WorksheetsFinal Exam NM History
Total questions: 86
Worksheet time: 43mins
What are the three branches of the federal government?
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
Federal, State, Local
President, Congress, Supreme Court
Legislative, Administrative, Military
Which statement best describes a difference between the federal and state governments?
Only the federal government can declare war.
Only state governments can print money.
Both can make treaties with other countries.
Only state governments have a judicial branch.
Under which circumstance would Congress vote on a law again after it has already been sent to the president?
If the Supreme Court requests it
If the president vetoes the law
If the law is popular
If the vice president asks for a re-vote
What was the main problem that prevented New Mexico from becoming a state in the 1800s?
Lack of natural resources
Concerns about loyalty and cultural differences
Too many large cities
No interest in statehood
Why is New Mexico called a "minority-majority" state?
Most of the population is under 18 years old.
The majority of the population is made up of minority groups.
There are more women than men.
Most people are not U.S. citizens.
What was the Manhattan Project?
A plan to build a new city in New Mexico
The secret project to develop the first atomic bomb
A treaty between the U.S. and Mexico
A railroad construction project
How have arts and culture most affected New Mexico's economy since World War II?
By increasing agricultural production
By attracting tourism and supporting local businesses
By reducing the number of jobs
By limiting technological development
What is a land grant?
A type of tax
A gift of land from a government to an individual or group
A law about water rights
A treaty with another country
What was the main goal of the National Reclamation Act of 1902?
To build highways
To encourage irrigation and farming in the West
To create national parks
To end mining
Analyze one pro and one con of New Mexico’s role in the production of uranium-fueled weapons during the Cold War.
Pro: environmental safety; Con: economic decline
Pro: job creation; Con: health risks from radiation
Pro: loss of culture; Con: increased tourism
Pro: fewer schools; Con: more pollution
Identify a natural resource in New Mexico and explain how it supports a primary, secondary, and service activity.
Oil: drilling (primary), refining (secondary), gas stations (service)
Gold: mining (primary), jewelry making (secondary), banking (service)
Timber: logging (primary), paper making (secondary), tourism (service)
Water: farming (primary), car manufacturing (secondary), retail (service)
What was the Code Talkers' main job during World War II?
Building airplanes
Sending secret military messages
Training soldiers
Cooking for troops
Describe an issue related to the health of contemporary Native Americans in New Mexico.
High rates of diabetes due to limited access to healthy foods and healthcare
Increased rainfall causing flooding
Overpopulation in cities
Lack of access to the internet
A person who kills animals and collects nuts, berries, and other resources to survive is known as a _______________.
hunter-gatherer
teacher
native
squirrel-man
How did the first settlers to the Americas get there?
They flew
They swam
They walked
They rode on the backs of mammoths
Which action did the US government take in 1924 to expand the rights of American Indians?
Granting citizenship to American Indians.
Establishing private schools for American Indian children.
Providing retirement benefits to American Indians.
Guaranteeing jobs for American Indians in urban areas.
Which word best describes the changes shown in these photographs?
Assimilation
Immigration
Nativism
Nullification
What led Spanish explorers to New Mexico?
The promise of a land with no Indians
The legend of Cibola
How did Oñate treat the Indians?
He treated them harshly, and the Acoma revolted.
He treated them harshly, but the Indians accepted Spanish rule without revolting.
Why did the Spanish decide to remain in New Mexico even though no gold was found?
To convert the Indians to Catholicism
To create manufactured goods
What was the capital city of colonial New Mexico?
Santa Fe
Santa Cruz
Which three vegetables are known as the Three Sisters?
corn
tomatoes
beans
squash
What is another word for corn?
maze
maize
moss
Which most closely defines "encomienda"?
a widespread outbreak of a contagious disease
a steep cliff
a Spanish colonial policy that granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish soldiers and colonists as a reward for service
Leader of the Pueblo Revolt
Don Diego de Vargas
Juan Bautista de Anza
Pope
Don Pedro de Peralta
The oldest church in the United States was built in 1610 and is named
San Miguel
Santa Fe
Reconquista
The Pilgrim church
The Palace of the Governors is
Located in Mexico City.
The center of political life in Santa Fe.
A very fancy building. That’s why it’s called a palace.
The place where the Taos Fair was held.
Acequias are important because
They replaced the encomiendas
They kept the Indians from revolting
They water the fields
They are in charge of the city government
The Camino Real was:
The place where the governor lived
The type of government in colonial New Mexico
The road between Mexico City and Santa Fe
The cause of the Pueblo Revolt
Tensions between the Spanish and the Natives grew severe in the 1670s because of:
Religious persecution
Drought
Disease
Apache attacks
All of the above
The Pueblo Revolt began in
1492
1598
1680
1692
How did Pope let the pueblos know which day to rebel?
He sent them a text message.
He sent them an email.
He sent a runner with a knotted rope.
Smoke signals.
During the 1500s-1800s, the population of Puebloans
increased
stayed the same
decreased
Site of an annual trade fair among the Plains Indians, Puebloans, and Spanish.
Santa Fe
Taos
El Paso
Socorro
What did the Homestead Act offer?
free land to anyone who would live on it for five years and improve it
cheap land to anyone who would live on it for five years and improve it
apartment-style housing to anyone who would work there
farms to anyone who would work on it for life
People who came to NM to mine quickly developed _____, which turned into ghost towns once all the minerals had been mined.
shanty towns
prosperous towns
railroad towns
boomtowns
Which of the following was NOT mined in New Mexico?
turquoise
gold
coal
emeralds
What was the Santa Fe Ring?
An expensive piece of jewelry
A place to play sports in Central New Mexico
A violent, corrupt group that controlled large parts of New Mexico
A group of sheriffs that tried to stop lawlessness in New Mexico
A region governed by the federal government but without voting rights is called a ___.
state
territory
delegate
constitution
What was the most important reason New Mexicans wanted to become a state?
to pay taxes
to have the right to vote
to have a star on the flag
to be combined with Arizona
How many years did it take for New Mexico to become a state?
100
1912
62
26
New Mexico became the _______ state of the United States of America.
45
46
47
48
After becoming a state, which two groups of people still did not have voting rights?
Hispanics and Whites
Native Americans and women
Women and Hispanics
Native Americans and Whites
The Navajo Nation is located in
Chaves County.
Northwest New Mexico.
southeast New Mexico.
south central New Mexico.
The famous post WW II UFO incident was in
Las Cruces.
Los Alamos
Roswell.
Carlsbad.
What is the name of the group of powerful politicians in NM during the late territorial period?
New Mexico Ring
Santa Fe Ring
Santa Fe Six
New Mexico Kings
Who was a prominent New Mexican who was involved with (and sometimes considered the leader of) the group "The Santa Fe Ring?"
Miguel Otero
Theodore Roosevelt
George Curry
Thomas Catron
One reason the introduction of the railroad was important to New Mexico is because
it started a war.
it made it possible for people, goods, and services to get to New Mexico much easier.
it made eastern expansion possible for business and for people.
people wanted to be on the railroad.
Which of the following was one of the barriers to New Mexico's quest for statehood?
money
land
language
age
The Dust Bowl mainly affected the ________________________ region of the United States.
Great Plains
South
Rocky Mountain
Southwest
Together the programs initiated by President Franklin Roosevelt to ease the effects of the Great Depression were known as the __________.
The Works Progress Administration
The New Deal
The Greatest Generation
The Civilian Conservation Corps
Pancho Villa is important in NM history because he:
was a Mexican folk hero
was assassinated in a hail of bullets
helped overthrow the Mexican government
invaded Columbus, NM, and killed 17 Americans
Many people used Route 66 to head _________ to escape the hardships of the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.
north
east
west
south
Around which of the following cities did artists settle during the 1930's?
Taos
Gallup
Tucamcari
Carlsbad
Which of the laws below was more favorable for New Mexico's native people?
The Native Americans Act
The Pueblo Lands Act
The Bursum Bill
The Santa Fe Bill
Route 66 lead to a rise in _________________ in New Mexico.
Horse Riding
Road Rage
Bicycle Riding
Tourism
After World War II who becomes the United States new enemy
Soviet Union
France
Italy
Japan
How many of the messages sent by code talkers were broken by the enemy
10
1
none
5
What caused the United States to declare war on Japan
failed peace talks
attack on the Phillipines
attack on Pearl Harbor
battle of Bataan
Which president had to make the decision of whether to use the atomic bomb or not
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Who was chosen to be the director of the laboratory in Los Alamos
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Wernher von Braun
Enrico Fermi
Harry S. Truman
The term of a NM State Representative is
one year
two years
four years
six years
What do state symbols represent?
the ruling political party in the state
the most popular tourist attractions
cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state
elements on the periodic table
Which of New Mexico's geographic provinces is its most populated?
Plateau
Mountains
Basin and Range
Plains
How do New Mexico's symbols benefit our state?
recognition
unity
collective identity
all the choices are correct
Which process allows people to artificially water crops?
fracking
dry farming
irrigation
rain dance
What is another name for ground water?
lake
aquifer
acequia
underground cave
How did water affect where people settled in New Mexico?
people moved to where there were beautiful mountains
people moved near Indian Pueblos
people settled in places with abundant water supplies
people settled where there was good weather
What is the purpose of acequias?
allowing the community to work together to grow crops
keeping the mayordomo busy
feeding the men
bringing new technology to the town
What are the three types of land grants in New Mexico?
pueblo, community, joint
community, private, joint
private, pueblo, joint
pueblo, private, community
Why is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo important in New Mexico?
It promised to keep New Mexico part of Texas
it promised to allow everyone to remain Mexican
it promised to honor all Mexican and Spanish land grants
it promised to honor all U.S. land grants
Who is the head of the New Mexico state government?
Senate pro tempore
President
Lieutenant Governor
Governor
The New Mexico constitution guarantees an education in ________________ to children of Spanish descent.
French
Spanish
English
German
How did Anglo Americans try to make Indians more "American"?
sent them to boarding schools
cut their hair
encouraged them to become Christian
all the choices are correct
What is assimilation?
to become similar to others by adopting their customs and culture
land reserved for Native American tribes
to immigrate to a new home
a sovereign nation
All the following are major New Mexico industries EXCEPT:
farming
oil and gas
fishing
tourism
All the following were goals of the Indian Reorganization Act EXCEPT:
encouraged tribes to self-govern
restored Indian culture
provided financial aid for reservation infrastructure
refused to return surplus land to tribes
What attracted artists and writers to come to New Mexico?
great ocean views
culture and landscape
no competition with other artists
money
What caused the Great Depression?
people buying on credit
stock market crash
all the choices are correct
bank failures
New Mexican soldiers surrendered to Japanese forces and were led on a 6-day, 65-mile march to a prison camp known as the:
Santa Fe Death March
Manhattan Death March
Bataan Death March
Japanese Death March
During WWII, Japanese Americans were sent to relocation camps throughout the western US. Two of these camps located in New Mexico were at:
Santa Fe and Gallup
Santa Fe and Lordsburg
Albuquerque and Santa Fe
Las Cruces and Lordsburg
What did the Navajo who created an unbreakable code for the Marines during WWII become known as?
Group of answer choices
Navajo Code Shouters
Navajo Code Breakers
Navajo Code Whisperers
Navajo Code Talkers
On July 16, 1945, Los Alamos successfully tests a plutonium implosion bomb at this site near Alamogordo, NM.
Trinity Site
Los Alamos
Holloman AFB
Las Cruces
What role did New Mexico serve during the arms race of the Cold War?
center of tourism industry
center of scientific and cultural research
center of weapons and scientific research
center of weapons and farming research
Why is New Mexico home to several air force bases?
mountains make good missile targets
NM citizens like the military
large population is ideal for top secret research
wide-open spaces perfect for pilot training
What was the Manhattan Project?
German plan to invade the U.S.
U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
U.S. plan to invade Japan
German plan to develop an atomic bomb
