Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Misc.
Vocab
100

The Man who re-conquered New Mexico (last name)

Vargas

100

Besides being a frontier, NM was also isolated due to it’s distance to _____

New Spain

100

Spain ruled it’s colonies in America (including NM) for _____ years

300

100

When is election day this year?

November 5th

100

What is this?

Carreta

200

This was shouted 3 times as the Spanish flag was raised in the capital

"Long Live the King!"

200

Any messages or letters took _______ to reach NM

Months

200

Mexico gained it's independence from spain in...

1821

200

Do we have school on election day?

No
200

Towns set up by Spaniards for the purpose of trade and defense

Villas

300

2 main reasons the pueblo population in New Mexico declined was 

Indian raids and Droughts

300

Settlers often lacked metal tools, so they made their own tools made of this material

Wood
300

The Santa Fe trail extended from Santa Fe into ________________

Chihuahua

300

One reason Spain reconquered NM was to act as a 

Buffer Zone

300

An outer layer of protection for New Spain

Buffer Zone

400

Albuquerque was founded in

1706

400

New Mexico houses were built using _______ bricks

Adobe

400

_____ was the most well known Fur trader in NM

Kit Carson

400

In NM, both _____ and ___ people could become office holders

Spanish and Mixed

400

trading goods for other goods, no money is involved

Barter trade

500

Yearly trade fairs used to take place between hostile tribes and the Spaniards and the Pueblos in the Villa of _____

Taos

500

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

Land grants

500

In 1835, Mexico sent Colonel Albino ______ to govern NM

Perez

500

The war between Mexico and America was called 

The Mexican American war

500

fur trappers who came to NM during the Mexican period

Mountain men