A) Primary and secondary sources from one person’s perspective B) Primary and secondary sources from multiple perspectives C) Only secondary sources D) Only primary sources
A) Because you can learn more about historic events B) Because the first perspective is always wrong C) Because it is a state law D) Because studying only one perspective would be boring
A) Someone who creates his or her own history B) Someone who enjoys history C) Someone who questions history and draws conclusions D) Someone who wants to live just like people did in the past
A) The study of plants and animals and their habitats B) The study of the earth's land, water, people, plants and animals C) The study of weather patterns over time D) The study of rocks and minerals
A) North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa B) Deciduous, coniferous, Mediterranean, maritime, and arctic C) Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, lava, and sand D) Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region
A) The regions are next to each other. B) The regions are all in the South. C) The regions share at least one common feature. D) The regions are all by the ocean.
A) Barometers, sextons, wind socks, and altimeters B) Calipers, scales, plumb bobs, and rulers C) Maps, globes, satellite imagery, and aerial photographs D) Humidifiers, seismographs, x-rays, and sonographs
A) Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana B) Utah, Colorado, and Arizona C) Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona D) California, Nevada, and Arizona
A) Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Great Plains, and Basin and Range B) Desert, Mountain, River, and Lake C) Antelope, Snakes, Bats, and Rodents D) Sunshine, Monsoon, Dust Storm, and Wind
A) By latitude B) By longitude C) By elevation D) By rock type
A) gold B) uranium C) sunshine D) Water
A) Northern and Western B) Northern and Eastern C) Southern and Eastern D) Southern and Western
A) A history textbook B) A shoe C) A photograph D) A diary
A) To study prehistoric people B) To write about modern people C) To investigate crime scenes D) To hunt for food
A) The Paleo people made Clovis points. B) The Paleo people were nomadic. C) The Paleo people hunted very large animals. D) The Paleo people lived in pit houses.
A) Pit houses B) Mano and metate C) Atlatl D) Pueblo houses
A) Hunt B) Build pueblos C) Farm full time D) Live the nomadic lifestyle
A) They began to build multi-level pit houses. B) They spread out across more of the land. C) They began to build multi-level pueblos. D) They moved west for more land.
A) It is an Ancestral Puebloan city. B) t was made by modern Apache Indians. C) It has many pueblo houses. D) Its largest city was Pueblo Bonito.
A) The Navajo and Apache B) The Folsom and Clovis people C) The Paleo and Archaic people D) The Mogollon and Ancestral Puebloans
A) Apache B) Mogollon C) Navajo D) Archaic
A) Being the first farmers B) Being skilled craftsmen C) Being fierce warriors D) Being great musicians
A) Storage B) Religion C) Ceremonies D) A gathering place
A) Help from Americans in the Spanish American War B) Corrupt government practices C) A desire to stay with Spain D) Power struggles
A) New Mexico experienced political instability. B) New Mexico became part of the United States. C) Spain fought Mexico for New Mexico. D) New Mexico gave land to the United States.
A) It increased New Mexico’s crime rate. B) It decreased job opportunities. C) It did not help or hurt New Mexico. D) It made New Mexico less isolated.
A) An attack from Mexico over new trade laws B) Political corruption and public greed C) There was no rebellion in 1837 D) An unpopular governor implementing new tax policies
A) Preferential treatment from Mexico B) Desire for more land C) Unfair trading practices D) There were good relations
A) United States annexed Texas B) Corrupt government in Mexico C) Border disputes over Texas D) Dishonest Mexican peace delegates
A) To give the United States a third of its land, including New Mexico B) To give the United States a third of its land, not including New Mexico C) To have peace with the United States for 10 years D) To give the United States New Mexico but nothing else
A) It started with the peaceful surrender of General Armijo. B) It was sparked by disputes over the Texas border. C) During a rebellion, Governor Bent was killed. D) Mexico won the war.
A) All New Mexicans did not want slavery. B) Slavery was not an issue if New Mexico C) All New Mexicans wanted slavery. D) Some New Mexicans wanted slavery and some did not.
A) The Indians endured the Navajo Long Walk and confinement at Bosque Redondo B) The Indians endured the Trail of Tears and confinement at Bosque Redondo. C) The Indians joined with the Confederates. D) The Indians were given adequate supplies.
A) Pueblo and Navajo B) Navajo and Taos C) Navajo and Apache D) Apache and Pueblo
A) To live somewhere new B) To appease their soldiers C) To prove they could conquer it D) To pay for the war
A) They made it against the law for Indians to speak any language besides English. B) They made it against the law for tribes to participate in any tribal ceremonies unless a white person was there. C) They created boarding schools for the Indian children to learn the ways of white people. D) They made friends with the Indians and showed them what they thought were more efficient ways of living.
A) Cooke’s Wagon Road B) Maxwell Overland Trail C) Butterfield Overland Trail D) Old Spanish Trail
A) To learn Spanish B) To get a new start C) To get gold D) To buy cheap land
A) The Catholic religion B) The Protestant religion C) The Jewish religion D) The Muslim religion
A) They had too many crops to sell. B) Farming was difficult in that area. C) There was too much rainfall. D) The ground was too fertile.
A) Business owners B) Tourists C) Los Hermanos Penitentes D) Families wanting to move to the territory
A) Few judges B) Few lawmen C) Few guns D) Many places to hide
A) The Civil War B) The Colfax County War C) The Spanish American War D) The Lincoln County War
A) Friendships B) Peace treaties C) Violence D) Trade
A) 62 years B) 16 years C) 26 years D) 61 years
A) Violence of the Wild West B) Concerns about loyalty C) Population size D) Concerns about corruption
A) Only sent supplies B) Fought in the Rough Riders C) Refused to fight D) Sent letters of encouragement
A) 26th B) 34th C) 45th D) 47th
A) The U.S. Army’s surrender to Mexico during the Mexican Expedition B) Mexico taking land from the United States C) The U.S. Army’s pursuit of Pancho Villa D) Mexico’s pursuit of the U.S. Army
A) NewMexicousedsomeofitslandastraining camps for soldiers. B) Women helped run farms and ranches while the men were away at war. C) Farmers and ranchers raised and produced food to feed troops. D) New Mexico only allowed men to help with the war.
A) Because it was a time of many world wars B) Because it was a time when many were losing their jobs and living in poverty C) Because it was a decade of economic and cultural growth for New Mexico and the United States D) Because that is what the government said it should be called
A) The day World War II started B) The day of the worst stock market crash in history C) The day the sun did not shine for 24 hours D) The day when African Americans received equal rights
A) Many companies went bankrupt B) Many people lost their jobs C) Many new businesses and jobs were created D) The stock market crash
A) To reorganize Native Americans onto smaller reservations B) To take more land from Native Americans C) To try and fix problems for Native Americans that were created by earlier policies D) To try and make Native Americans live like white men
A) By refusing to send men to fight in the war B) By only providing supplies to the US military C) by only providing women to fight in the war D) By providing soldiers, suppplies, and new weapons to the US
A) California B) Arizona C) New Mexico D) Texas
A) The government wanted to keep Japanese Americans safe from attacks by other Americans B) Some people thought Japanese Americans living on the West Coast might give information or help to Japan during the war. C) Hitler ordered the US government to do it D) The government did not want Japanese soldiers to kidnap Japanese Americans.
A) The attack on Pearl Harbor B) Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki C) The surrender of German armies D) Dropping atomic bombs on Germany and Italy
A) It created jobs for New Mexicans, and many cities in New Mexico grew. B) It increased debt and caused more businesses to close. C) It caused more people to lose their jobs D) t only created jobs for women and children New Mexico.
A) World War III B) The Cold War C) The Korean War D) The Vietnam War
A) World War II and the Pearl Harbor War B) The Iraq and Afghanistan wars C) The Korean and Vietnam wars D) The Vietnam War and World War III
A) The New Mexican government would only allow missiles to be tested in New Mexico but refused to test bombs in the state. B) Air bases and tunnels in New Mexico were used to store atomic bombs. C) New Mexican laboratories invented nuclear bombs, missiles, and other important weapons. D) Bombs and weapons were invented and tested in New Mexico.
A) The United States and the Soviet Union B) The United States and Japan C) The Soviet Union and Germany D) The United States and Germany
A) Tourism B) Many people knew New Mexico had plenty of land to hide from Communists C) The promise of greater wealth by working for the Soviet government D) Job opportunities in the military, national labs, and mining industries
A) The time period between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Vietnam War B) The title of the famous speech given by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. C) The efforts of white people in New Mexico to give the black and Hispanic populations equal rights D) The efforts of blacks to challenge the discrimination they faced in parts of New Mexico and across the country
A) To give more land to the U.S. government B) To get better working conditions for farm workers C) To allow Hispanic students to speak Spanish in school D) To reclaim lost land grants
A) Because the U.S. government was using it as a storage site for garbage B) Because they wanted to give it to the Hispanic people C) Because they wanted to find treasure their ancestors had buried in it D) Because it was an important place of worship for their tribe and helped to preserve their culture.
A) Water shortage B) A lack of government leadership C) Excess water D) Land shortage
A) To take away the people’s rights B) To force citizens to obey laws C) To promote the public good D) To settle disputes between neighbors
A) Federal B) Provincial C) Tribal D) Local
A) You have no rights or responsibilities. B) You have rights with no responsibilities. C) You have responsibilities with no rights. D) You have responsibilities because of your rights.
A) Choice of Judge B) Freedom of Speech C) Freedom of Religion D) Trial by Jury
A) Legislative, executive, general B) Legislative, general, judicial C) General, executive, judicial D) Legislative, executive, judicial
A) The Federalist Papers B) The U.S. Constitution C) The Declaration of Independence D) The New Mexico Constitution
A) The federal government B) New Mexico’s state government C) Each Indian tribe D) The Supreme Court
A) New laws to discuss B) Unfair voting restrictions C) Sound leadership D) Disagreements
A) Exchanging your old hoodie for your friend’s baseball cap B) Taking something without paying for it C) Buying lunch D) Selling your old bicycle
A) gold and silver B) batering C) begging D) money
A) Pay people interest for keeping money in the bank B) Provide loans for people C) Use your money to go on vacations D) Help people manage their money
A) An economic system where supply and demand determine value and price B) An economic system where the governor determines value and price C) An economic system where all goods and services are free of charge D) An economic system completely controlled by the government
A) Animal-powered economies B) Tribal economies C) Traditional economies D) Command economies
A) State government B) Provincial government C) Tribal government D) Local government
A) cultural awareness B) specialization C) economic sharing D) interdependence
A) it does not impact the economy B) it hurts the economy C) it helps the economy D) there is no tourism in NM
A) coal B) chilies C) bread D) water |