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