Final review NM Hist

Unit 1

100

• New Mexico is the _________ largest state in the United States.

5th

200

This is used to date how old something is

Carbon 14 dating

300

The four basic landscapes of New Mexico's geography

Plains, Plateaus, Basin and range

400

• A Spanish word that means town is known as a P___________.

Pueblo

500

Where is Basin and Range located on this map?

The east

600

• The L__________________ caused the early peoples of New Mexico to become more sedentary

Landscape

700

• The first two early tribal people to emerge in New Mexico were the C_____________ and the F______________.

Clovis and Folsom

800

• States that border New Mexico are: A__________, T________, C__________, and O________________.

Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma

900

• One reason big game began to disappear from New Mexico is most likely due to D___________.

Drought

1000

• The early natives most likely traveled across a land bridge from S______________ to         A_______________.

Siberia, Alaska

Unit 2

100

• Christopher Columbus sailed the O_________ B_________ in __________.

Ocean Blue, 1492

200

• Eventually, the Indians asked the Spainards to return due to D_____________ and frequent R_____________.

Drought, Raids

300

• The Pueblo revolt was signified through a countdown by untying knots from a Y___________ b____________.

Yucca branches

400

• O_____________________ was the Governor at the time of the Pueblo revolt

Onate

500

• H_________________ C_______________ is the conquistador that conquered Mexico.

Hernando Cortez

600

• April 30th is also known as New Mexico’s first T___________________ because that is the day they finally reached the territory in what is known as modern day El P__________.

Thanksgiving, El Paso

700

• The Spaniards wanted to travel East in order to T____________ with I_________________.

Trade, India

800

• The two explorers first credited to ever explore New Mexico was a moor named E________________ and a friar named M______________.

Estevan, Marcos

900

• Don Juan de O______________ was selected as the leader and R________ G_____________ of New Mexico by the V__________________ of New Spain

Onate, Royal governor, Viceroy

1000

• C_______________ de S____________ is the Spaniard who crossed into New Mexico and tried to settle it without a G_____________.

Costana de Sosa, grant

Unit 3

100

• Vargas reconquered New Mexico ____ times

2

200

• Mexico usually paid L__________ attention to government in NM

Little

300

• The Hispanic leaders of the Albuquerque area raised an army to put down the revolt with Manuel A___________ as the leader

Armijo

400

• The man who re-conquered New Mexico for Spain was named V___________

Vargas

500

• In 1835, Mexico sent Colonel Albino P_______ to govern NM

Perez

600

• All land, according to Spanish law, first belonged to the king and would need to be distributed by the governor through L___________ G________________ 

Land Grant

700

• New Mexicans R__________ against Perez’s rule in 1837

Revolted

800

• Besides being a frontier, NM was also isolated due to it’s distance to N_______ S__________

New Spain

900

• Albuquerque was founded in 17___

1706

1000

• The Santa Fe trail extended from Santa Fe into C________________

Chihuahua

Unit 4

100

• The Buffalo soldiers helped open up E_______________ NM for S__________________

Eastern, Settlers

200

• One main reason New Mexicans generally preferred US rule over Mexican and Spanish rule is because the US didn’t I________________ them

Ignore

300

• To Obtain a homestead, one would A______________, pay a $________ fee, and work the land for _______ years

Apply, $10, 5

400

• Manuel C____________, a former Mexican general, was a leader of the 1847 rebellion until he learned of all the killing they planned to do

Chaves

500

• One reason the US wanted the land fought over in the Mexican American war was M_____________________ D___________________

Manifest Destiny

600

• J________ K. P_________ was sitting president in the US at the time of the Mexican-American war

James K Polk

700

• The journey the Navajo had to make is also known as the L__________ W___________ and is used as a measurement of time for the tribe

Long Walk

800

• El B_____________ was the only Mexican American war battle fought with regular troops in NM

El Brazito

900

• The A______________ of the R_________ R____________ ended isolation in New Mexico

Arrival, rail road

1000

• The purchase of New Mexico’s southern border was called the G________________ Purchase

Gadsden

Unit 5

100

• The Z_____ is the symbol on our state flag

Zia

200

• 2 Yearly New Mexican celebrations in Albuquerque are the B_______________ F_________ and the S____________ F__________

Balloon Fiesta, State Fair

300

• Our state question is R____ or G_____________

Red or green

400

Name the two atomic bombs

Fat man and Little Boy

500

• New Mexico is the _____th state of America

47

600

• The M____________________ project took place in L______ A_____________

Manhattan, Los Alamos

700

• WWII Navajo veterans served as the Navajo C________ T_________

Code Talkers

800

• New Mexico has 3 branches of Government: E______________ L__________________ and J__________________

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

900

• Name 3 companies that help New Mexico’s economy overall:

Intel, Amazon, Los Alamos labs, Sandia labs, etc.

1000

• The most famous New Mexican painter is G______________ O’______________

Georgia O'Keefe