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NM HISTORY FINAL EXAM
Contributed by: Werth
  • 1. What do historians study to learn about the past?
A) Primary and secondary sources from multiple perspectives
B) Only primary sources
C) Only secondary 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 studying only one perspective would be boring
C) Because the first perspective is always wrong
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 creates his or her own history
C) Someone who wants to live just like people did in the past
D) Someone who enjoys history
  • 4. What is geography?
A) The study of plants and animals and their habitats
B) The study of rocks and minerals
C) The study of the earth's land, water, people, plants and animals
D) The study of weather patterns over time
  • 5. The five themes of geography are:
A) Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, lava, and sand
B) Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region
C) Deciduous, coniferous, Mediterranean, maritime, and arctic
D) North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa
  • 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 share at least one common feature.
D) The regions are all in the South.
  • 7. Some of the tools geographers use are:
A) Humidifiers, seismographs, x-rays, and sonographs
B) Barometers, sextons, wind socks, and altimeters
C) Maps, globes, satellite imagery, and aerial photographs
D) Calipers, scales, plumb bobs, and rulers
  • 8. New Mexico is part of the Southwest region with which other states?
A) Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona
B) Utah, Colorado, and Arizona
C) California, Nevada, and Arizona
D) Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana
  • 9. The four provinces of New Mexico are:
A) Desert, Mountain, River, and Lake
B) Sunshine, Monsoon, Dust Storm, and Wind
C) Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Great Plains, and Basin and Range
D) Antelope, Snakes, Bats, and Rodents
  • 10. How are life zone's determined?
A) By longitude
B) By latitude
C) By elevation
D) By rock type
  • 11. What is New Mexico’s most precious resource?
A) gold
B) uranium
C) Water
D) sunshine
  • 12. New Mexico is in what two hemispheres?
A) Southern and Eastern
B) Northern and Eastern
C) Southern and Western
D) Northern and Western
  • 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 hunt for food
B) To write about modern people
C) To investigate crime scenes
D) To study prehistoric people
  • 15. Which of the following statements is not correct?
A) The Paleo people were nomadic.
B) The Paleo people lived in pit houses.
C) The Paleo people hunted very large animals.
D) The Paleo people made Clovis points.
  • 16. Which of the following was not an innovation of the Archaic people?
A) Atlatl
B) Pit houses
C) Mano and metate
D) Pueblo houses
  • 17. The Mogollon people were first to do what in New Mexico?
A) Farm full time
B) Live the nomadic lifestyle
C) Hunt
D) Build pueblos
  • 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 began to build multi-level pueblos.
C) They spread out across more of the land.
D) They moved west for more land.
  • 19. Which of the following statements about Chaco Canyon is not true?
A) t was made by modern Apache Indians.
B) It is an Ancestral Puebloan city.
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 Navajo and Apache
B) The Mogollon and Ancestral Puebloans
C) The Folsom and Clovis people
D) The Paleo and Archaic people
  • 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) Navajo
C) Apache
D) Mogollon
  • 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) Ceremonies
B) Religion
C) A gathering place
D) Storage
  • 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 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 increased New Mexico’s crime rate.
B) It did not help or hurt New Mexico.
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) An attack from Mexico over new trade laws
C) Political corruption and public greed
D) There was no rebellion in 1837
  • 28. What created tense relations between Texans and New Mexicans?
A) There were good relations
B) Desire for more land
C) Preferential treatment from Mexico
D) Unfair trading practices
  • 29. What started the Mexican American War of 1846?
A) Border disputes over Texas
B) Corrupt government in Mexico
C) United States annexed 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 have peace with the United States for 10 years
C) To give the United States a third of its land, 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) During a rebellion, Governor Bent was killed.
C) It was sparked by disputes over the Texas border.
D) Mexico won the war.
  • 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 joined with the Confederates.
B) The Indians endured the Navajo Long Walk and confinement at Bosque Redondo
C) The Indians endured the Trail of Tears and confinement at Bosque Redondo.
D) The Indians were given adequate supplies.
  • 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 pay for the war
B) To prove they could conquer it
C) To appease their soldiers
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 it against the law for Indians to speak any language besides English.
B) They made it against the law for tribes to participate in any tribal ceremonies unless a white person was there.
C) They made friends with the Indians and showed them what they thought were more efficient ways of living.
D) They created boarding schools for the Indian children to learn the ways of white people.
  • 37. Which of the following is not one of the trails from New Mexico to California?
A) Butterfield Overland Trail
B) Maxwell Overland Trail
C) Old Spanish Trail
D) Cooke’s Wagon Road
  • 38. People came to New Mexico for a lot of these reasons except:
A) To buy cheap land
B) To learn Spanish
C) To get gold
D) To get a new start
  • 39. Which religion faced challenges from new missionaries and their new bishop?
A) The Jewish religion
B) The Muslim religion
C) The Protestant religion
D) The Catholic religion
  • 40. The government gave land to settlers, but what problem did the settlers have in eastern New Mexico?
A) The ground was too fertile.
B) There was too much rainfall.
C) Farming was difficult in that area.
D) They had too many crops to sell.
  • 41. Which of the following were not helped by the railroad?
A) Los Hermanos Penitentes
B) Business owners
C) Tourists
D) Families wanting to move to the territory
  • 42. All of the following contributed to New Mexico’s lawlessness except:
A) Few guns
B) Few lawmen
C) Many places to hide
D) Few judges
  • 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 Spanish American War
D) The Civil 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) 16 years
C) 61 years
D) 26 years
  • 46. Which of the following was not an issue in New Mexico becoming a state?
A) Population size
B) Concerns about corruption
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) Sent letters of encouragement
B) Refused to fight
C) Fought in the Rough Riders
D) Only sent supplies
  • 48. New Mexico was the ___ state to join the United States.
A) 47th
B) 45th
C) 34th
D) 26th
  • 49. What strained relations between Mexico and the United States?
A) The U.S. Army’s pursuit of Pancho Villa
B) The U.S. Army’s surrender to Mexico during the Mexican Expedition
C) Mexico taking land from the United States
D) Mexico’s pursuit of the U.S. Army
  • 50. Which of the following is not an example of how New Mexico contributed to World War I?
A) Women helped run farms and ranches while the men were away at war.
B) NewMexicousedsomeofitslandastraining camps for soldiers.
C) Farmers and ranchers raised and produced food to feed troops.
D) New Mexico only allowed men to help with the war.
  • 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 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 time when many were losing their jobs and living in poverty
  • 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 when African Americans received equal rights
D) The day the sun did not shine for 24 hours
  • 53. Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?
A) Many new businesses and jobs were created
B) The stock market crash
C) Many people lost their jobs
D) Many companies went bankrupt
  • 54. What was the goal of the Indian Reorganization Act?
A) To try and make Native Americans live like white men
B) To reorganize Native Americans onto smaller reservations
C) To try and fix problems for Native Americans that were created by earlier policies
D) To take more land from Native Americans
  • 55. How did NM help during WWII?
A) By only providing supplies to the US military
B) by only providing women to fight in the war
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) Arizona
B) California
C) Texas
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) Some people thought Japanese Americans living on the West Coast might give information or help to Japan during the war.
D) The government wanted to keep Japanese Americans safe from attacks by other Americans
  • 58. What ended World War II in Japan?
A) The attack on Pearl Harbor
B) Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
C) The surrender of German armies
D) Dropping atomic bombs on Germany and Italy
  • 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 Cold War
B) The Vietnam War
C) The Korean War
D) World War III
  • 61. What two wars were part of the Cold War?
A) The Iraq and Afghanistan wars
B) The Vietnam War and World War III
C) World War II and the Pearl Harbor War
D) The Korean and Vietnam wars
  • 62. Which of the following is not true regarding New Mexico’s contributions during the Cold War?
A) New Mexican laboratories invented nuclear bombs, missiles, and other important weapons.
B) Air bases and tunnels in New Mexico were used to store atomic bombs.
C) The New Mexican government would only allow missiles to be tested in New Mexico but refused to test bombs in the state.
D) Bombs and weapons were invented and tested in New Mexico.
  • 63. Who participated in the arms race and space race?
A) The Soviet Union and Germany
B) The United States and Germany
C) The United States and the Soviet Union
D) The United States and Japan
  • 64. What brought more people to New Mexico during the Cold War?
A) Tourism
B) Many people knew New Mexico had plenty of land to hide from Communists
C) The promise of greater wealth by working for the Soviet government
D) Job opportunities in the military, national labs, and mining industries
  • 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 time period between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Vietnam War
C) The title of the famous speech given by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
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 give more land to the U.S. government
B) To allow Hispanic students to speak Spanish in school
C) To reclaim lost land grants
D) To get better working conditions for farm workers
  • 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 the U.S. government was using it as a storage site for garbage
C) Because it was an important place of worship for their tribe and helped to preserve their culture.
D) Because they wanted to give it to the Hispanic people
  • 68. What is considered New Mexico’s number-one problem?
A) Water shortage
B) Excess water
C) A lack of government leadership
D) Land shortage
  • 69. Why does government exist?
A) To settle disputes between neighbors
B) To force citizens to obey laws
C) To promote the public good
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) Local
B) Provincial
C) Tribal
D) Federal
  • 71. Which of the following statements is true?
A) You have no rights or responsibilities.
B) You have responsibilities with no rights.
C) You have responsibilities because of your rights.
D) You have rights with no responsibilities.
  • 72. Which of the following is not a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights ?
A) Freedom of Religion
B) Choice of Judge
C) Freedom of Speech
D) Trial by Jury
  • 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 New Mexico Constitution
D) The U.S. Constitution
  • 75. Who determines the structure and function of tribal government?
A) New Mexico’s state government
B) Each Indian tribe
C) The Supreme Court
D) The federal government
  • 76. What is critical to the success of a democratic society?
A) Disagreements
B) Unfair voting restrictions
C) New laws to discuss
D) Sound leadership
  • 77. Which is not an example of trade?
A) Exchanging your old hoodie for your friend’s baseball cap
B) Buying lunch
C) Taking something without paying for it
D) Selling your old bicycle
  • 78. What is the most widely accepted form of exchange in most countries?
A) batering
B) gold and silver
C) money
D) begging
  • 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) 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 all goods and services are free of charge
B) An economic system completely controlled by the government
C) An economic system where the governor determines value and price
D) An economic system where supply and demand determine value and price
  • 81. What other economic systems are found in New Mexico?
A) Traditional economies
B) Animal-powered economies
C) Command economies
D) Tribal economies
  • 82. Our free enterprise system directly impacts decisions at all of the following levels of government except:
A) Tribal government
B) Provincial 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) cultural awareness
B) interdependence
C) specialization
D) economic sharing
  • 84. What does tourism do for our state’s economy?
A) it hurts the economy
B) it does not impact the economy
C) there is no tourism in NM
D) it helps the economy
  • 85. Which resource do we not have enough of to meet our needs?
A) bread
B) coal
C) chilies
D) water
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