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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
A) California, Nevada, and Arizona B) Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana C) Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona D) Utah, Colorado, and Arizona
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
A) By rock type B) By latitude C) By elevation D) By longitude
A) sunshine B) Water C) gold D) uranium
A) Southern and Western B) Northern and Eastern C) Northern and Western D) Southern and Eastern
A) A diary B) A shoe C) A history textbook D) A photograph
A) To hunt for food B) To study prehistoric people C) To investigate crime scenes D) To write about modern people
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.
A) Mano and metate B) Pueblo houses C) Pit houses D) Atlatl
A) Farm full time B) Build pueblos C) Live the nomadic lifestyle D) Hunt
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.
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.
A) The Folsom and Clovis people B) The Paleo and Archaic people C) The Navajo and Apache D) The Mogollon and Ancestral Puebloans
A) Navajo B) Apache C) Archaic D) Mogollon
A) Being the first farmers B) Being fierce warriors C) Being skilled craftsmen D) Being great musicians
A) Ceremonies B) Religion C) Storage D) A gathering place
A) Power struggles B) A desire to stay with Spain C) Help from Americans in the Spanish American War D) Corrupt government practices
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 made New Mexico less isolated. C) It increased New Mexico’s crime rate. D) It decreased job opportunities.
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
A) Preferential treatment from Mexico B) Unfair trading practices C) Desire for more land D) There were good relations
A) Corrupt government in Mexico B) Dishonest Mexican peace delegates C) United States annexed Texas D) Border disputes over Texas
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
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.
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.
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.
A) Navajo and Apache B) Pueblo and Navajo C) Navajo and Taos D) Apache and Pueblo
A) To prove they could conquer it B) To live somewhere new C) To pay for the war D) To appease their soldiers
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.
A) Old Spanish Trail B) Maxwell Overland Trail C) Cooke’s Wagon Road D) Butterfield Overland Trail
A) To learn Spanish B) To buy cheap land C) To get a new start D) To get gold
A) The Protestant religion B) The Jewish religion C) The Catholic religion D) The Muslim religion
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.
A) Business owners B) Tourists C) Los Hermanos Penitentes D) Families wanting to move to the territory
A) Few judges B) Few lawmen C) Few guns D) Many places to hide
A) The Lincoln County War B) The Colfax County War C) The Civil War D) The Spanish American War
A) Friendships B) Peace treaties C) Violence D) Trade
A) 61 years B) 62 years C) 16 years D) 26 years
A) Concerns about corruption B) Population size C) Violence of the Wild West D) Concerns about loyalty
A) Fought in the Rough Riders B) Refused to fight C) Sent letters of encouragement D) Only sent supplies
A) 45th B) 26th C) 34th D) 47th
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
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.
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
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
A) The stock market crash B) Many companies went bankrupt C) Many new businesses and jobs were created D) Many people lost their jobs
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
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
A) California B) Texas C) Arizona D) New Mexico
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.
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) 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.
A) World War III B) The Korean War C) The Cold War D) The Vietnam 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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
A) A lack of government leadership B) Excess water C) Water shortage D) Land shortage
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
A) Federal B) Tribal C) Local D) Provincial
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.
A) Trial by Jury B) Freedom of Religion C) Choice of Judge D) Freedom of Speech
A) Legislative, executive, judicial B) General, executive, judicial C) Legislative, executive, general D) Legislative, general, judicial
A) The Declaration of Independence B) The Federalist Papers C) The U.S. Constitution D) The New Mexico Constitution
A) The Supreme Court B) Each Indian tribe C) The federal government D) New Mexico’s state government
A) Disagreements B) New laws to discuss C) Sound leadership D) Unfair voting restrictions
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
A) begging B) gold and silver C) batering D) money
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
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
A) Command economies B) Animal-powered economies C) Tribal economies D) Traditional economies
A) Provincial government B) Tribal government C) Local government D) State government
A) economic sharing B) cultural awareness C) interdependence D) specialization
A) it helps the economy B) it does not impact the economy C) there is no tourism in NM D) it hurts the economy
A) water B) coal C) chilies D) bread |