NM History New Mexico Latest Version Graded A+

NM History New Mexico Latest Version Graded A+ absolute location The exact position of a place on the earth's surface. relative location The position of a place in relation to another place Anasazi 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 the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. Rocky Mountain Province Central New Mexico to the Colorado Border. Includes the Sangro de Cristo Mountains Colorado Plateau region of flat lying sedimentary rocks at high elevation The Great Plains vast grassland between the mississippi river and the rocky mountains Basin and Range Province 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 23 million Settlers moved West because land was free or cheap, opportunities for commerce, and land ownership meant wealth egalitarian believing in the social and economic equality of all people statehood becoming a state in the United States Boundaries limitations, borders Census population count Coronado A Spanish explorer looking for cities of gold. Metalworking the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner historic location a location explained by events or circumstances of the past physical map a map that shows land and water features Maritime merchants wanted western ports to trade ______________________. with Pacific countries During the Panics of 1819 and 1837, all of the following occurred banks printed their own money, loans were not backed by gold, western