1. What was the cause of damage to Mission Santa Barbara in 1925?   California Standard 3.3  Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land.

Timeline of Mission Santa Barbara

a. Fire
b. Earthquake
c. Coastal Flood
d. Mudslide

2. What happened 50 years after Columbus first arrived in the Americas?   California Standard 3.3  Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land.

Timeline of explorers and founders

a. Mission Santa Barbara was established.
b. Vitzcaino discovered Santa Barbara.
c. Mission Santa Barbara was rebuilt following an earthquake.
d. Cabrillo explored California's coastline.

3. How many years after the mission was rebuilt was it sold under Mexican rule?   California Standard 3.3  Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land.

a. 60
b. 32
c. 26
d. 12

4. What is the name for someone who starts a business?   California Standard 3.3  Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land.

a. a pioneer
b. a hero
c. an entrepreneur
d. a CEO

5. What is a mission?   California Standard 3.3.1  Research the explorers who visited here, the newcomers who settled here, and the people who continue to come to the region, including their cultural and religious traditions and contributions.

a. the first government of California
b. a Spanish settlement built around a church
c. a neighborhood in a city
d. a place where people traded goods

6. What is a hub?   California Standard 3.3.1  Research the explorers who visited here, the newcomers who settled here, and the people who continue to come to the region, including their cultural and religious traditions and contributions.

a. a transportation center
b. a trading post
c. a religious center
d. a government building

7. What do we call a person who leaves one country to live in another country?   California Standard 3.3.1  Research the explorers who visited here, the newcomers who settled here, and the people who continue to come to the region, including their cultural and religious traditions and contributions.

a. a pioneer
b. a gold-miner
c. an immigrant
d. a trail-blazer

8. What did Andrew Hallidie invent in 1873?   California Standard 3.3.1  Research the explorers who visited here, the newcomers who settled here, and the people who continue to come to the region, including their cultural and religious traditions and contributions.

a. the lightbulb
b. the cable car
c. the coal-burning stove
d. the automobile

9. What does a newspaper headline tell the reader about an article?   California Standard 3.3.2  Describe the economies established by settlers and their influence on the present-day economy, with emphasis on the importance of private property and entrepreneurship.

a. the name of the author
b. the main idea of the story
c. the date the article was printed
d. the place the events in the article took place

10. How many millions of automobiles were owned in California in 2003?   California Standard 3.3.2  Describe the economies established by settlers and their influence on the present-day economy, with emphasis on the importance of private property and entrepreneurship.

Data table

a. less than 1 million
b. around 10 million
c. between 5 million and 10 million
d. more than 20 million