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What is the biggest
challenge to urban
growth in NM?
Water
What are three methods
used and encouraged
by the NM government
to conserve our water
sources
incentives, microirrigation, xeriscaping
These three things are
part of a person’s
identity through their
acequia.
location, family, and
community
New Mexico’s water
supply and water runoff
is largely contaminated
by
cattle industry and
pesticides
New Mexico’s acequias
are integral to our
culture because of our
Hispanic heritage
What geographic feature
determined early
settlement (Native
American, Spanish, &
Anglo) in NM?
Need for a water source
What are the three
largest N.A. tribes in
NM?
Navajo, Apache, Ute
What two features of NM
drew artists and writers
to NM?
Scenery and climate
This county of NM is
dominant in the
farming/ ranching
industry.
Dona Ana county
This was one of the most
noted locations of
Japanese internment
camps and German
POW camps
Lordsburg
Why were Navajo men
willing to fight for the
US in WWII as Navajo
Code Talkers?
to protect their home and
land
This WWII project brought
a focus of the science
and technology industry
to NM and cause the
boomtown of Los
Alamos.
Manhattan Project
This unit was stationed in
the Philippines and saw
some of the first action
of WWII.
NM National Guard
These were ignored when
Japanese Americans
were relocated to
internment camps in
NM.
civil liberties
This term describes the
way Anglo Americans
tried to integrate
Hispanics and Native
Americans into the
American culture.
assimilation
Which article in the Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo
left landgrants in NM
unprotected from land
hungry settlers?
Article 10
This activist worked to
reclaim Hispanic
landgrants
Reies Tijerina
This scientific industry has
become one of the
most economic sources
for New Mexico.
aerospace and weapons
development
The federal government is
the largest employer of
New Mexicans due to
these “jobs”
Air Force bases and
national labs
During the Cold War
tunnels were created at
this location to store
nuclear weapons
Los Alamos
What are the three
branches of state govt
in NM?
Executive, Legislative,
Judicial
What two governments
have equal authority
after the federal
government because of
sovereignty?
State and Tribal
government
What was the effect of the
interstate highway
system on communities
that were not located
near the highway?
negative impact as many
died out
This term means that a
larger part of the
population is made up
of minority groups
minority-majority
When did the NM
legislature officially
create a bill that
established 16 NM
symbols
1999
The executive head of the
state government is the
governor
This purchase was
important because it
gave the US (and later
NM) the land that has
become important for
farming & ranching
Gadsden purchase
The mother ditch is called
Acequia Madre
This civil rights
organization was
organized by Reies
Tijerina
La Alianza Federal de
Mercedes
This was the nickname of
the atomic bomb
testing site
Trinity
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