Font size
S
M
L
XL
Worksheets2025, Fall Semester, Final Exam
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Sort these examples of location into the column they belong in: Absolute Location or Relative Location.
Categorize the following
11800 Princess Jeanne Ave. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112
108 degrees North, 37 degrees East
35 miles North of Santa Fe.
At the corner of Juan Tabo and Lomas, across the street from Pollo Loco.
Absolute Location
Relative Location
2.
This reference line divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
3.
This reference line divides the earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
4.
This reference line helps measure the distance East and West from the Prime Meridian.
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
5.
This reference line helps measure the distance North and South from the Equator.
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
6.
The term _________ refers to dividing the world in half.
a)
Equator
b)
Hemisphere
c)
Latitude
d)
Prime Meridian
7.
The term ________ refers to places on earth that have at least one natural or human feature in common.
a)
Region
b)
State
c)
Continent
d)
Hemisphere
8.
___________ is the study of how people, ideas, goods, resources, and communication travel around the world.
a)
Region
b)
Location
c)
Place
d)
Movement
9.
Sort each example into the correct column: Human Feature or Natural Feature.
Categorize the following
Food Created by People
Languages Spoken
Farming
Manmade Lakes
Climate/Weather
Types of Plants in Area
Mountains
Natural Resources Available in the Area (example: oil and gas)
Human Feature
Natural Feature
10.
Which of these is an example of "human-environment interaction"?
a)
Elevation determines which plants and animals can live in an area.
b)
This happens when a mountain range sucks all of the moisture out of clouds.
c)
People built the Cochiti Dam to help control flooding and water resources for Albuquerque.
d)
Animals shed dark fur to blend with the snow in the winter.
11.
Which of these is an example of "movement"?
a)
A bird fly's south for the winter.
b)
You send a text message to your friend.
c)
Soil erosion is caused when water washes dirt down rivers.
d)
Animals move to lower elevations in the mountains during the winter.
12.
Which province is indicated by the number 1?
a)
Basin and Range
b)
Great Plains
c)
Rocky Mountain
d)
Colorado Plateau
13.
Which province is indicated by the number 2?
a)
Basin and Range
b)
Great Plains
c)
Rocky Mountain
d)
Colorado Plateau
14.
Which province is indicated by the number 3?
a)
Basin and Range
b)
Great Plains
c)
Rocky Mountain
d)
Colorado Plateau
15.
Which province is indicated by the number 4?
a)
Basin and Range
b)
Great Plains
c)
Rocky Mountain
d)
Colorado Plateau
16.
Which province does this image most likely show?
a)
Rocky Mountain
b)
Great Plains
c)
Colorado Plateau
17.
This land structure is similar to a mesa, but smaller. It is a hill that rises sharply from the surrounding area, has steep sloping sides and a flat top.
a)
Plateau
b)
Mesa
c)
Butte
d)
Foot Hill
18.
Which province does this image most likely show?
a)
Rocky Mountain
b)
Great Plains
c)
Colorado Plateau
19.
Which province does this image most likely show?
a)
Rocky Mountain
b)
Great Plains
c)
Colorado Plateau
20.
In which province is Santa Fe located?
a)
Great Plains
b)
Colorado Plateau
c)
Basin and Range
d)
Rocky Mountain
21.
The two largest rivers in New Mexico are the
a)
Rio Grande and Pecos Rivers
b)
Gila and Canadian Rivers
c)
San Juan and Pecos Rivers
d)
Rio Grande and Gila Rivers
22.
In which province is Albuquerque located?
a)
Great Plains
b)
Colorado Plateau
c)
Basin and Range
d)
Rocky Mountain
23.
Which city is New Mexico's State Capital?
a)
Albuquerque
b)
Las Crucas
c)
Santa Fe
d)
Farmington
24.
Choose the correct word for this definition:
Also known as, "altitude," or height from sea level, this determines which plants and animals can grow in an area.
a)
Life Zone
b)
Biome
c)
Elevation
d)
Reservoir
25.
Choose the correct word for this definition:
The ecosystem of plants and animals that live in an area. Also known as, "Life Zone."
a)
Region
b)
Biome
c)
Elevation
d)
Reservoir
26.
How many large natural lakes are there in New Mexico?
a)
0
b)
2
c)
7
d)
16
27.
Choose the correct word for this definition:
A man-made lake used to collect water resources. Usually made by creating a large dam on a river.
a)
River Valley
b)
Acequia
c)
Dam
d)
Reservoir
28.
To learn about pre-history, archeologists study
a)
writings from the time period.
b)
first hand accounts, told by the people from the time.
c)
artifacts to get hints about how people lived.
29.
What does it mean to be nomadic?
a)
To build a home and stay there year-round.
b)
To move from place to place, rather than settling down in one place.
30.
What does it mean to be a hunter-gatherer?
a)
To get your food by planting crops and raising animals.
b)
To get your food by hunting animals and gathering plants from nature.
31.
Which prehistoric people came first?
a)
Clovis
b)
Folsom
32.
How do we know who hunted larger animals?
a)
The spear tips (points) for the Clovis people were larger, which means they hunted larger animals.
b)
The spear tips (points) for the Folsom people were smaller, which means they hunted larger animals.
33.
How many written records are there from Archaic People?
a)
132
b)
Approximately 10,000
c)
Less than 10
d)
0
34.
Did Archaic people come before or after Paleo people?
a)
Before
b)
After
35.
True or False: Archaic people hunted larger animals than the Paleo people did.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
Which ancient people traveled in larger groups?
a)
Paleo
b)
Archaic
37.
Which people moved from place to place, following the seasons, but also built homes that they returned to?
a)
Paleo
b)
Archaic
38.
How did Archaic people irrigate their crops?
a)
They let the seasonal rain water their crops.
b)
They let the river floods irrigate their crops.
c)
They dug ditches to move water from rivers to their crops.
39.
Which life style allows people to develop culture and refined tools?
a)
A very nomadic lifestyle that is based only off of hunting and gathering food.
b)
A less nomadic lifestyle that includes farming and having homes to return to.
40.
What type of home did the Archaic people live in?
a)
Pithouse
b)
Teepee
c)
Cave dwellings
d)
Pueblo
41.
This invention was created by Archaic people to help them throw the spear farther and faster.
a)
Bow and Arrow
b)
Folsom Point
c)
Atlatl
d)
Clovis Point
42.
What are the Mogollon people named after?
a)
Their pottery.
b)
The mountains where their pottery was found.
c)
The river near their ancestral lands.
d)
The Spanish word for "farms fields in valleys."
43.
Choose the correct order of events:
a)
Paleo people hunted with spears.
b)
Archaic people created the atlatl.
c)
Mogollon people use the bow and arrow.
d)
Ancestral Puebloans develop the pueblo style of house.
1)
2)
3)
4)
44.
Which prehistoric people are considered the earliest full-time farmers?
a)
Paleo
b)
Archaic
c)
Mogollon
d)
Ancestral Puebloan
45.
Which crops are part of the three sisters?
a)
Corn, Beans, and Broccoli
b)
Corn, Beans, and Squash
c)
Corn, Berries, and Squash
46.
Which of the following people lived in pithouses? (choose all three correct answers)
a)
Paleo
b)
Archaic
c)
Mogollon
d)
Ancestral Puebloan
47.
This pit dug into the ground was used for religious ceremonies by Pueblo Farming cultures.
a)
Pueblo
b)
Kiva
c)
Sipapu
d)
Pithouse
48.
The Puebloan Farmers believed the __________ was a passageway to the spiritual realm. It was a hole in the center of a ceremonial pit.
a)
Pueblo
b)
Kiva
c)
Sipapu
d)
Pithouse
49.
Who do we believe taught the Mogollon people to build pueblos?
a)
Paleo People
b)
Archaic People
c)
The Diné
d)
Ancestral Puebloans
50.
What are Mogollon people most famous for?
a)
The use of the bow and arrow.
b)
Being the first full-time farmers.
c)
Their pottery.
d)
Living in pithouses.
51.
What does Anasazi mean?
a)
Ancient Ones
b)
Ancient Enemy
52.
Which people named the Ancestral Puebloans the "Anasazi"?
a)
Spanish Explorers
b)
The Diné
c)
Mogollon People
d)
Archaic People
53.
In what area of New Mexico did the Ancestral Puebloans live?
a)
Southwestern area, in the Basin and Range.
b)
Northwestern area, in the Colorado Plateau, near the Four Corners.
c)
In the Eastern part of the state, in the Great Plains.
d)
In the Rocky Mountain province, North East of Santa Fe.
54.
(a) was the most important crop to the Ancestral Puebloans.
Choose from the below words
Squash
Beans
Corn
55.
Which of these is another name for corn?
a)
Maize
b)
Maysie
c)
The magical ear.
d)
Maze
56.
When dry farming, what helps keep moisture in the ground?
a)
The broad leaves of the squash plant.
b)
Digging an irrigation ditch from the river to the crops.
c)
Putting piles of dead leaves on top of moist soil.
d)
Water carried in pine gum lined woven baskets.
57.
Why did Ancestral Puebloans start to build the pueblo style of housing?
a)
Their populations grew so they needed a new form of housing to their larger communities.
b)
They could store food in the lower part of the building.
c)
The way they were built provided protection from raiders.
d)
All of the above.
58.
Who owned property in the Ancestral Puebloan society?
a)
Men
b)
Women
c)
Property belonged to everyone.
d)
No one owned property.
59.
In general, what does matriarchal mean?
a)
Women have the power in the society.
b)
Men have the power in the society.
60.
What did the Great Northern Road do?
a)
Allowed the Chaco Canyon pueblos to trade with cultures from Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and Mexico.
b)
Connected the Chaco Canyon communities to each other.
c)
Both of the above.
61.
This is the largest and most well-known early puebloan community.
a)
Mogollon
b)
Chaco Canyon
c)
Anasazi
d)
Diné
62.
Which people moved from mesas and canyon valleys to cliff dwellings?
a)
Paleo
b)
Archaic
c)
Mogollon
d)
Ancestral Puebloan
63.
Ancestral Puebloan people carved art into stone. What do we call this kind of art?
a)
Pictograph
b)
Fresco
c)
Petroglyph
d)
Sculpture
64.
Which of these qualities do the Apache and the Navajo share? (Choose all four correct answers.)
a)
They are nomadic.
b)
They practice farming.
c)
They share a common language.
d)
They practice curing ceremonies.
e)
They are known as fierce warriors.
65.
What did the Navajo medicine man do during a curing ceremony?
a)
Sang and danced.
b)
Chanted while making pictographs.
c)
Created a sand painting.
d)
Mixed specific plants for the sick person to ingest.
66.
What is the name of the songs and chants performed by the Navajo to protect pregnant women or the transition into womanhood?
a)
Message Way
b)
Blessingway
c)
Matriarchy
d)
Curing Ceremony
67.
The ___ was built so that the doorway always faced east to catch the morning light.
a)
hogan
b)
pueblo
c)
teepee
d)
wickiup
68.
Which group of nomadic people broke into small bands of 20 - 30 people led by a warrior?
a)
Ancestral Puebloans
b)
Mogollon
c)
Navajo
d)
Apache
69.
Which people are the largest group of Native Americans in New Mexico today?
a)
The Puebloans
b)
The Apache
c)
The Navajo
d)
The Cherokee
70.
Which people had curing ceremonies that included masked and elaborately costumed dancers?
a)
The Puebloans
b)
The Apache
c)
The Navajo
d)
The Mogollon
71.
As for housing, the Apache took the ___ with them, but left the ___ behind.
a)
wickiup, teepee
b)
hogan, wickiup
c)
teepee, wickiup
d)
teepee, hogan
72.
The ___ was made with bent branches and would be covered with grass mats in the warmer months or animal skins in the colder months.
a)
hogan
b)
pueblo
c)
teepee
d)
wickiup
73.
The ___ was made by balancing logs in a cone shape and then wrapping them in animal hides. This was the form of housing that the Apache took with them.
a)
hogan
b)
pueblo
c)
teepee
d)
wickiup
74.
Who did the Diné people get sheep and horses from?
a)
French Explorers
b)
The Puebloans
c)
The Navajo
d)
Spanish Explorers
75.
Explain what happens to the quality of technology when a community has a stable source of food and they engage in trade with other people. Include why this happens.
Rubric -- 4 Points
1pt Written in complete sentences.
1pt Cites where learned information.
1pt Answers part of question correctly, OR
2pt Answers all parts of question correctly.
4 lines
Reset
