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Beginnings	1. Why was this valley called "San Bernardino"? ________________________________________________________________________
	2. Who gets the credit for naming it San Bernardino? ______________________________ 3. What date is given for the naming of San Bernardino?____________________________
Purposes	4. Why did the San Gabriel Mission want to set up an "estancia" here?? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
Changing Nature	5. What job did the local Indians do for the missionaries? __________________________ 6. How did that project change nature? ___________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
Construction	7. Describe the materials they used to build the mission buildings. __________________ _________________________________________________________________________
Abandonment	8. Why did the Spanish missionaries leave the mission? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
Water Supply	9. Write about why the Zanja was so important to the mission. ___________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
Epidemic	10. What sickness did the missionaries bring to the local Natives? What effect did it have on them? ___________________________________________________________________________

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