Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257. It is the 36th most populous city in the United States and the 7th most populous in California. Long Beach is the second largest city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and the third largest in Southern California behind Los Angeles and San Diego.

The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports. The city also maintains a progressively declining oil industry with minor wells located both directly beneath the city as well as offshore. Manufacturing sectors include those in aircraft, automotive parts, electronic equipment, audiovisual equipment, petrochemicals, precision metals and home furnishings.

Long Beach lies in the southeastern corner of Los Angeles County and borders Orange County. Downtown Long Beach is approximately south of downtown Los Angeles, though the two cities share an official border for several miles.

Indigenous people have lived in coastal Southern California for over 10,000 years, and several successive cultures have inhabited the present-day area of Long Beach. By the 16th-century arrival of Spanish explorers, the dominant group were the Tongva people. They had at least three major settlements within the present-day city. "Tevaaxa'anga" was an inland settlement near the Los Angeles River, while "Ahwaanga" and "Povuu'nga" were coastal villages. Along with other Tongva villages, they were forced to relocate in the mid-19th century due to missionization, political change, and a drastic drop in population from exposure to European diseases.

Answer this series of questions:

1. When did Spanish explorers get to Long Beach?
2. Who were the main people living there at that time?
3. How many of their own large areas did they reside in?
4. Which one was inland?
5. What happened to the Tongva people?
6. What's one reason for that?
7. Which reason was do to outsiders from another continent?
8. Which coast is Long Beach on?
9. Which state is it in?
10. Where does it rank in population in California?
11. And in size within the Los Angeles area?

Numbered answers:
1. 16th-century
2. the Tongva people
3. three
4. "Tevaaxa'anga"
5. they were forced to relocate in the mid-19th century
6. missionization
7. exposure to European diseases
8. southeastern corner
9. California
10. 7th most
11. second largest