The iron curtain supposedly represented the ideological geographic divide between communist and capitalist peoples of europe. identify the ""free"" states that were located inside the communist ""oppressed"" region.

West Berlin , Greece  and Turkey

Explanation:

Berlin was separated by the Wall, so the west side belongs to the United States. In the case of Greece, the internal revolution against the Communist Party maintained the country "free". Turkey was close to the Soviet Union, but different from the other countries did not align to any side.

the california missions began in the late 18th century as an effort to convert native americans to catholicism and expand european territory. there were 21 missions in all, lasting from 1769 until about 1833.   the missions were built by the spanish starting in 1769 in order to “colonize” the territory of alta california. so the missions were important because they were the means of settling california. it also wanted to keep other european countries out of alta california. building settlements along the coast would them meet these goals. missionaries wanted to convert the indians to the roman catholic faith. california indians did much of the work to build missions.