1. California History Mark Yamamoto 2009-2010 Fourth Grade

4. The San Joaquin River and the Sacramento River runs down the valley.

5. The valley is surrounded by the mountains. On top of the valley region is the mountain region.

11. because it gets very little water. The desert is also good for mining. The main desert in the valley region is the Mojave Desert and the Death Valley.

21. missions. The main purpose was to keep the Russians out, and keep the Indians in. One of the famous presidios is Fort Ross.

24. led a group of Russians and Alaskan fur trappers to a place close to San Francisco. They came to hunt sea otter. So they built Fort Ross as a trading post.

26. was the first person to lead a wagon train of settlers all the way from Independence, Missouri. Picture of John Bidwell

29. making maps in the 1840's. Fremont also wrote reports that made Americans from the east interested to move to the west.