NM HISTORY FINAL EXAM
  • 1. What do historians study to learn about the past?
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
  • 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 the first perspective is always wrong
D) Because studying only one perspective would be boring
  • 3. What makes someone a historical thinker?
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
  • 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) 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
  • 6. TheUnited States is divided into regions because:
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.
  • 7. Some of the tools geographers use are:
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
  • 8. New Mexico is part of the Southwest region with which other states?
A) Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana
B) Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona
C) California, Nevada, and Arizona
D) Utah, Colorado, and Arizona
  • 9. The four provinces of New Mexico are:
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
  • 10. How are life zone's determined?
A) By elevation
B) By latitude
C) By rock type
D) By longitude
  • 11. What is New Mexico’s most precious resource?
A) Water
B) sunshine
C) uranium
D) gold
  • 12. New Mexico is in what two hemispheres?
A) Southern and Eastern
B) Southern and Western
C) Northern and Eastern
D) Northern and Western
  • 13. Which item is a secondary source?
A) A shoe
B) A history textbook
C) A photograph
D) A diary
  • 14. What is the role of an archaeologist?
A) To hunt for food
B) To study prehistoric people
C) To write about modern people
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 lived in pit houses.
C) The Paleo people were nomadic.
D) The Paleo people hunted very large animals.
  • 16. Which of the following was not an innovation of the Archaic people?
A) Pueblo houses
B) Pit houses
C) Mano and metate
D) Atlatl
  • 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 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.
  • 19. Which of the following statements about Chaco Canyon is not true?
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.
  • 20. The Diné people developed into which two groups of people?
A) The Navajo and Apache
B) The Paleo and Archaic people
C) The Folsom and Clovis people
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 great musicians
B) Being skilled craftsmen
C) Being fierce warriors
D) Being the first farmers
  • 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) A desire to stay with Spain
B) Corrupt government practices
C) Power struggles
D) Help from Americans in the Spanish American War
  • 25. What happened in New Mexico after Mexico gained independence from Spain?
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.
  • 26. What did more trade routes and an increase in trade do for New Mexico?
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.
  • 27. What was the cause of the Chimayo Rebellion?
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
  • 28. What created tense relations between Texans and New Mexicans?
A) There were good relations
B) Preferential treatment from Mexico
C) Desire for more land
D) Unfair trading practices
  • 29. What started the Mexican American War of 1846?
A) United States annexed Texas
B) Corrupt government in Mexico
C) Dishonest Mexican peace delegates
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 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
  • 31. Which of the following is not true about the Mexican American War?
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.
  • 32. How did New Mexicans feel about slavery in their territory?
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.
  • 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) Apache and Pueblo
C) Navajo and Taos
D) Pueblo and Navajo
  • 35. Why did the Confederates want the Southwest?
A) To pay for the war
B) To live somewhere new
C) To prove they could conquer it
D) To appease their soldiers
  • 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) Cooke’s Wagon Road
B) Butterfield Overland Trail
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 Catholic religion
B) The Muslim 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) 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.
  • 41. Which of the following were not helped by the railroad?
A) Los Hermanos Penitentes
B) Tourists
C) Families wanting to move to the territory
D) Business owners
  • 42. All of the following contributed to New Mexico’s lawlessness except:
A) Many places to hide
B) Few judges
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 Lincoln County War
B) The Civil War
C) The Spanish American War
D) The Colfax County War
  • 44. Disputes over land grants and water rights often resulted in what?
A) Friendships
B) Trade
C) Peace treaties
D) Violence
  • 45. For how many years was New Mexico a territory?
A) 61 years
B) 16 years
C) 26 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) Population size
C) Concerns about corruption
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) Sent letters of encouragement
C) Refused to fight
D) Only sent supplies
  • 48. New Mexico was the ___ state to join the United States.
A) 34th
B) 26th
C) 47th
D) 45th
  • 49. What strained relations between Mexico and the United States?
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
  • 50. Which of the following is not an example of how New Mexico contributed to World War I?
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.
  • 51. Why are the 1920s remembered as a time of prosperity?
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
  • 52. What is Black Tuesday?
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
  • 53. Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?
A) Many people lost their jobs
B) The stock market crash
C) Many companies went bankrupt
D) Many new businesses and jobs were created
  • 54. What was the goal of the Indian Reorganization Act?
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
  • 55. How did NM help during WWII?
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
  • 56. In what state ws the Manhattan Project located?
A) Texas
B) California
C) Arizona
D) New Mexico
  • 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 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.
  • 58. What ended World War II in Japan?
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
  • 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) The Cold War
C) The Vietnam War
D) World War III
  • 61. What two wars were part of the Cold War?
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
  • 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 the Soviet Union
B) The Soviet Union and Germany
C) The United States and Japan
D) The United States and Germany
  • 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) The promise of greater wealth by working for the Soviet government
C) Tourism
D) Job opportunities in the military, national labs, and mining industries
  • 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 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
  • 66. What was the goal of La Alianza?
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
  • 67. Why did the Pueblo Indians fight for ownership of Blue Lake?
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.
  • 68. What is considered New Mexico’s number-one problem?
A) Land shortage
B) Excess water
C) A lack of government leadership
D) Water shortage
  • 69. Why does government exist?
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
  • 70. Which of the following governments is not supported in the U.S. and New Mexico constitutions?
A) Federal
B) Tribal
C) Provincial
D) Local
  • 71. Which of the following statements is true?
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.
  • 72. Which of the following is not a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights ?
A) Freedom of Speech
B) Freedom of Religion
C) Choice of Judge
D) Trial by Jury
  • 73. What are the three branches of government?
A) Legislative, general, judicial
B) General, executive, judicial
C) Legislative, executive, general
D) Legislative, executive, judicial
  • 74. Which document outlines the structure and function of the state legislature?
A) The Declaration of Independence
B) The New Mexico Constitution
C) The Federalist Papers
D) The U.S. Constitution
  • 75. Who determines the structure and function of tribal government?
A) Each Indian tribe
B) New Mexico’s state government
C) The Supreme Court
D) The federal government
  • 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) Taking something without paying for it
C) Exchanging your old hoodie for your friend’s baseball cap
D) Buying lunch
  • 78. What is the most widely accepted form of exchange in most countries?
A) batering
B) begging
C) gold and silver
D) money
  • 79. Which of the following is not something that banks do?
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
  • 80. What is a free enterprise market system?
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
  • 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) Provincial government
C) State government
D) Tribal government
  • 83. Relying on others to make products we need in exchange for the products we specialize in is:
A) economic sharing
B) interdependence
C) specialization
D) cultural awareness
  • 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) coal
B) water
C) chilies
D) bread
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