NEW MEXICO HISTORY -- FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Identify the two recurring themes in New Mexico history. - Correct Answers -The living
conditions of New Mexico are often inhospitable, and the people typically live in
isolation.
The largest of New Mexico's land form provinces - Correct Answers -Basin and Range.
FIVE - Correct Answers -The N.M. region has _______ important river systems.
June-September. - Correct Answers -Three-quarters of the moisture received in N.M.
during an average years occurs during the the months of
high elevation - Correct Answers -In regards to elevation, N.M. is generally considered
to be a land of
12,000-8,000 years ago - Correct Answers -Humans likely first arrived in N.M. some
time between this time....
The ancestors of earliest native American peoples - Correct Answers -These people
migrated by land across the Alaskan-Siberian land bridge.
big game hunters - Correct Answers -The first humans to arrive in N.M. were primarily
these type....
bison, mastadon, mammoths - Correct Answers -Among the animals that early New
Mexico inhabitants hunted were
Eastern - Correct Answers -The two prominent archaeological sites in N.M. for early
humans can be found in what part of the state?
, Mesolithic period. - Correct Answers -As the early group of hunter's game became
extinct, a new age of native inhabitants in N.M. after 8000 B.C. known as this period
4,000-2,500 BC - Correct Answers -During the new emerging Desert Culture, the desert
dwellers likely became early farmers sometime between this period.
Southwestern New Mexico - Correct Answers -The Mogollon Culture existed in this area
The Developmental Pueblo Culture - Correct Answers -The pre-pueblo people
(Anasazi) began making above ground adobe structures during this
It tripled - Correct Answers -Driven by new industries, tourism, and natural wonders, the
population of New Mexico _______________ between the years 1940 and 2000.
No group has a majority - New Mexico is a minority- "majority state" - Correct Answers -
In the 2000 federal census, which of the following ethnic groups made up a majority of
the total population of residents in New Mexico?
gaming casinos;
ski areas; tourist loges and campgrounds - Correct Answers -In the modern era, New
Mexico Native Americans have entered and expanded into what new businesses to
support their tribes?
pottery making, farming, hunting with a bow and arrow - Correct Answers -By the time
of the Developmental Pueblo Culture, the Anasazi were skilled at this
extended and persistent drought - Correct Answers -The major cause for the decline of
the pre-pueblo people (Anasazi) after 1100 A.D. was
corn, beans and squash - Correct Answers -What were the three primary crops
traditionally grown by Pueblo People?
What were the purposes of the Pueblo Peoples' Kachina religious practices? - Correct
Answers -to bring rain for crops and good health for people, just as many people pray
for such things
Manchuria - Correct Answers -The Manchus were originally forest dwellers in the
northeastern region of China, known to westerners as
Navajo - Correct Answers -The first of the Athabascan peoples in New Mexico to
abandon complete nomadic life and become more settled were the
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - Correct Answers -Who led the first Spanish
expedition into the lands that are now New Mexico?
What originally led the first Spanish expedition to New Mexico? - Correct Answers -The
legend of Seven Golden Cities of Cibola proclaimed by Fray Marcos de Niza.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Identify the two recurring themes in New Mexico history. - Correct Answers -The living
conditions of New Mexico are often inhospitable, and the people typically live in
isolation.
The largest of New Mexico's land form provinces - Correct Answers -Basin and Range.
FIVE - Correct Answers -The N.M. region has _______ important river systems.
June-September. - Correct Answers -Three-quarters of the moisture received in N.M.
during an average years occurs during the the months of
high elevation - Correct Answers -In regards to elevation, N.M. is generally considered
to be a land of
12,000-8,000 years ago - Correct Answers -Humans likely first arrived in N.M. some
time between this time....
The ancestors of earliest native American peoples - Correct Answers -These people
migrated by land across the Alaskan-Siberian land bridge.
big game hunters - Correct Answers -The first humans to arrive in N.M. were primarily
these type....
bison, mastadon, mammoths - Correct Answers -Among the animals that early New
Mexico inhabitants hunted were
Eastern - Correct Answers -The two prominent archaeological sites in N.M. for early
humans can be found in what part of the state?
, Mesolithic period. - Correct Answers -As the early group of hunter's game became
extinct, a new age of native inhabitants in N.M. after 8000 B.C. known as this period
4,000-2,500 BC - Correct Answers -During the new emerging Desert Culture, the desert
dwellers likely became early farmers sometime between this period.
Southwestern New Mexico - Correct Answers -The Mogollon Culture existed in this area
The Developmental Pueblo Culture - Correct Answers -The pre-pueblo people
(Anasazi) began making above ground adobe structures during this
It tripled - Correct Answers -Driven by new industries, tourism, and natural wonders, the
population of New Mexico _______________ between the years 1940 and 2000.
No group has a majority - New Mexico is a minority- "majority state" - Correct Answers -
In the 2000 federal census, which of the following ethnic groups made up a majority of
the total population of residents in New Mexico?
gaming casinos;
ski areas; tourist loges and campgrounds - Correct Answers -In the modern era, New
Mexico Native Americans have entered and expanded into what new businesses to
support their tribes?
pottery making, farming, hunting with a bow and arrow - Correct Answers -By the time
of the Developmental Pueblo Culture, the Anasazi were skilled at this
extended and persistent drought - Correct Answers -The major cause for the decline of
the pre-pueblo people (Anasazi) after 1100 A.D. was
corn, beans and squash - Correct Answers -What were the three primary crops
traditionally grown by Pueblo People?
What were the purposes of the Pueblo Peoples' Kachina religious practices? - Correct
Answers -to bring rain for crops and good health for people, just as many people pray
for such things
Manchuria - Correct Answers -The Manchus were originally forest dwellers in the
northeastern region of China, known to westerners as
Navajo - Correct Answers -The first of the Athabascan peoples in New Mexico to
abandon complete nomadic life and become more settled were the
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - Correct Answers -Who led the first Spanish
expedition into the lands that are now New Mexico?
What originally led the first Spanish expedition to New Mexico? - Correct Answers -The
legend of Seven Golden Cities of Cibola proclaimed by Fray Marcos de Niza.
