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
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 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
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
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
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.
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
A) Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana B) California, Nevada, and Arizona C) Utah, Colorado, and Arizona D) Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona
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
A) By latitude B) By longitude C) By elevation D) By rock type
A) sunshine B) Water C) gold D) uranium
A) Southern and Western B) Northern and Eastern C) Northern and Western D) Southern and Eastern
A) A photograph B) A diary C) A history textbook D) A shoe
A) To write about modern people B) To hunt for food C) To study prehistoric people D) To investigate crime scenes
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.
A) Atlatl B) Mano and metate C) Pit houses D) Pueblo houses
A) Hunt B) Farm full time C) Live the nomadic lifestyle D) Build pueblos
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.
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.
A) The Navajo and Apache B) The Paleo and Archaic people C) The Mogollon and Ancestral Puebloans D) The Folsom and Clovis people
A) Navajo B) Archaic C) Mogollon D) Apache
A) Being skilled craftsmen B) Being great musicians C) Being the first farmers D) Being fierce warriors
A) A gathering place B) Ceremonies C) Religion D) Storage
A) Power struggles B) Help from Americans in the Spanish American War C) Corrupt government practices D) A desire to stay with 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.
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.
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
A) There were good relations B) Desire for more land C) Unfair trading practices D) Preferential treatment from Mexico
A) Border disputes over Texas B) Corrupt government in Mexico C) Dishonest Mexican peace delegates D) United States annexed Texas
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) 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.
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.
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.
A) Navajo and Apache B) Pueblo and Navajo C) Navajo and Taos D) Apache and Pueblo
A) To appease their soldiers B) To pay for the war C) To prove they could conquer it D) To live somewhere new
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.
A) Old Spanish Trail B) Butterfield Overland Trail C) Cooke’s Wagon Road D) Maxwell Overland Trail
A) To buy cheap land B) To learn Spanish C) To get a new start D) To get gold
A) The Catholic religion B) The Muslim religion C) The Jewish religion D) The Protestant 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) Tourists B) Los Hermanos Penitentes C) Families wanting to move to the territory D) Business owners
A) Few lawmen B) Many places to hide C) Few judges D) Few guns
A) The Colfax County War B) The Civil War C) The Lincoln County War D) The Spanish American War
A) Trade B) Peace treaties C) Violence D) Friendships
A) 26 years B) 61 years C) 62 years D) 16 years
A) Concerns about corruption B) Population size C) Violence of the Wild West D) Concerns about loyalty
A) Fought in the Rough Riders B) Only sent supplies C) Sent letters of encouragement D) Refused to fight
A) 47th B) 45th C) 26th D) 34th
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
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.
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
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
A) Many companies went bankrupt B) Many new businesses and jobs were created C) Many people lost their jobs D) The stock market crash
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
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
A) New Mexico B) California C) Arizona D) Texas
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.
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
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.
A) The Korean War B) World War III C) The Vietnam War D) 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
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.
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
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
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
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 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
A) Water shortage B) A lack of government leadership C) Land shortage D) Excess water
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
A) Provincial B) Local C) Federal D) Tribal
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.
A) Choice of Judge B) Freedom of Speech C) Trial by Jury D) Freedom of Religion
A) Legislative, executive, general B) Legislative, executive, judicial C) Legislative, general, judicial D) General, executive, judicial
A) The U.S. Constitution B) The Federalist Papers C) The New Mexico Constitution D) The Declaration of Independence
A) The Supreme Court B) New Mexico’s state government C) The federal government D) Each Indian tribe
A) New laws to discuss B) Unfair voting restrictions C) Sound leadership D) Disagreements
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
A) begging B) gold and silver C) batering D) money
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
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
A) Tribal economies B) Animal-powered economies C) Command economies D) Traditional economies
A) Local government B) State government C) Provincial government D) Tribal government
A) cultural awareness B) interdependence C) economic sharing D) specialization
A) it does not impact the economy B) it hurts the economy C) there is no tourism in NM D) it helps the economy
A) bread B) coal C) water D) chilies |