The Elusive Eden Study Questions Chapter Five

1. Does the term "awe-struck natives" apply to the native Californians?
2. Who were the Conquistadors?
3. Why do we remember Hernan Cortés, Fernando Magellan, Francisco Pizarro, Cabeza, Hernan Cortés, and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ?
4. Who was Calafia?
5. What was Las Sergas de Esplandián,
6. Who was Garciá Ordoñez?
7. Which of the famous Conquistadors lead an expedition to Baja California?
8. What is the Straight of Anián?
9. Why are the winds off California called contrary winds?
10. Who was Sir Francis Drake?
11. What was "Nova Albion?"
12. Who discovered Drake's Bay?
13. What was the Golden Hind?
14. Who left a Brass Plate nailed to a post in California?
15. What was Principal Navigations?
16. Who was Don Juan de Onate?
17. What were the Manila Galleons?
18. Who was Pedro de Unamuno?
19. Who was Sebastian Rodríguez Cermeño?
20. What was the San Agustín?
21. What was the connection between California and Acapulco?
22. Who was Sebastián Vizcaíno?
23. What was the purpose of the Exploration Prohibition of1606?