First Peoples
These "Ancestral Puebloans" built massive stone apartment-like dwellings in places like Chaco Canyon.
Who are the Anasazi?
This Spanish explorer led the first major expedition into New Mexico in 1540 looking for the Seven Cities of Gold.
Who was Francisco Vásquez de Coronado?
In this year, Mexico (including New Mexico) won its independence from Spain.
What is 1821?
This 1848 treaty ended the Mexican-American War and officially made New Mexico a U.S. Territory.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
New Mexico is known by this official nickname.
What is the Land of Enchantment?
This nomadic group arrived in the Southwest later than the Puebloans and were known for their skill in weaving and herding.
Who are the Navajo (Diné)?
Established in 1610, this city is the oldest capital city in the United States.
What is Santa Fe?
This famous 800-mile trade route opened in 1821, connecting Missouri to New Mexico.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
This was the main reason it took New Mexico 62 years to become a state (hint: it involves language and religion).
What is prejudice?
This is the highest point in New Mexico.
What is Wheeler Peak?
This type of sun-dried brick made of mud and straw was the primary building material for Pueblo homes.
What is adobe?
This was the name of the brutal system where Spanish settlers were granted the right to forced labor from Native Americans.
What is the Encomienda system?
Unlike the Spanish, who restricted trade with Americans, the Mexican government ________ trade.
What is encouraged (or opened)?
What is prejudice (against the Spanish-speaking/Catholic population)?
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
These are the four states that meet at the "Four Corners."
What are New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado?
This 1680 event was a coordinated uprising that successfully drove the Spanish out of New Mexico for twelve years.
What is the Pueblo Revolt?
Known as the "Settler of New Mexico," he established the first Spanish capital at San Gabriel in 1598.
Who was Juan de Oñate?
This person was a famous mountain man, scout, and trapper who lived in Taos and became a legend of the Southwest.
Who was Kit Carson?
New Mexico officially became the 47th state in this year.
What is 1912?
This major river flows from the Rocky Mountains in Colorado through the entire length of New Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
He was the leader from San Juan Pueblo who organized the Pueblo Revolt using knotted ropes to synchronize the timing.
Who was Popé?
This "Royal Road" connected Mexico City to Santa Fe, serving as the main trade and supply route.
What is El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro?
These were large parcels of land given by the government to individuals or groups to encourage settlement.
What are Land Grants?
This famous conflict in Lincoln County involved Billy the Kid and rival factions fighting over cattle and dry goods monopolies.
What is the Lincoln County War?
What is the State Flower of New Mexico
What is the Yucca?