NEW MEXICO HISTORY EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

What are the two recurring themes of New Mexico history? Correct Answer: The living conditions of New Mexico are often inhospitable, and the people typically live in isolation. The Mogollon people were the first to _____ in New Mexico. Correct Answer: They were the first in the area to farm. Who were the ancestors of modern Pueblo peoples in New Mexico? Correct Answer: Anasazis Which of the following statements about Ancestral Puebloans is not true? Correct Answer: They domesticated the turkey, built pens to hold them, and used their feathers for weaving. After the 1599 massacre at Acoma Pueblo by Spanish soldiers and war dogs, they force-marched the few surviving citizens to Santo Domingo. What happened to the survivors once they arrived at Santo Domingo? Correct Answer: They permanently separated sixty girls from their parents and sold family members into slavery 2000 miles south, gave twelve more children to Spanish priests, adults became slaves for twenty years, and the men among them had part of one foot cut off. Which of the following best describes the encomienda system in New Mexico? Correct Answer: It was a system in which Spanish officials and colonists forced Indian people into slavery to help work the land. Which of the following was not a cause of the Pueblo Revolt? Correct Answer: The Pueblo needed captives to trade with neighboring tribes and revolted against the Spanish to acquire those captives. New Spain encouraged settlers to move to New Mexico by offering land grants. Which of the following types of land grants did the Spanish government offer? Correct Answer: Community- given to groups of people. Each family in the group received a small plot for living and planting crops. Pueblo- officially set the boundaries of the pueblos. Private- given to individual or single families as personal property. The person or family was responsible for recruiting settlers to the land and could sell all or part of the land. What did the colonial government in New Spain require in lieu of taxes from settlers in New Mexico? Correct Answer: They required settlers to settle the region and provide military service to act as a buffer between the frontier and Mexico. What happened in New Mexico as a result of Mexican Independence? Correct Answer: New Mexico was content with her colonial status and there were no changes. Which of the following groups of friars did not accompany the explores in the New World Correct Answer: Benedictine What was the cause of the Chimayo Rebellion of 1837? Correct Answer: The governor of New Mexico attempted to tax New Mexicans, which was something new for New Mexicans. What created tension between Texas and New Mexico, which later led to the MexicanAmerican War of 1846? Correct Answer: Texas and the United States wanted more land, which led to a border dispute. What did both Mexico and the United States receive as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? Correct Answer: The United States received a third of Mexico's land, including New Mexico, Arizona, and California, and the United States promised to help Mexico with the release of those captured by Indians in New Mexico, Arizona, and California, as well as $15 million. Which Native American tribe effectively disrupted trade, raided both Spanish and American settlement in eastern New Mexico in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? Correct Answer: Comanche The United States government recruited Kit Carson to help take care of the Indian problem in New Mexico. What was the result of Carson's scorched-earth campaign, which forced the Indians to surrender