NEW MEXICO HISTORY -- FINAL EXAM
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1. Identify the two recurring themes in New Mexico history.: The living conditions of New
Mexico are often inhospitable, and the people typically live in isolation.
2. The largest of New Mexico's land form provinces: Basin and Range.
3. FIVE: The N.M. region has _______ important river systems.
4. June-September.: Three-quarters of the moisture received in N.M. during an average years occurs during
the the months of
5. high elevation: In regards to elevation, N.M. is generally considered to be a land of
6. 12,000-8,000 years ago: Humans likely first arrived in N.M. some time between this time....
7. The ancestors of earliest native American peoples: These people migrated by land across
the Alaskan-Siberian land bridge.
8. big game hunters: The first humans to arrive in N.M. were primarily these type....
9. bison, mastadon, mammoths: Among the animals that early New Mexico inhabitants hunted were
10. Eastern: The two prominent archaeological sites in N.M. for early humans can be found in what part of the
state?
11. Mesolithic period.: 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
12. 4,000-2,500 BC: During the new emerging Desert Culture, the desert dwellers likely became early farmers
sometime between this period.
13. Southwestern New Mexico: The Mogollon Culture existed in this area
14. The Developmental Pueblo Culture: The pre-pueblo people (Anasazi) began making above
ground adobe structures during this
15. pottery making, farming, hunting with a bow and arrow: By the time of the Develop-
mental Pueblo Culture, the Anasazi were skilled at this
16. extended and persistent drought: The major cause for the decline of the pre-pueblo people
(Anasazi) after 1100 A.D. was
17. corn, beans and squash: What were the three primary crops traditionally grown by Pueblo People?
18. What were the purposes of the Pueblo Peoples' Kachina religious practices?-
: to bring rain for crops and good health for people, just as many people pray for such things
19. Manchuria: The Manchus were originally forest dwellers in the northeastern region of China, known to
westerners as
20. Navajo: The first of the Athabascan peoples in New Mexico to abandon complete nomadic life and become
more settled were the
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21. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado: Who led the first Spanish expedition into the lands that are now
New Mexico?
22. What originally led the first Spanish expedition to New Mexico?: The legend of
Seven Golden Cities of Cibola proclaimed by Fray Marcos de Niza.
23. Which of the following Spanish led expeditions to New Mexico in the 1580s
and 1590s?: Fray Agustin; Fray Bernadino stipends and congregated in castle towns of the daimyo or in Edo;
Canstano de Sosa
24. Santa Domingo: The first but short lived Spanish "colony" or settlement in New Mexico in 1590 was located
at
25. Why did Governor Don Pedro de Peralta—the second governor of New
Mexico—move the capital of New Mexico from San Gabriel to Santa Fe?: Peralta
relocated to an area with a regular water source, ample land for cultivation, a more defensible location, and no Pueblo
Indians in vicinity.
26. After the 1599 massacre of most of the citizens of Acoma Pueblo by Spanish
soldiers and war dogs, the few surviving citizens were force marched to Santo
Domingo - what happened to the survivors?: sixty girls were permanently separated from their
parents and family members to be sold 2000 miles south into slavery, twelve more children were given to Spanish
priests, adults became slaves for twenty years, and the men among them had part of one foot cut off.
27. Spanish Catholic Missions: During the first decades of Spanish colonization and settlement, the Native
Americans primary contact with Spanish culture came through the
28. Encomienda: The Spanish system of labor and tribute that subjected natives to Spanish law and created
hardship and near slavery was the
29. European diseases to which they had no immunity; the Spanish persecution
of Native religion; the burden of the requirements of the Encomienda system
coupled with drought..: The Native Pueblo Peoples in New Mexico suffered terribly in New Mexico during
the mid-1600s from
30. As a result of a native revolt and a decisive Spanish defeat at the hands of
the Pueblo forces led by Pope in 1680...: the Spanish were driven from New Mexico for 12 years,
while initially Native leadership under Pope sought to wipe out Spanish influence and culture.
31. During Don Diego de Vargas' first expedition to reconquer New Mexico in
1692....: de Vargas was able to conduct a reasonably peaceful expedition that retook Santa Fe and received native
pledges of loyalty with only two casualties.
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1. Identify the two recurring themes in New Mexico history.: The living conditions of New
Mexico are often inhospitable, and the people typically live in isolation.
2. The largest of New Mexico's land form provinces: Basin and Range.
3. FIVE: The N.M. region has _______ important river systems.
4. June-September.: Three-quarters of the moisture received in N.M. during an average years occurs during
the the months of
5. high elevation: In regards to elevation, N.M. is generally considered to be a land of
6. 12,000-8,000 years ago: Humans likely first arrived in N.M. some time between this time....
7. The ancestors of earliest native American peoples: These people migrated by land across
the Alaskan-Siberian land bridge.
8. big game hunters: The first humans to arrive in N.M. were primarily these type....
9. bison, mastadon, mammoths: Among the animals that early New Mexico inhabitants hunted were
10. Eastern: The two prominent archaeological sites in N.M. for early humans can be found in what part of the
state?
11. Mesolithic period.: 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
12. 4,000-2,500 BC: During the new emerging Desert Culture, the desert dwellers likely became early farmers
sometime between this period.
13. Southwestern New Mexico: The Mogollon Culture existed in this area
14. The Developmental Pueblo Culture: The pre-pueblo people (Anasazi) began making above
ground adobe structures during this
15. pottery making, farming, hunting with a bow and arrow: By the time of the Develop-
mental Pueblo Culture, the Anasazi were skilled at this
16. extended and persistent drought: The major cause for the decline of the pre-pueblo people
(Anasazi) after 1100 A.D. was
17. corn, beans and squash: What were the three primary crops traditionally grown by Pueblo People?
18. What were the purposes of the Pueblo Peoples' Kachina religious practices?-
: to bring rain for crops and good health for people, just as many people pray for such things
19. Manchuria: The Manchus were originally forest dwellers in the northeastern region of China, known to
westerners as
20. Navajo: The first of the Athabascan peoples in New Mexico to abandon complete nomadic life and become
more settled were the
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21. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado: Who led the first Spanish expedition into the lands that are now
New Mexico?
22. What originally led the first Spanish expedition to New Mexico?: The legend of
Seven Golden Cities of Cibola proclaimed by Fray Marcos de Niza.
23. Which of the following Spanish led expeditions to New Mexico in the 1580s
and 1590s?: Fray Agustin; Fray Bernadino stipends and congregated in castle towns of the daimyo or in Edo;
Canstano de Sosa
24. Santa Domingo: The first but short lived Spanish "colony" or settlement in New Mexico in 1590 was located
at
25. Why did Governor Don Pedro de Peralta—the second governor of New
Mexico—move the capital of New Mexico from San Gabriel to Santa Fe?: Peralta
relocated to an area with a regular water source, ample land for cultivation, a more defensible location, and no Pueblo
Indians in vicinity.
26. After the 1599 massacre of most of the citizens of Acoma Pueblo by Spanish
soldiers and war dogs, the few surviving citizens were force marched to Santo
Domingo - what happened to the survivors?: sixty girls were permanently separated from their
parents and family members to be sold 2000 miles south into slavery, twelve more children were given to Spanish
priests, adults became slaves for twenty years, and the men among them had part of one foot cut off.
27. Spanish Catholic Missions: During the first decades of Spanish colonization and settlement, the Native
Americans primary contact with Spanish culture came through the
28. Encomienda: The Spanish system of labor and tribute that subjected natives to Spanish law and created
hardship and near slavery was the
29. European diseases to which they had no immunity; the Spanish persecution
of Native religion; the burden of the requirements of the Encomienda system
coupled with drought..: The Native Pueblo Peoples in New Mexico suffered terribly in New Mexico during
the mid-1600s from
30. As a result of a native revolt and a decisive Spanish defeat at the hands of
the Pueblo forces led by Pope in 1680...: the Spanish were driven from New Mexico for 12 years,
while initially Native leadership under Pope sought to wipe out Spanish influence and culture.
31. During Don Diego de Vargas' first expedition to reconquer New Mexico in
1692....: de Vargas was able to conduct a reasonably peaceful expedition that retook Santa Fe and received native
pledges of loyalty with only two casualties.
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