1. What is an example of a primary source?
a. History textbook
b. Diary
c. Movie
d. Time travel
2. What illustrates acculturation in NM?
a. State constitution is in 2 languages
b. Disrespecting others
c. IDK
d. There are three major cultures in NM
3. What is the larges reservation in NM?
a. Hopi
b. Apache
c. Pueblo
d. Navajo
4. How did the interstate system affect Route 66 communities?
a. Negative affect on their economies
b. They did great!
c. It didn’t matter
d. What is an interstate?
5. What document outlines how the state functions?
a. Chronicles of Narnia
b. The federation
c. The federal constitution
d. The state constitution
6. What is not protected in NM’s constitution?
a. People’s rights
b. Free speech
c. Land grants
d. Bear arms
7. Who leads the executive branch of NM’s government?
a. Congress
b. President
c. Aladin
d. Governor
8. Why is NM a good state for military bases?
a. There is a lot of public land
b. No one cares about it
c. It isn’t
d. Lots of people
9. The majority of the population in NM is
a. Anglo
b. Native American
c. Hispanic
d. Non-white
10. “Minority-majority” means?
a. Population doesn’t matter
b. Multiple non-white groups are the majority of the population
c. White people are the majority
d. Nothing to NM
11. Tribal governments govern?
a. Nothing
b. Federal land
c. All land
d. Tribal land
12. What made/makes NM desirable for artists?
a. They hate it
b. Scenery and population diversity
c. Weather
d. All of the above
13. Were other countries allowed to test atomic bombs in NM during the Cold
War?
a. No
b. Yes, of course
c. I don’t think so
d. Maybe
14. What industry is the south-central part of the state know for?
a. Industry
b. Manufacturing
c. Agriculture
d. Mining
15. Why must the manufacturing industry be cautious in NM?
a. They don’t need to be cautious
b. They crush a lot of rocks
c. Many minerals are used in the process
d. They use a lot of water
16. Why are state symbols important?
a. They don’t matter
b. States don’t have symbols
c. Because they show our uniqueness apart from other states
d. Because they show our unity as a state
17. Why was Oppenheimer apprehensive about using the atomic bomb?
a. Mass destruction was inevitable
b. Thought it would have terrible effects on civilians
c. He wasn’t
d. What does apprehensive mean?
18. How did the Manhattan Project have a positive effect on NM?
a. Created no jobs in NM
b. It made MN a center of research and development
c. Destroyed the economy
d. Was totally a good thing
19. What was a bad thing about internment of peoples during WWII?
a. Kept an eye on untrustworthy individuals
b. Controlled spies
c. It was good thing
d. It infringed upon their civil liberties
20. What city was created from the Manhattan Project?
a. Los Angles
b. Las Cruces
c. Los Alamos
d. White Sands
21. What was the Manhattan Project?
a. The creation of the atomic bomb
b. Made a big apple
c. New transportation technology
d. Something in New York
22. Why were Japanese people put in internment camps during WWII?
a. They were not trusted
b. The government is mean
c. Unfortunate events
d. They weren’t
23. Where did the Bataan Death March take place?
a. New Mexico
b. Pearl Harbor
c. Japan
d. Philippines
24. Why were Navajo men willing to join the military in WWII?
a. To defend their homeland
b. The government made them
c. They didn’t want to
d. Pride
25. Why was Navajo chosen as a code during WWII?
a. It was difficult for non-Navajo to understand
b. Random choice
c. The government chose it
d. Reapportion
26. La Alanza was created as a direct result of
a. Rasta music
b. La Raza
c. Brown Pride was gaining success in civil rights
d. The removal of Article X from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
27. What do we still see today because of Article X of the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo?
a. Treaty and land grant issues
b. Nothing
c. Violence
d. Language barriers
28. Treaties between the federal government and native American tribes have
resulted in?
a. Great relationships
b. Distrust
c. Ignorance
d. Language barriers
29. Why are there not many urban areas in NM?
a. Agrarian economy
b. People don’t think NM is hip
c. Population
d. Insufficient water supply
30. Why are Pueblos close together in central NM?
a. So they didn’t have to walk far
b. Trade
c. Access to the Rio Grande
d. They like each other
31. What industry do acequias serve?
a. Agriculture
b. Service
c. Mining
d. Manufacturing
32. What does not affect water quality in NM?
a. Industry
b. Use of open ranges
c. Salanation
d. Alkalinity
33. What does the state government do to encourage water conservation?
a. Educate the people
b. Give incentives
c. Steal your money
d. Nothing
34. What was forced upon Native American youth in boarding schools?
a. A whole new world
b. Quality of life
c. Food
d. American culture
35. Why are acequias important to NM?
a. They are lame
b. They tie NM’s culture to its past
c. We don’t use them anymore
d. They never were important
36. What do historians study to learn about the past?
a. Only secondary sources
b. Primary and secondary sources from one person’s perspective
c. Only primary sources
d. Primary and secondary sources from multiple perspectives 37. What is geography? a. The study of the earth's land, water, people, plants and animals
b. The study of plants and animals and their habitats
c. The study of rocks and minerals
d. The study of weather patterns over time 38. New Mexico is part of the Southwest region with which other states?
a. Utah, Colorado, and Arizona
b. Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona
c. California, Nevada, and Arizona
d. Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana
39. What is New Mexico’s most precious resource?
a. uranium
b. sunshine
c. gold
d. Water
40. New Mexico was the ___ state to join the United States.
a. 45th
b. 47th
c. 34th
d. 26th
41. Which of the following is not true regarding New Mexico’s contributions
during the Cold War?
a. The New Mexican government would only allow missiles to be tested
in New Mexico but refused to test bombs in the state.
b. Bombs and weapons were invented and tested in New Mexico.
c. Air bases and tunnels in New Mexico were used to store atomic
bombs.
d. New Mexican laboratories invented nuclear bombs, missiles, and
other important weapons.
42. What was the goal of La Alianza?
a. To give more land to the U.S. government
b. To get better working conditions for farm workers
c. To reclaim lost land grants
d. To allow Hispanic students to speak Spanish in school
43. Who determines the structure and function of tribal government?
a. The Supreme Court
b. The federal government
c. New Mexico’s state government
d. Each Indian tribe
44. What are the three branches of government?
a. Legislative, executive, general
b. Legislative, general, judicial
c. Legislative, executive, judicial
d. General, executive, judicial
45. Which of the following statements is true?
a. You have rights with no responsibilities.
b. You have responsibilities because of your rights.
c. You have no rights or responsibilities.
d. You have responsibilities with no rights.