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New Mexico Vocabulary

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

artifacts

a)

Large underground caves

b)

Land that was given by treaty

c)

Chosen or selected

d)

Objects and tools used by early humans for eating, cooking, and hunting

2.

maize

a)

A type of Native American Corn

b)

A very hard stone that produces a spark when struck by steel

c)

Places of worship for Native Americans of the Pueblo Tribe

d)

Large underground caves

3.

Asia

a)

To have success or wealth

b)

Getting for oneself

c)

No longer living

d)

The world's largest continent with more than half of the Earth's population

4.

allies

a)

Unfriendly

b)

Write

c)

Groups of people who come together to help one another in times of trouble

d)

Absent of people

5.

extinct

a)

No longer living

b)

Scientists who study past human life by looking at prehistoric fossils and tools

c)

Against slavery

d)

A fight against authority

6.

economy

a)

Stretching across an entire continent

b)

A word used to describe the way a city, town, state, or country makes money

c)

To water crops by digging a ditch that leads from a body of water to a farm

d)

A false believe

7.

appointed

a)

An agreement reached when each side changes or gives up some of its demands

b)

Absent of people

c)

Against slavery

d)

Chosen or selected

8.

ceded

a)

Land that was given by treaty

b)

Places of worship for Native Americans of the Pueblo tribe

c)

Chosen or selected

d)

Getting for oneself

9.

archaeologists

a)

Describing something as wonderful and unusual

b)

A very hard stone that produces a spark when struck by steel

c)

Scientists who study past human life by looking at prehistoric fossils and tools

d)

Chosen or selected

10.

ceremonies

a)

A fight against authority

b)

A type of Native American corn

c)

Large underground caves

d)

Religious or spiritual gatherings

11.

constitution

a)

The plan for the state or nation that outlines the duties of government and guarantees the rights of the people

b)

Groups of people who come together to help one another in times of trouble

c)

A partially burned piece of coal or wood

d)

Getting for oneself

12.

Draft

a)

A word used to describe the way a city, town, state, or country makes money

b)

Write

c)

Chosen or selecte

d)

A fight against authority

13.

flint

a)

A false belief

b)

Large underground caves

c)

A very hard stone that produces a spark when struck by steel

d)

Unfriendly

14.

enchantment

a)

Absent of people

b)

Against slavery

c)

Describing something as wonderful and unsual

d)

Write

15.

hostile

a)

Unfriendly

b)

Chosen or selected

c)

A plant that grows in warm regions of North America, has long leaves a woody base, and white blossoms

d)

A dangerous disease which causes fever and bumps all over the skin

16.

epidemic

a)

Belonging to a place because of birth

b)

To have success or wealth

c)

A disease that spreads quickly and affects many people at the same time

d)

Absent of people

17.

kivas

a)

Groups of people who come together to help one another in times of trouble

b)

Objects and tools used by early humans for eating, cooking, and hunting

c)

To water crops by digging a ditch that leads from a body of water to a farm

d)

Write

18.

caverns

a)

A dangerous disease which causes fever and bumps all over the skin

b)

A very hard stone that produces a spark when struck by steel

c)

Belonging to a place because of birth

d)

Large underground caves

19.

cinder

a)

A partially burned piece of coal or wood

b)

To water crops by digging a ditch that leads from a body of water to a farm

c)

A type of Native American corn

d)

Gave up completely

20.

deserted

a)

Unfriendly

b)

Write

c)

The world's largest continent with more than half of the Earth's population

d)

Absent of people

21.

attaining

a)

A fight against authority

b)

Getting for oneself

c)

To have success or wealth

d)

Belonging to a place because of birth

22.

compromise

a)

An agreement reached when each side changes or gives up some of its demands

b)

Places of worship for Native American of the Pueblo tribe

c)

Religious or spiritual gatherings

d)

To have success or wealth

23.

irrigate

a)

Gave up completely

b)

A word to describe the way a city, town, city, state, or country makes money

c)

Unfriendly

d)

To water crops by digging a ditch that leads from a body of water to a farm

24.

abandoned

a)

Write

b)

A fight against authority

c)

Gave up completely

d)

A dangerous disease which causes fever and bumps all over the skin

25.

yucca

a)

A type of Native American corn

b)

Unfriendly

c)

Getting for oneself

d)

A plant that grows in warm regions of North America, has long leaves, a woody base, and white blossoms

26.

transcontinental

a)

Stretching across an entire continent

b)

A false belief

c)

Gave up completely

d)

Write

27.

antislavery

a)

A dangerous disease which causes fever and bumps all over the skin

b)

Against slavery

c)

Getting for oneself

d)

Unfriendly

28.

small pox

a)

Scientists who study past human life by looking at prehistoric fossils and tools

b)

Describing something as wonderful and unusual

c)

A false belief

d)

A dangerous disease which causes fever and bumps all over the skin

29.

revolt

a)

A fight against authority

b)

The plan for the state or nation that outlines the duties of government and guarantees the rights of the people

c)

Unfriendly

d)

Religious or spiritual gatherings

30.

prosper

a)

The world's largest continent with more than half of the Earth's population

b)

To have success or wealth

c)

Gave up completely

d)

Write

31.

North America

a)

The world's largest continent with more than half of the Earth's population

b)

Scientists who study past human life by looking at prehistoric fossils and tools

c)

A type of Native American corn

d)

One of seven continents in the world. Bounded by Alaska on the northwest, Greenland on the northeast, Florida on the southeast, and Mexico on the southwest

32.

native

a)

Belonging to a place because of birth

b)

Places of worship for Native Americans of the Pueblo tribe

c)

Unfriendly

d)

Write

33.

myth

a)

To water crops by digging a ditch that leads from a body of water to a farm

b)

Belonging because of birth

c)

A false belief

d)

Absent of people