1st 9 weeks vocabulary
2nd 9 weeks vocabulary
Multiple Choice
Mixed
Short Answer
100
Half of the earth
What is hemisphere?
100
A written proposal for a law
What is a bill?
100
What is New Mexico’s most precious resource? a. sunshine c. uranium b. water d. gold
What is (b) water?
100
What primary role does the Legislative Branch represent? a. Make laws b. Interpret laws c. Carry out laws
What is (a) Makes laws?
100
What is the largest river in New Mexico?
What is the Rio Grande?
200
A one-sided point of view
What is bias?
200
A change or revision
What is an amendment?
200
What primary role does the Judicial Branch represent? a. Make laws b. Interpret laws c. Carry out laws
What is (b) Interprets laws?
200
What primary role does the Executive Branch represent? a. Make laws b. Interpret laws c. Carry out laws
What is (c) Carry out laws?
200
New Mexico is part of the Southwest region with which other 3 states?
What is Arizona, Oklahoma, and Texas?
300
an account or summary of an event based on the study of one or more primary sources; a secondhand account of an event
What is a secondary source?
300
Having two legislative chambers, or houses
What is bicameral?
300
What is geography? a. the study of the earth’s land, water, people, plants, and animals b. the study of rocks and minerals c. the study of weather patterns over time d. the study of plants and animals and their habitats
What is (a) the study of the earth's land, water, people, plants, and animals?
300
Which document outlines the structure and function of the state legislature? (3-C.2) a. The U.S. Constitution b. The Declaration of Independence c. The New Mexico Constitution d. The Federalist Papers
What is (c) The New Mexico Constitution?
300
What are the Four Levels of Government?
What are National (Federal), State, Tribal, & Local (County & City)?
400
A firsthand, or eyewitness, account or original object or document from the past
What is a primary source?
400
A type of government in which the majority rules
What is a democracy?
400
Which of the following is not a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights? a. Freedom of speech b. Choice of judge c. Trial by jury d. Freedom of religion
What is (b) a choice of a judge?
400
Who determines the structure and function of tribal government? a. The federal government b. Each Indian tribe c. New Mexico’s state government d. The Supreme Court
What is (b) each Indian tribe?
400
The four provinces of New Mexico are:
What are Rocky Mountain, Colorado Plateau, Great Plains, and Basin and Range?
500
An understanding of events & people based on the accepted ideas & values of the time period being studied
What is perspective?
500
A nation with a government headed by elected leaders
What is a republic?
500
The Bill of Rights was written to ___________. a. organize the federal government b. regulate state rights c. establish rules and regulations for citizens d. protect basic rights and freedoms of citizens
What is (d) to protect basic rights and freedoms of citizens?
500
New Mexico is in what two hemispheres?
What are the Northern & Western Hemispheres?
500
What do you call the first 10 amendments of the Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights?
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