Los Angeles Plaza

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/los-angeles-plaza

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, Los Angeles, California
2. What is the dimensions (original)?75 varas wide by 100 varas long
3. Who founded Los Angeles Plaza and when?Spanish Governor Felipe de Neve founded it in the late 1700s, around the time the Pueblo de Los Ángeles was created.
4. What buildings were built around the plaza?Around the plaza were a guard house (cuartel), a public granary, a government house, and a chapel, all facing the square.

Spanish Colonial Urban Design: A systematic approach to planning settlements with a central plaza and grid layout.
Cuartel: A barracks or guardhouse, serving as a military or police station.
Pueblo: A Spanish term for a town or village, particularly in the context of colonial settlements in the Americas.