ThatQuiz Test Library Take this test now
NM HISTORY FINAL EXAM
Contributed by: Werth
  • 1. What do historians study to learn about the past?
A) Only primary sources
B) Primary and secondary sources from one person’s perspective
C) Primary and secondary sources from multiple perspectives
D) Only secondary sources
  • 2. Why is it important to study history from multiple perspectives?
A) Because you can learn more about historic events
B) Because the first perspective is always wrong
C) Because studying only one perspective would be boring
D) Because it is a state law
  • 3. What makes someone a historical thinker?
A) Someone who questions history and draws conclusions
B) Someone who enjoys history
C) Someone who creates his or her own history
D) Someone who wants to live just like people did in the past
  • 4. What is geography?
A) The study of weather patterns over time
B) The study of rocks and minerals
C) The study of plants and animals and their habitats
D) The study of the earth's land, water, people, plants and animals
  • 5. The five themes of geography are:
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
  • 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) Barometers, sextons, wind socks, and altimeters
B) Calipers, scales, plumb bobs, and rulers
C) Humidifiers, seismographs, x-rays, and sonographs
D) Maps, globes, satellite imagery, and aerial photographs
  • 8. New Mexico is part of the Southwest region with which other states?
A) California, Nevada, and Arizona
B) Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana
C) Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona
D) Utah, Colorado, 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 rock type
B) By latitude
C) By elevation
D) By longitude
  • 11. What is New Mexico’s most precious resource?
A) sunshine
B) Water
C) gold
D) uranium
  • 12. New Mexico is in what two hemispheres?
A) Southern and Western
B) Northern and Eastern
C) Northern and Western
D) Southern and Eastern
  • 13. Which item is a secondary source?
A) A diary
B) A shoe
C) A history textbook
D) A photograph
  • 14. What is the role of an archaeologist?
A) To hunt for food
B) To study prehistoric people
C) To investigate crime scenes
D) To write about modern people
  • 15. Which of the following statements is not correct?
A) The Paleo people were nomadic.
B) The Paleo people hunted very large animals.
C) The Paleo people lived in pit houses.
D) The Paleo people made Clovis points.
  • 16. Which of the following was not an innovation of the Archaic people?
A) Mano and metate
B) Pueblo houses
C) Pit houses
D) Atlatl
  • 17. The Mogollon people were first to do what in New Mexico?
A) Farm full time
B) Build pueblos
C) Live the nomadic lifestyle
D) Hunt
  • 18. What did the Ancestral Puebloans do to meet the growing need for housing?
A) They began to build multi-level pueblos.
B) They moved west for more land.
C) They began to build multi-level pit houses.
D) They spread out across more of the land.
  • 19. Which of the following statements about Chaco Canyon is not true?
A) It is an Ancestral Puebloan city.
B) t was made by modern Apache Indians.
C) Its largest city was Pueblo Bonito.
D) It has many pueblo houses.
  • 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) Archaic
D) Mogollon
  • 22. What were the Apache best known for?
A) Being the first farmers
B) Being fierce warriors
C) Being skilled craftsmen
D) Being great musicians
  • 23. Kivas were used for all of the following except:
A) Ceremonies
B) Religion
C) Storage
D) A gathering place
  • 24. What led to Mexico’s independence from Spain?
A) Power struggles
B) A desire to stay with Spain
C) Help from Americans in the Spanish American War
D) Corrupt government practices
  • 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 made New Mexico less isolated.
C) It increased New Mexico’s crime rate.
D) It decreased job opportunities.
  • 27. What was the cause of the Chimayo Rebellion?
A) Political corruption and public greed
B) An attack from Mexico over new trade laws
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) 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) Corrupt government in Mexico
B) Dishonest Mexican peace delegates
C) United States annexed Texas
D) Border disputes over Texas
  • 30. What did Mexico agree to in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
A) To give the United States New Mexico but nothing else
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 a third of its land, including New Mexico
  • 31. Which of the following is not true about the Mexican American War?
A) During a rebellion, Governor Bent was killed.
B) Mexico won the war.
C) It started with the peaceful surrender of General Armijo.
D) It was sparked by disputes over the Texas border.
  • 32. How did New Mexicans feel about slavery in their territory?
A) All New Mexicans did not want slavery.
B) All New Mexicans wanted slavery.
C) Slavery was not an issue if New Mexico
D) Some New Mexicans wanted slavery and some did not.
  • 33. What happened after Carson used a scorched-earth campaign to force the Indians to surrender?
A) The Indians endured the Navajo Long Walk and confinement at Bosque Redondo
B) The Indians endured the Trail of Tears and confinement at Bosque Redondo.
C) The Indians joined with the Confederates.
D) The Indians were given adequate supplies.
  • 34. Which Indian tribes fought against the Americans to keep their way of life?
A) Navajo and Apache
B) Pueblo and Navajo
C) Navajo and Taos
D) Apache and Pueblo
  • 35. Why did the Confederates want the Southwest?
A) To prove they could conquer it
B) To live somewhere new
C) To pay for the war
D) To appease their soldiers
  • 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 tribes to participate in any tribal ceremonies unless a white person was there.
C) They created boarding schools for the Indian children to learn the ways of white people.
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) Old Spanish Trail
B) Maxwell Overland Trail
C) Cooke’s Wagon Road
D) Butterfield Overland Trail
  • 38. People came to New Mexico for a lot of these reasons except:
A) To learn Spanish
B) To buy cheap land
C) To get a new start
D) To get gold
  • 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) They had too many crops to sell.
B) The ground was too fertile.
C) Farming was difficult in that area.
D) There was too much rainfall.
  • 41. Which of the following were not helped by the railroad?
A) Business owners
B) Tourists
C) Los Hermanos Penitentes
D) Families wanting to move to the territory
  • 42. All of the following contributed to New Mexico’s lawlessness except:
A) Few judges
B) Few lawmen
C) Few guns
D) Many places to hide
  • 43. Which war was sparked by a conflict over political and economic power in New Mexico Territory?
A) The Lincoln County War
B) The Colfax County War
C) The Civil War
D) The Spanish American War
  • 44. Disputes over land grants and water rights often resulted in what?
A) Friendships
B) Peace treaties
C) Violence
D) Trade
  • 45. For how many years was New Mexico a territory?
A) 61 years
B) 62 years
C) 16 years
D) 26 years
  • 46. Which of the following was not an issue in New Mexico becoming a state?
A) Concerns about corruption
B) Population size
C) Violence of the Wild West
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) Refused to fight
C) Sent letters of encouragement
D) Only sent supplies
  • 48. New Mexico was the ___ state to join the United States.
A) 45th
B) 26th
C) 34th
D) 47th
  • 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 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) 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) NewMexicousedsomeofitslandastraining camps for soldiers.
  • 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 when African Americans received equal rights
D) The day World War II started
  • 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 new businesses and jobs were created
D) Many people lost their jobs
  • 54. What was the goal of the Indian Reorganization Act?
A) To reorganize Native Americans onto smaller reservations
B) To try and fix problems for Native Americans that were created by earlier policies
C) To take more land from Native Americans
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 providing soldiers, suppplies, and new weapons to the US
C) By only providing supplies to the US military
D) by only providing women to fight in the war
  • 56. In what state ws the Manhattan Project located?
A) California
B) Texas
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) Some people thought Japanese Americans living on the West Coast might give information or help to Japan during the war.
C) The government wanted to keep Japanese Americans safe from attacks by other Americans
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 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) t only created jobs for women and children New Mexico.
B) It created jobs for New Mexicans, and many cities in New Mexico grew.
C) It caused more people to lose their jobs
D) It increased debt and caused more businesses to close.
  • 60. What war began at the end of World War II?
A) World War III
B) The Korean War
C) The Cold War
D) The Vietnam War
  • 61. What two wars were part of the Cold War?
A) The Korean and Vietnam wars
B) The Vietnam War and World War III
C) The Iraq and Afghanistan wars
D) World War II and the Pearl Harbor War
  • 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) The New Mexican government would only allow missiles to be tested in New Mexico but refused to test bombs in the state.
C) New Mexican laboratories invented nuclear bombs, missiles, and other important weapons.
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) Job opportunities in the military, national labs, and mining industries
C) Many people knew New Mexico had plenty of land to hide from Communists
D) Tourism
  • 65. What was the Civil Rights Movement?
A) The efforts of blacks to challenge the discrimination they faced in parts of New Mexico and across the country
B) The efforts of white people in New Mexico to give the black and Hispanic populations equal rights
C) The time period between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Vietnam War
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 get better working conditions for farm workers
C) To allow Hispanic students to speak Spanish in school
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 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
  • 68. What is considered New Mexico’s number-one problem?
A) A lack of government leadership
B) Excess water
C) Water shortage
D) Land shortage
  • 69. Why does government exist?
A) To take away the people’s rights
B) To force citizens to obey laws
C) To settle disputes between neighbors
D) To promote the public good
  • 70. Which of the following governments is not supported in the U.S. and New Mexico constitutions?
A) Federal
B) Tribal
C) Local
D) Provincial
  • 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) Choice of Judge
D) Freedom of Speech
  • 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 Declaration of Independence
B) The Federalist Papers
C) The U.S. Constitution
D) The New Mexico Constitution
  • 75. Who determines the structure and function of tribal government?
A) The Supreme Court
B) Each Indian tribe
C) The federal government
D) New Mexico’s state government
  • 76. What is critical to the success of a democratic society?
A) Disagreements
B) New laws to discuss
C) Sound leadership
D) Unfair voting restrictions
  • 77. Which is not an example of trade?
A) Buying lunch
B) Selling your old bicycle
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) gold and silver
C) batering
D) money
  • 79. Which of the following is not something that banks do?
A) Help people manage their money
B) Use your money to go on vacations
C) Provide loans for people
D) Pay people interest for keeping money in the bank
  • 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 all goods and services are free of charge
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) Animal-powered economies
C) Tribal economies
D) Traditional economies
  • 82. Our free enterprise system directly impacts decisions at all of the following levels of government except:
A) Provincial government
B) Tribal government
C) Local government
D) State government
  • 83. Relying on others to make products we need in exchange for the products we specialize in is:
A) economic sharing
B) cultural awareness
C) interdependence
D) specialization
  • 84. What does tourism do for our state’s economy?
A) it helps the economy
B) it does not impact the economy
C) there is no tourism in NM
D) it hurts the economy
  • 85. Which resource do we not have enough of to meet our needs?
A) water
B) coal
C) chilies
D) bread
Students who took this test also took :

Created with That Quiz — where a math practice test is always one click away.