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