NM HISTORY FINAL EXAM
  • 1. What do historians study to learn about the past?
A) Primary and secondary sources from one person’s perspective
B) Only primary sources
C) Primary and secondary sources from multiple perspectives
D) Only secondary sources
  • 2. Why is it important to study history from multiple perspectives?
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
  • 3. What makes someone a historical thinker?
A) Someone who wants to live just like people did in the past
B) Someone who questions history and draws conclusions
C) Someone who enjoys history
D) Someone who creates his or her own history
  • 4. What is geography?
A) The study of weather patterns over time
B) The study of the earth's land, water, people, plants and animals
C) The study of plants and animals and their habitats
D) The study of rocks and minerals
  • 5. The five themes of geography are:
A) Deciduous, coniferous, Mediterranean, maritime, and arctic
B) North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa
C) Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region
D) Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, lava, and sand
  • 6. TheUnited States is divided into regions because:
A) The regions are next to each other.
B) The regions are all by the ocean.
C) The regions are all in the South.
D) The regions share at least one common feature.
  • 7. Some of the tools geographers use are:
A) Humidifiers, seismographs, x-rays, and sonographs
B) Maps, globes, satellite imagery, and aerial photographs
C) Calipers, scales, plumb bobs, and rulers
D) Barometers, sextons, wind socks, and altimeters
  • 8. New Mexico is part of the Southwest region with which other states?
A) Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana
B) California, Nevada, and Arizona
C) Utah, Colorado, and Arizona
D) Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona
  • 9. The four provinces of New Mexico are:
A) Sunshine, Monsoon, Dust Storm, and Wind
B) Desert, Mountain, River, and Lake
C) Antelope, Snakes, Bats, and Rodents
D) Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Great Plains, and Basin and Range
  • 10. How are life zone's determined?
A) By latitude
B) By longitude
C) By elevation
D) By rock type
  • 11. What is New Mexico’s most precious resource?
A) sunshine
B) Water
C) gold
D) uranium
  • 12. New Mexico is in what two hemispheres?
A) Southern and Western
B) Northern and Eastern
C) Northern and Western
D) Southern and Eastern
  • 13. Which item is a secondary source?
A) A photograph
B) A diary
C) A history textbook
D) A shoe
  • 14. What is the role of an archaeologist?
A) To write about modern people
B) To hunt for food
C) To study prehistoric people
D) To investigate crime scenes
  • 15. Which of the following statements is not correct?
A) The Paleo people hunted very large animals.
B) The Paleo people were nomadic.
C) The Paleo people lived in pit houses.
D) The Paleo people made Clovis points.
  • 16. Which of the following was not an innovation of the Archaic people?
A) Atlatl
B) Mano and metate
C) Pit houses
D) Pueblo houses
  • 17. The Mogollon people were first to do what in New Mexico?
A) Hunt
B) Farm full time
C) Live the nomadic lifestyle
D) Build pueblos
  • 18. What did the Ancestral Puebloans do to meet the growing need for housing?
A) They spread out across more of the land.
B) They began to build multi-level pueblos.
C) They began to build multi-level pit houses.
D) They moved west for more land.
  • 19. Which of the following statements about Chaco Canyon is not true?
A) Its largest city was Pueblo Bonito.
B) It has many pueblo houses.
C) It is an Ancestral Puebloan city.
D) t was made by modern Apache Indians.
  • 20. The Diné people developed into which two groups of people?
A) The Navajo and Apache
B) The Paleo and Archaic people
C) The Mogollon and Ancestral Puebloans
D) The Folsom and Clovis people
  • 21. Which tribe is the largest group of Native Americans in New Mexico and the second-largest group of Native Americans in the United States?
A) Navajo
B) Archaic
C) Mogollon
D) Apache
  • 22. What were the Apache best known for?
A) Being skilled craftsmen
B) Being great musicians
C) Being the first farmers
D) Being fierce warriors
  • 23. Kivas were used for all of the following except:
A) A gathering place
B) Ceremonies
C) Religion
D) Storage
  • 24. What led to Mexico’s independence from Spain?
A) Power struggles
B) Help from Americans in the Spanish American War
C) Corrupt government practices
D) A desire to stay with Spain
  • 25. What happened in New Mexico after Mexico gained independence from Spain?
A) New Mexico gave land to the United States.
B) Spain fought Mexico for New Mexico.
C) New Mexico became part of the United States.
D) New Mexico experienced political instability.
  • 26. What did more trade routes and an increase in trade do for New Mexico?
A) It made New Mexico less isolated.
B) It decreased job opportunities.
C) It increased New Mexico’s crime rate.
D) It did not help or hurt New Mexico.
  • 27. What was the cause of the Chimayo Rebellion?
A) Political corruption and public greed
B) An unpopular governor implementing new tax policies
C) There was no rebellion in 1837
D) An attack from Mexico over new trade laws
  • 28. What created tense relations between Texans and New Mexicans?
A) There were good relations
B) Desire for more land
C) Unfair trading practices
D) Preferential treatment from Mexico
  • 29. What started the Mexican American War of 1846?
A) Border disputes over Texas
B) Corrupt government in Mexico
C) Dishonest Mexican peace delegates
D) United States annexed Texas
  • 30. What did Mexico agree to in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
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
  • 31. Which of the following is not true about the Mexican American War?
A) Mexico won the war.
B) It was sparked by disputes over the Texas border.
C) During a rebellion, Governor Bent was killed.
D) It started with the peaceful surrender of General Armijo.
  • 32. How did New Mexicans feel about slavery in their territory?
A) All New Mexicans wanted slavery.
B) Some New Mexicans wanted slavery and some did not.
C) Slavery was not an issue if New Mexico
D) All New Mexicans did not want slavery.
  • 33. What happened after Carson used a scorched-earth campaign to force the Indians to surrender?
A) The Indians were given adequate supplies.
B) The Indians endured the Trail of Tears and confinement at Bosque Redondo.
C) The Indians endured the Navajo Long Walk and confinement at Bosque Redondo
D) The Indians joined with the Confederates.
  • 34. Which Indian tribes fought against the Americans to keep their way of life?
A) Navajo and Apache
B) Pueblo and Navajo
C) Navajo and Taos
D) Apache and Pueblo
  • 35. Why did the Confederates want the Southwest?
A) To appease their soldiers
B) To pay for the war
C) To prove they could conquer it
D) To live somewhere new
  • 36. How did the white people try to make the Indian culture appear more like their own?
A) They created boarding schools for the Indian children to learn the ways of white people.
B) They made friends with the Indians and showed them what they thought were more efficient ways of living.
C) They made it against the law for tribes to participate in any tribal ceremonies unless a white person was there.
D) They made it against the law for Indians to speak any language besides English.
  • 37. Which of the following is not one of the trails from New Mexico to California?
A) Old Spanish Trail
B) Butterfield Overland Trail
C) Cooke’s Wagon Road
D) Maxwell Overland Trail
  • 38. People came to New Mexico for a lot of these reasons except:
A) To buy cheap land
B) To learn Spanish
C) To get a new start
D) To get gold
  • 39. Which religion faced challenges from new missionaries and their new bishop?
A) The Catholic religion
B) The Muslim religion
C) The Jewish religion
D) The Protestant religion
  • 40. The government gave land to settlers, but what problem did the settlers have in eastern New Mexico?
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.
  • 41. Which of the following were not helped by the railroad?
A) Tourists
B) Los Hermanos Penitentes
C) Families wanting to move to the territory
D) Business owners
  • 42. All of the following contributed to New Mexico’s lawlessness except:
A) Few lawmen
B) Many places to hide
C) Few judges
D) Few guns
  • 43. Which war was sparked by a conflict over political and economic power in New Mexico Territory?
A) The Colfax County War
B) The Civil War
C) The Lincoln County War
D) The Spanish American War
  • 44. Disputes over land grants and water rights often resulted in what?
A) Trade
B) Peace treaties
C) Violence
D) Friendships
  • 45. For how many years was New Mexico a territory?
A) 26 years
B) 61 years
C) 62 years
D) 16 years
  • 46. Which of the following was not an issue in New Mexico becoming a state?
A) Concerns about corruption
B) Population size
C) Violence of the Wild West
D) Concerns about loyalty
  • 47. What did New Mexicans do in the Spanish American War to prove their loyalty?
A) Fought in the Rough Riders
B) Only sent supplies
C) Sent letters of encouragement
D) Refused to fight
  • 48. New Mexico was the ___ state to join the United States.
A) 47th
B) 45th
C) 26th
D) 34th
  • 49. What strained relations between Mexico and the United States?
A) Mexico taking land from the United States
B) Mexico’s pursuit of the U.S. Army
C) The U.S. Army’s surrender to Mexico during the Mexican Expedition
D) The U.S. Army’s pursuit of Pancho Villa
  • 50. Which of the following is not an example of how New Mexico contributed to World War I?
A) NewMexicousedsomeofitslandastraining camps for soldiers.
B) New Mexico only allowed men to help with the war.
C) Women helped run farms and ranches while the men were away at war.
D) Farmers and ranchers raised and produced food to feed troops.
  • 51. Why are the 1920s remembered as a time of prosperity?
A) Because that is what the government said it should be called
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 it was a time of many world wars
  • 52. What is Black Tuesday?
A) The day when African Americans received equal rights
B) The day of the worst stock market crash in history
C) The day World War II started
D) The day the sun did not shine for 24 hours
  • 53. Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?
A) Many companies went bankrupt
B) Many new businesses and jobs were created
C) Many people lost their jobs
D) The stock market crash
  • 54. What was the goal of the Indian Reorganization Act?
A) To take more land from Native Americans
B) To reorganize Native Americans onto smaller reservations
C) To try and make Native Americans live like white men
D) To try and fix problems for Native Americans that were created by earlier policies
  • 55. How did NM help during WWII?
A) By only providing supplies to the US military
B) By refusing to send men to fight in the war
C) By providing soldiers, suppplies, and new weapons to the US
D) by only providing women to fight in the war
  • 56. In what state ws the Manhattan Project located?
A) New Mexico
B) California
C) Arizona
D) Texas
  • 57. Why were all people of Japenese descent who lived on the west Coast put in internment camps?
A) The government did not want Japanese soldiers to kidnap Japanese Americans.
B) Hitler ordered the US government to do it
C) The government wanted to keep Japanese Americans safe from attacks by other Americans
D) Some people thought Japanese Americans living on the West Coast might give information or help to Japan during the war.
  • 58. What ended World War II in Japan?
A) The attack on Pearl Harbor
B) The surrender of German armies
C) Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
D) Dropping atomic bombs on Germany and Italy
  • 59. What did the war do for New Mexico’s economy?
A) It caused more people to lose their jobs
B) It increased debt and caused more businesses to close.
C) t only created jobs for women and children New Mexico.
D) It created jobs for New Mexicans, and many cities in New Mexico grew.
  • 60. What war began at the end of World War II?
A) The Korean War
B) World War III
C) The Vietnam War
D) The Cold War
  • 61. What two wars were part of the Cold War?
A) The Vietnam War and World War III
B) The Iraq and Afghanistan wars
C) The Korean and Vietnam wars
D) World War II and the Pearl Harbor War
  • 62. Which of the following is not true regarding New Mexico’s contributions during the Cold War?
A) Bombs and weapons were invented and tested in New Mexico.
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) The New Mexican government would only allow missiles to be tested in New Mexico but refused to test bombs in the state.
  • 63. Who participated in the arms race and space race?
A) The United States and Germany
B) The United States and the Soviet Union
C) The Soviet Union and Germany
D) The United States and Japan
  • 64. What brought more people to New Mexico during the Cold War?
A) Tourism
B) Job opportunities in the military, national labs, and mining industries
C) The promise of greater wealth by working for the Soviet government
D) Many people knew New Mexico had plenty of land to hide from Communists
  • 65. What was the Civil Rights Movement?
A) The title of the famous speech given by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) The time period between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Vietnam War
C) The efforts of blacks to challenge the discrimination they faced in parts of New Mexico and across the country
D) The efforts of white people in New Mexico to give the black and Hispanic populations equal rights
  • 66. What was the goal of La Alianza?
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
  • 67. Why did the Pueblo Indians fight for ownership of Blue Lake?
A) Because they wanted to find treasure their ancestors had buried in it
B) Because they wanted to give it to the Hispanic people
C) Because it was an important place of worship for their tribe and helped to preserve their culture.
D) Because the U.S. government was using it as a storage site for garbage
  • 68. What is considered New Mexico’s number-one problem?
A) Water shortage
B) A lack of government leadership
C) Land shortage
D) Excess water
  • 69. Why does government exist?
A) To take away the people’s rights
B) To promote the public good
C) To settle disputes between neighbors
D) To force citizens to obey laws
  • 70. Which of the following governments is not supported in the U.S. and New Mexico constitutions?
A) Provincial
B) Local
C) Federal
D) Tribal
  • 71. Which of the following statements is true?
A) You have responsibilities with no rights.
B) You have responsibilities because of your rights.
C) You have no rights or responsibilities.
D) You have rights with no responsibilities.
  • 72. Which of the following is not a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights ?
A) Choice of Judge
B) Freedom of Speech
C) Trial by Jury
D) Freedom of Religion
  • 73. What are the three branches of government?
A) Legislative, executive, general
B) Legislative, executive, judicial
C) Legislative, general, judicial
D) General, executive, judicial
  • 74. Which document outlines the structure and function of the state legislature?
A) The U.S. Constitution
B) The Federalist Papers
C) The New Mexico Constitution
D) The Declaration of Independence
  • 75. Who determines the structure and function of tribal government?
A) The Supreme Court
B) New Mexico’s state government
C) The federal government
D) Each Indian tribe
  • 76. What is critical to the success of a democratic society?
A) New laws to discuss
B) Unfair voting restrictions
C) Sound leadership
D) Disagreements
  • 77. Which is not an example of trade?
A) Selling your old bicycle
B) Exchanging your old hoodie for your friend’s baseball cap
C) Taking something without paying for it
D) Buying lunch
  • 78. What is the most widely accepted form of exchange in most countries?
A) begging
B) gold and silver
C) batering
D) money
  • 79. Which of the following is not something that banks do?
A) Provide loans for people
B) Pay people interest for keeping money in the bank
C) Help people manage their money
D) Use your money to go on vacations
  • 80. What is a free enterprise market system?
A) An economic system where all goods and services are free of charge
B) An economic system completely controlled by the government
C) An economic system where the governor determines value and price
D) An economic system where supply and demand determine value and price
  • 81. What other economic systems are found in New Mexico?
A) Tribal economies
B) Animal-powered economies
C) Command economies
D) Traditional economies
  • 82. Our free enterprise system directly impacts decisions at all of the following levels of government except:
A) Local government
B) State government
C) Provincial government
D) Tribal government
  • 83. Relying on others to make products we need in exchange for the products we specialize in is:
A) cultural awareness
B) interdependence
C) economic sharing
D) specialization
  • 84. What does tourism do for our state’s economy?
A) it does not impact the economy
B) it hurts the economy
C) there is no tourism in NM
D) it helps the economy
  • 85. Which resource do we not have enough of to meet our needs?
A) bread
B) coal
C) water
D) chilies
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