New Mexico History

An encomienda is

• Spanish policy that granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish soldiers and colonists

• A form of tribute the Indians had to pay.

• The kind of muskets the Spanish used to defeat the Acomans.

• The road between Mexico and New Mexico

The first African in North America, he was killed by Indians near Zuni.

• Pánfilo de Narváez

• Marcos de Niza

• Estéban

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

He led the expedition to find the 7 Cities of Cibola, and he claimed that he had found them.

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Estéban

• Marcos de Niza

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

He led the 1540 expedition that went all the way to Kansas in search of Quivera, the golden city.

• Marcos de Niza

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Don Juan de Onate

• Juan de Zaldivar

The territory of New Mexico's first governor.

• Marcos de Niza

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Don Juan de Onate

• Juan de Zaldivar

Onate's nephew, his death at Acoma sparked the Acoma massacre.

• Marcos de Niza

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Don Juan de Onate

• Juan de Zaldivar

Another name for the City of Gold the Spanish wanted to find

• Cibola

• El Morro

• Acoma

• El Camino Real

The Pueblo at which Estevan died.

• Cibola

• Háwikah (Zuni)

• Quivira (Kansas)

• Jornada de Muerto

Who was the first European to explore the Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico?

• A) Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• B) Juan de Oñate

• C) Hernando de Soto

• D) Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

What was the primary purpose of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680?

• A) To establish trade with the Spanish

• B) To convert to Christianity

• C) To resist Spanish colonization and reclaim native lands

• D) To form an alliance with other tribes