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