After Coronado, why were the missionaries still interested in NM?
A. They wanted to farm in the Rio Grande Valley
B. Coronado had mistreated the Indians
C. There were souls there to be saved
D. They wanted to make the Indians slaves
C
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Which group of Spanish missionaries came to New Mexico?
A. Custodios
B. Dominicans
C. Franciscans
D. Jesuits
C
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Why did Spain reconquer New Mexico?
A. It wanted to christianize the Indians
B. New Spain needed a buffer zone
C. Spanish pride called for a return to NM
D. All of the above
D
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Who did the farm work and building on New Mexico's small farms?
What is men and women
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What did mountain men come to trap?
A. beaver
B. muskrat
C. mink
D. bear
A
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Why did later explorers follow a different route to NM than that taken by earlier explorers
A. Indians in Arizona were unfriendly
B. They learned about a route up the Rio Grande
C. They had no hope of finding gold
D. They did not want to go to Zuni
B
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Who got the Pueblo peoples to unite?
A. The Custodio
B. Alonso Garcia
C. Antonio de Otermin
D. Pope
D
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What "new" Indian group appeared in NM in the 1700s?
A. Comanches
B. Gila Apaches
C. Mescalero Apaches
D. Navajos
A
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What were most New Mexicans in the 1700s?
A. soldiers
B. ranchers
C. traders and artisans
D. subsistence farmers
D
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What New Mexico settlement was headquarters for the fur trade?
A. La Canada
B. Santa Fe
C. Las Vegas
D. Taos
D
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Why was life in early Spanish New Mexico troubled?
A. There was little mining equipment
B. There were too many Spaniards and too little land
C. Settlers spent too much time looking for gold
D. All the Pueblo Indians were unfriendly.
C
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Why was the Pueblo Revolt hard to plan?
A. It was hard to get the Pueblo peoples to unite
B. There were more Spaniards than Indians
C. The Indians had no leaders
D. The Indians honored their new religion
A
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After the Reconquest, how did Spaniards treat Pueblo religion?
A. They continued to punish religious leaders
B. They stopped destroying kivas.
C. They used kivas as Spanish churches
D. They destroyed the Pueblo religion
B
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What added spice and flavor to New Mexican food?
A. chili
B. corn
C. mutton (lamb)
D. tortillas
A
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What helped cause the Rebellion of 1837?
A. The governor was a New Mexican
B. There was an Indian uprising
C. The governor collected new taxes
D. The governor stopped the Santa Fe trade
C
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How did Onate treat the Indians at Acoma?
A. He punished them very harshly
B. He killed them all
C. He did nothing to them
D. He sent them to Quivira
A
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Which of these occurred in the Pueblo Revolt?
A. Indians attacks on Spanish settlers failed
B. Only two pueblos revolted
C. The Spaniards were driven from New Mexico
D. All Spaniards were killed
C
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What was Spain's attitude toward trade with the French?
A. It was officially illegal
B. It was allowed only at Taos
C. It was legal and encouraged
D. It could occur only on the Great Plains
A
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By 1815 vaccinations lowered outbreaks of what dreaded disease?
A. cowbox
B. influenze
C. tetanus
D. smallpox
D
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What was the horno used for?
What is baking
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Why did the king make New Mexico a royal colony?
A. To move the capital
B. To find more gold
C. To rule New Mexico
D. To save more souls for the church
D
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What happened after the Pueblo Revolt?
A. Spaniards immediately retook New Mexico
B. The Pueblo peoples moved away from many of their villages
C. The Pueblo peoples remained united
D. Spanish settlers were pushed out of El Paso
B
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Why were the Spaniards concerned about the Louisiana Purchase?
A. It meant French traders were arming the Plains Indians
B. Spanish Florida was separated from Texas
C. They feared the U.S. would be a threat to NM
D. Lewis and Clark came to Santa Fe
C
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Who were the Penitentes?
A. Franciscan missionaries
B. village priests
C. Pueblo religious leaders
D. a religious brotherhood
D
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What happened to the members of the Texas-Santa Fe expedition?
A. They opened a new trade route to Texas
B. They were taken prisoner
C. They took Santa Fe without a fight
D. Most members died on the plains for lack of water