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El Camino Real Project Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a paraje?

a)

a horse

b)

a campsite

c)

a supply wagon

d)

a fort

2.

Where is Mexico City located on the map?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

E

3.

What did the native people call El Rio Grande?

a)

"dangerous waters"

b)

"dividing waters of the north"

c)

P'Osoge or "the big river"

4.

The oldest continuously occupied governmental building in the United States is...

a)

the Palace of the Governors

b)

La Villa de Albuquerque

c)

San Elizario

5.

Santa Fe, New Mexico would be at what location on the map?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

6.

El Camino Real reaches past Santa Fe in the north, all the way to...

a)

Ciudad Chihuahua

b)

Durango, CO

c)

Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)

7.

During the Spanish Colonial period New Mexico was divided into two administrative units. They were:

a)

El Rio Grande del Norte and Rio Bravo

b)

Rio Arriba (the upper river) and Rio Abajo (the lower river)

c)

Jornada del Muerto and Parajes

8.

What is at location D on the map?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Mediterranean Ocean

d)

Gulf of Mexico

9.

El Camino Real was not just a major trade route. It also made possible the exchange of ideas, languages, traditions, and customs.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Where is Madrid, Spain on the map?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

D

d)

E

11.

El Paso, Texas, as well as Socorro, Belen, and Tome, are modern cities along the old El Camino Real.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

During the Spanish Colonial period, it took about 4 1/2 months for a letter to travel from Santa Fe to Madrid, Spain.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Gallup, New Mexico was the largest settlement along El Camino Real.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What is at location C on the map?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Mediterranean Sea

15.

El Camino Real is the earliest European American trade route in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The National Parks Service recognizes El Camino Real as a historic route for tourists.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Spanish settlers were the first people to inhabit all the land along El Camino Real.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

El Camino Real spans approximately...

a)

500 miles

b)

825 miles

c)

1600 miles

19.

El Rancho de las Golondrinas was once a paraje. Today, it is...

a)

an expansive mansion.

b)

an amphitheater where cowboys perform trick roping.

c)

a living history museum showing what New Mexico life was like in the colonial days.

20.

Jornada de Muerto is ...

a)

"The Dead Man's Journey," the longest stretch of the original El Camino Real.

b)

an 80 mile, 2-day trek

c)

where Bernardo Gruber died while fleeing the Holy Office of the Inquisition in 1670.

d)

All of the above. (Hint - pick this one!)