		a.	constant warfare among the tribes
		b.	the constant migration of the tribes
		c.	the variety of physical environments
		d.	there was not very great linguistic diversity among the tribes of California.
7.Review	Answer 7	7.	Which of these historic Indian culture groups could not be found in California?
		a.	Chumash
		b.	Gabrielino
		c.	Sioux
		d.	Modoc
8.Review	Answer 8	8	In what part of the state would you most likely find Indians engaged in farming?
		a.	Northwest
		b.	Southwest
		c.	South East
		d.	In the Great Central Valley
9.Review	Answer 9	9.	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.
		a.	agricultural activities (like processing food).
		b.	religious activities
		c.	crafts and art activities
		d.	hunting and fishing activities
10.Review	Answer 10	10.	How would you characterize the diversity of Indian languages spoken in California?
		a.	1000's of unrelated languages in a jig-saw puzzle distribution
		b.	Hundreds of languages in a handful of language families
		c.	A dozen or so languages in four language families
		d.	Most of the tribes spoke a variant of the Miwok family of languages.

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Geography 417

Practice Quiz 4

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