1. Traditionally, the Rose Bowl has featured the best team from the Pac-12 and the best team from the Big 10. Why did the promoters of the Rose Bowl choose teams from those two conferences?

a. Other conferences did not want to play in California.

b. They chose those two conferences as a way to show people from the Midwest how nice the weather is in Southern California in the middle of winter.

c. These conferences always have the best teams in the country.

d.These conferences were willing to pay the most money to participate in the Rose Bowl.

2. Which demographic group is Professor Sigmon's favorite group?

a. "Native American" because these people are the only ones who are not immigrants to California.

b. "Latino" because it means California is returning to its Mexican roots.

c. "White" because Professor Sigmon comes from a Northern European background.

d. "Multi-racial" because his children and grandchildren are of a mixed race background.

3. The climate of California can BEST be described as

a. Temperate, that is to say, warm and mild throughout the state.

b. Diverse, that is to say many different micro-climates throughout the state.

c. uniform, that is to say exactly the same everywhere throughout the state.

d. desert, that is to say, it never rains in California.

4. Which of the following California Tribes can trace their roots to the Hokun people?

a.The Aztecs.

b.The Micmac.

c.The Chumash

d.The Sioux.

5. Most Native American Hunters and Gatherers in California:

a.were wiped out by diseases before the Europeans "discovered" the New World.

b.endured short and brutal lives as they struggled to survive with a hand-to-mouth existence.

c.stayed in one place where they grew beans, corn and squash.

d.worked about 6-10 hours a week and enjoyed a bountiful life.

6. According to the textbook, when the Spanish first came to California in 1533, how many Native Americans were living in California?

a.There were less than 100,000 Native Americans living in California.

b.There were more than 5,000,000 Native Americans living in California.

c.There were at least 300,000, but not more than 1,000,000 Native Americans living in California.

d.There were at least 1,000,000 but less than 5,000,000 Native Americans living in California.

7. What were the Intaglios of the California Indians?

a.They were a special means of printing images to paper.

b.They were gigantic sculptures that could be seen from above.

c.They were sophisticated drugs that produced vivid hallucinations.

d.They were carefully carved gemstones.

8. How did California get its name?

a.California was named after a mythical land filled with beautiful women and mystical beasts.

b.The indigenous people called the land "California" which is a Native American word that means "Land of the Golden Bears."

c.Sir Francis Drake named California which means "New England." in Latin.

d.California got its name from the very hot ("caliente" in Spanish) climate.

9. How did the Coastal Miwok react to Sir Francis Drake and his men?

a.They cried and wailed and clawed their faces until they drew blood.

b.They brought gifts of deer and turkey and the Native Americans and the English had a west coast Thanksgiving.

c.They fell to the ground and worshiped the white men as gods when Drake came to the California Coast..

d.The Native Americans launched a sneak attack and managed to kill five Englishmen before cannon fire from the ship saved Drake and his men

10. Who decided that Spain would colonize California?

a.Father/Saint Junipero Serra.

b.Jose de Galvez

c.Gaspar de Portola

d.King Charles III of Spain.

11. If it met its ideal goal, how long was a Mission supposed to last?

a.The Missions were designed and built to last, hopefully, forever.

b.Ideally, the mission would be established and meet its goals in less than two years.

c.The missions were supposed to last 10-20 years.

d.The missionary had five years to meet his goals before moving on..

12. The number one cause of death among the mission Indians was:

a.Disease

b.Suicide.

c.Executions.

d.Starvation.

13. Father Serra's sanctification (sainthood) was most likely delayed by

a.the fact that Serra whipped Native Americans.

b.the idea that Rome does not like to create saints in America.

c.the fact that Serra died of venereal disease, that is to say a "sexually transmitted disease."

d.most Catholic priests in California did not want him to become a saint because his missions were failures.

14. Father Maynard F. Geiger suggests that living in the missions was like

a.living in Hell.

b.being bound in slavery.

c.getting into Heaven early.

d.working for a kind and generous corporation.

15. The Sacred Expedition

a.left from Acapulco in 1769 and was never seen again.

b.was wiped out by angry Pagan Native Americans in the summer of 1846.

c.established the first permanent Spanish settlements in California in 1769.

d.was lead by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and Fr. Bartolome de las Casas in 1542.

16. Helen Hunt Jackson

a.glorified the missions in order to show American genocide.

b.wrote a romance story about brave, handsome Americans saving the mission Indians from evil Catholic priests.

c.harshly condemned the mission system.

d.enjoyed spending time with missionaries and Native Americans neophytes.

17. James K. Polk won the 1844 presidential election on a campaign based on

a.abolishing slavery.

b.empowering women with the right to vote.

c.accusing his opponent of being a crook and weak on international affairs.

d.national expansion and Manifest Destiny.

18. Polk's advisors told him the easiest way to obtain California would be to

a.impose a series of trade tariffs on Mexico until that country agreed to simply give California to the United States.

b.return Texas to Mexico in exchange for California.

c.boldly invade Mexico and simply take California as "spoils of war."

d.simply buy California from Mexico.

19. John C. Fremont

a.was opposed to the Mexican/American War and went to jail in protest.

b.took control of the revolting Americans to launch the Bear Flag Revolt.

c.discovered gold in the American River and launched the California Gold Rush.

d.was California's first American governor.

20. When was California an independent republic?

a.California was an independent republic from June 9, 1846 until July 9, 1846.

b.California was an independent republic from 1846 until 1850 when it became the 31st state in the U.S.

c.California was never an independent republic.

d.Soon after Donald Trump was elected in 2016, the majority of California voters opted to leave the United States and become an independent republic.