NM History New Mexico is a Territory
absolute location - CORRECT ANSWER-The exact position of a place
on the earth's surface.
relative location - CORRECT ANSWER-The position of a place in
relation to another place
Anasazi - CORRECT ANSWER-A Native American who lived in what is
now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New
Mexico and who built cliff dwellings. They were mainly basketmakers
and pueblo people.
Manifest Destiny - CORRECT ANSWER-the 19th-century doctrine or
belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents
was both justified and inevitable.
Rocky Mountain Province - CORRECT ANSWER-Central New Mexico
to the Colorado Border. Includes the Sangro de Cristo Mountains
Colorado Plateau - CORRECT ANSWER-region of flat lying
sedimentary rocks at high elevation
, The Great Plains - CORRECT ANSWER-vast grassland between the
mississippi river and the rocky mountains
Basin and Range Province - CORRECT ANSWER-A broad, Cenozoic
continental rift that has affected a portion of the western United States
in Nevada, Utah, and Arizona; in this province, tilted fault blocks form
ranges, and alluvium-filled valleys are basins.
Population of the US between 1800-1850 - CORRECT ANSWER-23
million
Settlers moved West because - CORRECT ANSWER-land was free or
cheap, opportunities for commerce, and land ownership meant wealth
egalitarian - CORRECT ANSWER-believing in the social and economic
equality of all people
statehood - CORRECT ANSWER-becoming a state in the United
States
Boundaries - CORRECT ANSWER-limitations, borders
absolute location - CORRECT ANSWER-The exact position of a place
on the earth's surface.
relative location - CORRECT ANSWER-The position of a place in
relation to another place
Anasazi - CORRECT ANSWER-A Native American who lived in what is
now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New
Mexico and who built cliff dwellings. They were mainly basketmakers
and pueblo people.
Manifest Destiny - CORRECT ANSWER-the 19th-century doctrine or
belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents
was both justified and inevitable.
Rocky Mountain Province - CORRECT ANSWER-Central New Mexico
to the Colorado Border. Includes the Sangro de Cristo Mountains
Colorado Plateau - CORRECT ANSWER-region of flat lying
sedimentary rocks at high elevation
, The Great Plains - CORRECT ANSWER-vast grassland between the
mississippi river and the rocky mountains
Basin and Range Province - CORRECT ANSWER-A broad, Cenozoic
continental rift that has affected a portion of the western United States
in Nevada, Utah, and Arizona; in this province, tilted fault blocks form
ranges, and alluvium-filled valleys are basins.
Population of the US between 1800-1850 - CORRECT ANSWER-23
million
Settlers moved West because - CORRECT ANSWER-land was free or
cheap, opportunities for commerce, and land ownership meant wealth
egalitarian - CORRECT ANSWER-believing in the social and economic
equality of all people
statehood - CORRECT ANSWER-becoming a state in the United
States
Boundaries - CORRECT ANSWER-limitations, borders
