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NM History & Stuff III

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What logo is this?

a)

Shell

b)

Chupa-Chups

c)

Papa John's

d)

Hot Wheels

e)

Nissan

2.

What is the name of the university in Silver City?

a)

Eastern New Mexico University

b)

University of New Mexico

c)

Western New Mexico University

d)

New Mexico State University

e)

UTEP

3.

What logo is this?

a)

In-N-Out Burger

b)

Sprite

c)

Reebok

d)

Hot Wheels

e)

Microsoft

4.

In which county is Bayard located?

a)

Luna

b)

Catron

c)

Hidalgo

d)

Grant

e)

Otero

5.

What logo is this?

a)

Red Lobster

b)

Levi's

c)

Dodge

d)

Old Spice

e)

Bissell

6.

What year was the town of Silver City first incorporated?

a)

1868

b)

1850

c)

1899

d)

1878

e)

1901

7.

What logo is this?

a)

US Postal Service

b)

White Castle

c)

Goodyear

d)

Noxzema

e)

Hot Wheels

8.

In which county is the town of Reserve located?

a)

Grant

b)

Luna

c)

Hidalgo

d)

Catron

e)

Otero

9.

What logo is this?

a)

Rainbow Brite

b)

Chevrolet

c)

Hot Wheels

d)

Old Spice

e)

NASCAR

10.

What was the name of the town that got destroyed in order to create the local open-pit mine?

a)

Georgetown

b)

Hanover

c)

Santa Rita

d)

Central

e)

Fierro

11.

Santa Clara had a name before this one. What was that name?

a)

Santa Rita

b)

Vanadium

c)

Arenas Valley

d)

Central

e)

Hanover

12.

Where is Silver City located within the state of New Mexico?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

e)

In the middle

13.

What logo is this?

a)

NASCAR

b)

Old Spice

c)

Firestone Tires

d)

Hot Wheels

e)

TABASCO Brand Pepper Sauce

14.

The Big Ditch used to be a street. What was the name of the street?

a)

Broadway St

b)

Bullard St

c)

Hudson St

d)

Main St

e)

Silver Heights

15.

What Year Did Ford Come Out With The Bronco

a)

1966

b)

1922

c)

2007

d)

1989

16.

On which street was the old high school located?

a)

Swan St

b)

Bullard St

c)

6th St

d)

West St

e)

Bullard St

17.

What is the name of the children's park near the skate park?

a)

Gough Park

b)

Penny Park

c)

Virginia St Park

d)

Boston Hill Open Area

e)

Pope St Park

18.

What is the name of the symbol on the New Mexico state flag?

a)

the Ellipsis symbol

b)

the Zia symbol

c)

the New Mexico symbol

d)

the Solidus symbol

e)

the Omega Symbol

19.
_________bear
a)
Yogi
b)
Little
c)
Winnie
d)
Po
20.

What was the purpose of a sipapu?

a)

It was used for hunting

b)

It was a passageway from the underworld

c)

It's where the ancient aliens would go to ski and snowboard

d)

They became the people of Hopi, Zuni, and Acoma

e)

The reading does not say

21.

In the Wizard of Oz, what was the one thing that Tin Man wanted and thought he never had?

a)

a brain

b)

to go home

c)

to not rust

d)

a heart

22.

What is a Gahan?

a)

A type of Native American housing

b)

A type of crop grown in New Mexico

c)

A devotional dance that honors the mountain spirits

d)

Sand Paintings

e)

The location of a Hogan

23.

Where did the Aztecs live around 1100 A.D?

a)

Southwestern New Mexico

b)

Present-day southern Mexico and the Central American countries of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Honduras

c)

Mississippi River Valley stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico

d)

Present-day northern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula

e)

Present-day central Mexico

24.
Percy Jackson was the son of what famous Greek god?
a)
Zeus
b)
Hades
c)
Poseidon
d)
Ares
25.

The beliefs and customs of a group of people

a)

Culture

b)

Metate

c)

Mano

d)

Indigenous

e)

Archaeology

26.

What does Anasazi mean?

a)

the name of the Sand Paintings

b)

Zuni name for “enemy”

c)

Navajo word for “ancient enemy”

d)

the name given to stolen horses and cattle

e)

It is a language

27.

What logo is this?

a)

Denver Mattress

b)

Clear Water Fishing

c)

Ray-O-Vac

d)

Bissell

e)

Dreamworks Studios

28.

What is a Hogan?

a)

cone-shaped tent covered in animal skins used as temporary housing by Apache Indians

b)

main form of Navajo housing made from logs, mud, and brush

c)

oval-shaped hut made from thin tree branches and covered with brush, grass mats, or animal hides; used as seasonal housing by Apache Indians

d)

It is a language

e)

Sand Paintings

29.

What was the name of the city in the movie 300?

a)

Athens

b)

Thebes

c)

Zeus

d)

Sparta

30.

What are Blessingways?

a)

the name given to stolen horses and cattle

b)

They are songs, or chants, that help keep the Navajo people in balance with the universe

c)

the name of the Sand Paintings

d)

A ceremony to protect a warrior's weapons

e)

None of the above

31.

Means "Native"

a)

Culture

b)

Paleo

c)

Mano

d)

Atlatl

e)

Indigenous

32.

What logo is this?

a)

Old Spice

b)

Ray-Ban

c)

General Electric

d)

Porsche

e)

Armour Hot Dogs

33.

Means "Ancient"

a)

Indigenous

b)

Atlatl

c)

Metate

d)

Mano

e)

Paleo

34.

A small stone the people held in their hands to grind seed into flour is called a

a)

Paleo

b)

Atlatl

c)

Mano

d)

Metate

e)

Pithouse

35.

Who is this?

a)

Shaggy

b)

Scooby Doo

c)

Elmer Fudd

d)

Fred

36.

A stick about 18 inches long with a grip on one end and a bone or antler hook on the other that is used to throw spears farther and faster

a)

Paleo

b)

Prehistoric

c)

Atlatl

d)

Mano

e)

Metate

37.

What Truck Is This

a)

Dodge

b)

Ford

c)

Chevy

d)

Cadillac

38.

What is the name of multi-room apartment-houses that were sometimes three stories high, with some of these houses containing 40 to 50 rooms which encircled a plaza?

a)

Kivas

b)

Pueblos

c)

Hogans

d)

Polytheism

e)

Gahans

39.

Who were the first people believed to be the earliest full-time farmers in New Mexico?

a)

the Hohokam people

b)

the Archaic people

c)

the Mogollon people

d)

the Ancestral Pueblo

e)

the Spanish

40.
What is this characters name?
a)
Chilly Willy
b)
Daffy Duck
c)
Tasmanian Devil
d)
Yogi bear