The Pueblo Revolt Passage Questions

1. When was the Spanish settlement known as New Mexico founded? 

• 1675
• 1616
• 1598
• 1680

The passage describes the sequence of events that led to a large-scale revolt of the Pueblo people. "In 1675, the Governor of New Mexico ordered the arrests of 47 Native American medicine men, religious leaders, and healers from the surrounding pueblos ... where they lived." What happened when a group of warriors marched upon the capital to demand the medicine men be set free? 

• More towns were founded in New Mexico.
• The warriors took part in a Kachina dance.
• The Governor decided to leave New Mexico.
• The Governor set the prisoners free.

Read the following sentences: "The so-called 'Pueblo Indians' were composed of many different nations, including the Tewa, Tiwa, Hopi, and Zuni. Each nation had its own language and customs. This disunity had long prevented the different Native American groups from successfully rising against the Spanish colonists. Individually, each tribe was too small to stand a chance in a conflict with the well-armed settlers...Popé reached out across nations, spoke across languages, and summoned together a momentous surge of over 2,000 Pueblo warriors." What can be concluded about Popé based on this information? 

• Popé was unable to help the Pueblo Indians overcome their differences and unite against the Spanish. 
• Popé helped the Pueblo Indians overcome their differences and unite against the Spanish. 
• Popé overestimated his ability to unite the Pueblo Indians against the Spanish despite their cultural differences. 
• Popé was not involved in the unification of the Pueblo Indians against the Spanish.

What was the main purpose of the large-scale Pueblo revolt organized by Popé? 

• to free the Native American medicine men, religious leaders, and healers arrested by the Governor 
• to make Popé the leader of the New Mexico territory
• to banish the Spanish colonists from the New Mexico territory
• to banish the Spanish colonists from the capital of New Mexico

What is this passage mainly about? 

• the arrest of Pueblo people by the Spanish in 1675 
• the revolt of the Pueblo people against Spanish colonists
• the founding and development of New Mexico by the Spanish
•  the importance of medicine men to Pueblo people's religious life

Read the following sentence: "Angered by his unjust imprisonment, the unwarranted deaths of the other medicine men, the tortuous treatment undergone by all the prisoners, and most of all, the general degradation and destruction inflicted upon his people, Popé resolved to confront the violence of the colonists with violence of his own." As used in this passage, what does the word "degradation" mean? 

• confrontation
• decrease
• appreciation
• humiliation

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below. _____ the governor of New Mexico freed the Native American prisoners, a large-scale revolt was still organized. 

• Instead
• Although
• Especially
• Initially