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NM HISTORY FINAL EXAM
Contributed by: Werth
  • 1. What do historians study to learn about the past?
A) Only secondary sources
B) Primary and secondary sources from one person’s perspective
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 studying only one perspective would be boring
B) Because you can learn more about historic events
C) Because it is a state law
D) Because the first perspective is always wrong
  • 3. What makes someone a historical thinker?
A) Someone who enjoys history
B) Someone who creates his or her own history
C) Someone who questions history and draws conclusions
D) Someone who wants to live just like people did in the past
  • 4. What is geography?
A) The study of rocks and minerals
B) The study of plants and animals and their habitats
C) The study of weather patterns over time
D) The study of the earth's land, water, people, plants and animals
  • 5. The five themes of geography are:
A) Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, lava, and sand
B) Deciduous, coniferous, Mediterranean, maritime, and arctic
C) North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa
D) Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region
  • 6. TheUnited States is divided into regions because:
A) The regions are all in the South.
B) The regions are all by the ocean.
C) The regions are next to each other.
D) The regions share at least one common feature.
  • 7. Some of the tools geographers use are:
A) Maps, globes, satellite imagery, and aerial photographs
B) Barometers, sextons, wind socks, and altimeters
C) Humidifiers, seismographs, x-rays, and sonographs
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) Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana
D) California, Nevada, and Arizona
  • 9. The four provinces of New Mexico are:
A) Antelope, Snakes, Bats, and Rodents
B) Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Great Plains, and Basin and Range
C) Sunshine, Monsoon, Dust Storm, and Wind
D) Desert, Mountain, River, and Lake
  • 10. How are life zone's determined?
A) By rock type
B) By longitude
C) By elevation
D) By latitude
  • 11. What is New Mexico’s most precious resource?
A) sunshine
B) Water
C) uranium
D) gold
  • 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 history textbook
B) A shoe
C) A photograph
D) A diary
  • 14. What is the role of an archaeologist?
A) To write about modern people
B) To investigate crime scenes
C) To study prehistoric people
D) To hunt for food
  • 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 were nomadic.
D) The Paleo people made Clovis points.
  • 16. Which of the following was not an innovation of the Archaic people?
A) Pit houses
B) Pueblo houses
C) Mano and metate
D) Atlatl
  • 17. The Mogollon people were first to do what in New Mexico?
A) Farm full time
B) Build pueblos
C) Hunt
D) Live the nomadic lifestyle
  • 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 moved west for more land.
C) They began to build multi-level pueblos.
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) It has many pueblo houses.
D) Its largest city was Pueblo Bonito.
  • 20. The Diné people developed into which two groups of people?
A) The Paleo and Archaic people
B) The Folsom and Clovis 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) Archaic
B) Mogollon
C) Navajo
D) Apache
  • 22. What were the Apache best known for?
A) Being fierce warriors
B) Being skilled craftsmen
C) Being the first farmers
D) Being great musicians
  • 23. Kivas were used for all of the following except:
A) Religion
B) A gathering place
C) Storage
D) Ceremonies
  • 24. What led to Mexico’s independence from Spain?
A) A desire to stay with Spain
B) Power struggles
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 gave land to the United States.
C) New Mexico became part of 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 increased New Mexico’s crime rate.
B) It decreased job opportunities.
C) It made New Mexico less isolated.
D) It did not help or hurt New Mexico.
  • 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) Unfair trading practices
B) Preferential treatment from Mexico
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) United States annexed Texas
C) Border disputes over Texas
D) Dishonest Mexican peace delegates
  • 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) Mexico won the war.
C) During a rebellion, Governor Bent was killed.
D) It started with the peaceful surrender of General Armijo.
  • 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 endured the Trail of Tears and confinement at Bosque Redondo.
B) The Indians were given adequate supplies.
C) The Indians joined with the Confederates.
D) The Indians endured the Navajo Long Walk and confinement at Bosque Redondo
  • 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 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) 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 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 Catholic religion
B) The Protestant religion
C) The Jewish religion
D) The Muslim 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) The ground was too fertile.
C) There was too much rainfall.
D) They had too many crops to sell.
  • 41. Which of the following were not helped by the railroad?
A) Tourists
B) Families wanting to move to the territory
C) Business owners
D) Los Hermanos Penitentes
  • 42. All of the following contributed to New Mexico’s lawlessness except:
A) Few lawmen
B) Many places to hide
C) Few judges
D) Few guns
  • 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 Lincoln County War
D) The Spanish American War
  • 44. Disputes over land grants and water rights often resulted in what?
A) Violence
B) Friendships
C) Peace treaties
D) Trade
  • 45. For how many years was New Mexico a territory?
A) 62 years
B) 61 years
C) 26 years
D) 16 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 loyalty
C) Concerns about corruption
D) Population size
  • 47. What did New Mexicans do in the Spanish American War to prove their loyalty?
A) Fought in the Rough Riders
B) Only sent supplies
C) Refused to fight
D) Sent letters of encouragement
  • 48. New Mexico was the ___ state to join the United States.
A) 47th
B) 34th
C) 26th
D) 45th
  • 49. What strained relations between Mexico and the United States?
A) Mexico taking land from the United States
B) The U.S. Army’s surrender to Mexico during the Mexican Expedition
C) Mexico’s pursuit of the U.S. Army
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) New Mexico only allowed men to help with the war.
B) Farmers and ranchers raised and produced food to feed troops.
C) Women helped run farms and ranches while the men were away at war.
D) NewMexicousedsomeofitslandastraining camps for soldiers.
  • 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 time of many world wars
C) Because it was a time when many were losing their jobs and living in poverty
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 World War II started
B) The day of the worst stock market crash in history
C) The day the sun did not shine for 24 hours
D) The day when African Americans received equal rights
  • 53. Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?
A) Many new businesses and jobs were created
B) Many companies went bankrupt
C) Many people lost their jobs
D) The stock market crash
  • 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 reorganize Native Americans onto smaller reservations
C) To try and make Native Americans live like white men
D) To take more land from Native Americans
  • 55. How did NM help during WWII?
A) by only providing women to fight in the war
B) By only providing supplies to the US military
C) By providing soldiers, suppplies, and new weapons to the US
D) By refusing to send men to fight in the war
  • 56. In what state ws the Manhattan Project located?
A) New Mexico
B) Texas
C) California
D) Arizona
  • 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) The government did not want Japanese soldiers to kidnap Japanese 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) The surrender of German armies
B) Dropping atomic bombs on Germany and Italy
C) The attack on Pearl Harbor
D) Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • 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) It created jobs for New Mexicans, and many cities in New Mexico grew.
D) t only created jobs for women and children New Mexico.
  • 60. What war began at the end of World War II?
A) The Vietnam War
B) The Cold War
C) World War III
D) The Korean War
  • 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) 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) Bombs and weapons were invented and tested in New Mexico.
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) Job opportunities in the military, national labs, and mining industries
B) Tourism
C) Many people knew New Mexico had plenty of land to hide from Communists
D) The promise of greater wealth by working for the Soviet government
  • 65. What was the Civil Rights Movement?
A) The title of the famous speech given by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) The efforts of blacks to challenge the discrimination they faced in parts of New Mexico and across the country
C) The time period between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Vietnam War
D) The efforts of white people in New Mexico to give the black and Hispanic populations equal rights
  • 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 give more land to the U.S. government
D) To get better working conditions for farm workers
  • 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 the U.S. government was using it as a storage site for garbage
D) Because they wanted to give it to the Hispanic people
  • 68. What is considered New Mexico’s number-one problem?
A) A lack of government leadership
B) Water shortage
C) Land shortage
D) Excess water
  • 69. Why does government exist?
A) To take away the people’s rights
B) To settle disputes between neighbors
C) To force citizens to obey laws
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) Provincial
C) Tribal
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 no rights or responsibilities.
D) You have responsibilities with no rights.
  • 72. Which of the following is not a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights ?
A) Freedom of Religion
B) Freedom of Speech
C) Trial by Jury
D) Choice of Judge
  • 73. What are the three branches of government?
A) General, executive, judicial
B) Legislative, executive, judicial
C) Legislative, general, judicial
D) Legislative, executive, general
  • 74. Which document outlines the structure and function of the state legislature?
A) The Federalist Papers
B) The Declaration of Independence
C) The U.S. Constitution
D) The New Mexico Constitution
  • 75. Who determines the structure and function of tribal government?
A) Each Indian tribe
B) The Supreme Court
C) New Mexico’s state government
D) The federal government
  • 76. What is critical to the success of a democratic society?
A) Sound leadership
B) Unfair voting restrictions
C) New laws to discuss
D) Disagreements
  • 77. Which is not an example of trade?
A) Exchanging your old hoodie for your friend’s baseball cap
B) Taking something without paying for it
C) Selling your old bicycle
D) Buying lunch
  • 78. What is the most widely accepted form of exchange in most countries?
A) money
B) begging
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 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) Tribal economies
B) Command economies
C) Traditional 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) economic sharing
B) specialization
C) interdependence
D) cultural awareness
  • 84. What does tourism do for our state’s economy?
A) it helps the economy
B) there is no tourism in NM
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) bread
B) chilies
C) coal
D) water
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