八册一单元CALIFORNIA课文填空

1、.八册一单元CALIFORNIACalifornia is the third _large state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the _distinct of being the most multicultural state in the USA, _attract people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity o

2、f culture is not_surprise when you know the history of California. NATIVE AMERICANS:       _exact when the first people arrived in _ we now know _California, no one really knows. _, it is _like that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years a

3、go. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge _existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the _arrive of the _Europe, the native people suffered greatly. Thousands _kill or forced into slavery. In _ add, many die

4、d from the diseases _bring by the Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are more Native Americans _live in California than in any other state. THE SPANISH   : In the 18th century, California _ rule by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America

5、in the early 16th century, _ they fought_the native people and took their land. Two centuries_late, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of _ we now call the United States. Of the first Spanish _ go to California, the _ major were religious men, _ mini

6、stry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. In 1821, the people of Mexico gained their _ independent_ Spain. California then became part of Mexico. However, in 1846 the United States _declare war on Mexico, and after the war _win by the USA, Mexico had to give California tothe USA. _, th

7、ere is still a strong Spanish influence in the state. That is _ today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish _ a first or second language. RUSSIANS       : In the early 1800s, Russian hunters, who had _ original gone to Alaska, _brgin settling in California. Today there are

8、about 25,000 Russian-Americans _ live in and around San Francisco. GOLD MINERS      : In 1848, not long after the American-Mexican war, gold _ discover in California. The dream of _become rich quickly _attract people from all over the world. The nearest, and therefore the fi

9、rst _ _ arrive, were South Americans and people from the United States. Then _ adventure from Europe and Asia soon followed. In fact, few _achieve their dream of becoming rich. Some died _returned home, _ most remained in California to make a _live for themselves _ great hardship. They settledin the

10、 new towns or on farms. By the time California _elect to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society.LATER ARRIVALS       Although Chinese _ immigrate began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the

11、 rail network from the west to the east coast _ brought even _large numbers to California in the 1860s. Today, Chinese-Americans live in all parts of California, although a large percentage_choose to stay in the "Chinatowns" of Los Angeles and San Francisco.      

12、Other immigrants such as Italians, mainly fishermen but also wine makers, arrived in California in the late 19th century. In 1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own, _ today still keeps _ their Danish culture. By the 1920s the film industry was _good established in Hollywood, Ca

13、lifornia. The industry boom attracted Europeans _ include many Jewish people. Today California has the second largest Jewish population in the United States.       Japanese farmers began arriving in California at the beginning of the 20th century, and since the 1980s a lot m

14、ore _ _settle there. People from Africa have been living in California since the 1800s, _ they moved north from Mexico. However, even more arrived between 1942 and 1945 to work in the ship and aircraft industries. MOST RECENT ARRIVALS       In more recent decades, California _become home to people from Asia, _include Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Laotians. _ its beginning in the 1970s, the computer industry has attracted Indians and Pakistanis to California.THE FUTURE       People from different parts of the world, _attract by the