1. What were the two main requirements a person had to meet in order to receive a land grant from the Mexican government?
- A. Be a former soldier and pay a large fee in gold
- B. Be a Mexican citizen and draw a map called a diseño
- C. Have lived in the area for ten years and build a church
- D. Promise to only raise sheep and be a member of the Catholic clergy
2. What was the direct outcome for a person whose land grant application and diseño were approved by the Mexican government?
- A. They were required to pay a large annual tax to the local mission.
- B. They received official permission to start their own ranch on the property.
- C. They had to serve in the Mexican army for a period of five years.
- D. They had to sell the land within one year if it was not being used for farming.
3. What citizenship status was required to apply for a Mexican land grant?
- A. Spanish citizen
- B. U.S. citizen
- C. Mexican citizen
- D. No citizenship was required
4. What was the main reason the Mexican government gave away former mission lands as land grants?
- A. To create a series of new religious missions
- B. To encourage people to settle in the region and establish ranches
- C. To sell the land to the highest bidder for profit
- D. To return the land to local Native American tribes
5. In the context of Mexican land policy, what was a 'diseño'?
- A. A title of nobility given to a ranch owner
- B. A tax paid annually on cattle
- C. A hand-drawn map showing property boundaries
- D. A legal contract for hiring workers
6. Which of the following was a direct consequence of Mexico's secularization laws in California?
- A. The Spanish king regained control of the region.
- B. The mission system was effectively shut down.
- C. Many new Catholic churches were constructed.
- D. Russia established new trading posts.
7. Prior to Mexico winning its independence in 1821, which European country ruled over the territory of California?
- A. France
- B. Great Britain
- C. Spain
- D. Portugal
8. What major event in 1821 directly led to California becoming part of the Mexican Republic?
- A. The California Gold Rush began
- B. The Mexican War of Independence was won
- C. The Spanish-American War concluded
- D. The Bear Flag Revolt occurred
9. What was the primary goal of the Mexican government's policy of secularization in California?
- A. To encourage more Spanish priests to move to California
- B. To build new missions throughout the territory
- C. To increase trade with the United States and Russia
- D. To reduce the power and landholdings of the Catholic Church
10. In the context of early Mexican California, the term 'secularization' referred to the process of...
- A. electing a new governor for the territory.
- B. transferring control of mission lands from the church to private settlement.
- C. establishing Spanish as the official language of government.
- D. selling the territory of California to the United States.