The first outsiders to penetrate the isolation of Spanish California were:
A) French fur traders.
B) American whalers.
C) Russian traders.
D) British merchants.
Answer: C
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The approximate Indian population in California at the end of the Mexican period was
a. seven thousand b. thirty-five thousand c. fifty-six thousand d. one hundred thousand
James B.D. DeBow used his magazine, DeBow's ______ (1846-1884), to advocate for the expansion of commercial development and agricultural diversification so that the South could be come independent of the North.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In what regions did Latin Christendom expand during the period of the early Mongol expansion?
a. Middle East and Spain b. Prussia and North Africa c. Finland and Estonia d. Britain and Spain