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4th grade · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 8

California Through Time

Put California's history in order

What your child practices

Ordering events in California's history, from the first European ships and the missions to the Gold Rush, statehood, the railroad and the 1900s.

California Content Standards learning standard: 4.2.3; 4.3.5; 4.4.2 · putting California's history in order, from Spanish colonization and statehood to the state's growth

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Put these events in order, earliest first.

    • Biddy Mason wins her freedom in court
    • Francis Drake lands on the northern coast
    • The last mission is founded at Sonoma
    • Toypurina leads resistance at Mission San Gabriel

  2. Question 2

    In what year did this happen? The Golden Gate Bridge opens

    • 1937
    • 1776
    • 1846
    • 1965

  3. Question 3

    In what year did this happen? Francis Drake lands on the northern coast

    • 1579
    • 1882
    • 1906
    • 1846

  4. Question 4

    Which of these happened first?

    • The Bear Flag Revolt in Sonoma
    • Francis Drake lands on the northern coast
    • Mission San Diego de Alcalá is founded
    • Russians build Fort Ross

  5. Question 5

    Which of these happened last?

    • Mendez v. Westminster ends segregation of Mexican American students
    • Mexico begins closing the missions
    • The Delano grape strike begins
    • The Chinese Exclusion Act is passed

  6. Question 6

    Put these events in order, earliest first.

    • The Angel Island Immigration Station opens
    • The Los Angeles Aqueduct opens
    • The last mission is founded at Sonoma
    • Mission San Diego de Alcalá is founded

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