What happened to most of the Mexican people living in the territory given up in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
They became U.S. citizens.
100
The American cowboy borrowed or learned all of these from the Mexican cowboy (vaquero) except.....?
1-Ranching terms
2-Gear
3-Branding Cattle
4-Science and Religion
4-Science and Religion
100
What was one Mexicano contribution to farming in the Southwest?
1-plowing equipment
2-tractors
3-irrigation systems
4-day workers
3-irrigation systems
100
What Mexican building material was used in the Southwest because of its suitability in dry climates?
Adobe
100
What professional sport as its roots in Mexico?
1-tennis'
2-rodeo
3-underwater basket-weaving
4-racing
2-rodeo
200
How did the Mexicanos contribute to the mining in the West?
1-They shared their knowledge and tools with other miners.
2-They were the only group willing to do the hard work.
3-They owned most of the gold, silver, and copper mines.
4-They made jewelry from gold, silver, and copper.
1-They shared their knowledge and tools with other miners.
200
Give three terms or slang that the American cowboy took from the Mexican vaquero.
bronco, stampede, corral, lasso, burro, buckaroo, and vamoose.
200
Define Irrigation
A system for bringing water to farmland by artificial means, such as using a dam to trap water and ditches to channel it to fields.
200
List three details of Mexicano Architecture in the southwest.
What type of farms were Americans living in the southwest used to back east?
Dairy Farms
300
How were the Mexicanos treated by the people who settled in the land ceded to the United States by Mexico?
1-Their property was bought at a fair price
2-They were denied their rights the United States promised them.
3-They were required to move to reservations.
4-Their knowledge and culture were respected
2-They were denied their rights
300
True or False: The Mexicano sheep raising system was not organized and did not work well.
False
300
Mexican cooking is a result of one of the greatest food revolutions in history. It uses ingredients from Europe such as _____, _____, _____, and ______.
beef, rice, oranges and potatoes.
300
What was the subject of Mexican pueblo law, which was used as a basis of U.S. law?
1-Marriage
2-Trade Restrictions
3-Pollution
4-Water rights
4-Water rights
300
What were two dances that were brought to the Southwest by Mexicanos called?
Fandango and la bamba
400
Give three examples or details of Mexicano contributions from mining.
Gold pans (bateas), riffle boxes, arrastras (grinding mills), Mexicanos helped discover how to mind silver and copper
400
Give three examples or details of Mexicano contributions from the Cowboy section.
special clothing, western saddle, the lariat, slang
400
Describe how Mexicano contributions in irrigated farming influenced life in the United States today.
Mexicano irrigation techniques enabled Americans to turn the Southwest into America's fruit basket and introduced many unknown fruits to the U.S.
400
Which American laws were influenced by Mexican laws?
1-building
2-voting
3-immigration
4-mining
4-mining
400
What was the name of the Mexicano cowboy?
Vaquero
500
Describe how Mexicano contributions in mining influenced life in the United States today.
Copper is used in electrical and telephone wires across the U.S.
500
Describe how contributions in Sheep Raising influenced life in the United States today.
Californians crossed merinos and churros to create better wool. Wool production soared from 1862-1880 due to Mexicano sheep raising advancements.
500
Describe how the Mexicano contribution in food influenced life in the United States today.
The mixing of American and Mexican foods gave us chili and Tex-Mex cooking.
500
What was the Mexican legal doctrine of community property rights, which as been adopted by some states?
Couples share property acquired during their marriage.