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Missions of the Los Angeles Area - Puzzle

Match the words with their definitions.

Words Definitions
1. San Gabriel Arcangel
a. One of the two main groups of Native Americans that lived in the Los Angeles area.
2. monjerio
b. Thin flat bread made from ground wheat or corn.
3. tortilla
c. One of the last governors of Mexican California.
4. adobe
d. The fourth mission founded in 1771.
5. Chumash
e. Native American Indians brought into the mission.
6. Pio Pico
f. Dormitory where unmarried girls and women stayed.
7. neophytes
g. Lightweight canoes used to travel to nearby islands.
8. tomols
h. A system of ditches, clay pipes, and channels for carrying water.
9. convento
i. A type of clay made into bricks.
10. aqueduct
j. Building that housed the priests or padres.

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MISSIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES AREA
by Dianne M MacMillan
ISBN 0-8225-1927-5