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1
What is Malpais?
A Country
A Horatio (Custard)
Lava-Land
A Porridge
2
What do historians study to learn about the past?
Only primary sources
Primary and secondary sources from one person’s perspective
Primary and secondary sources from multiple perspectives
Only secondary sources
3
What is the most vital resource in New Mexico?
oil
sun
water
land
4
The four provinces of New Mexico are Rocky Mountains, and:
Desert, Mountain, River, and Lake
Antelope, Snakes, Bats, and Rodents
Colorado Plateau, Great Plains, Basin & Range
Sunshine, monsoon, dust storm, and Wind
5
What is demography?
is the number of people who live
is the science that studies the population
is the number of people living in km2
is population density
6
What is a hemisphere?
all of
slice of
half of
part of
7
Relative location is a description of where a place is in relation to another place
False
True
8
What is geography?
The study of the earth’s land, water,people, plants, and animals
The study of plants and animals and their habitats
The study of weather patterns over time
The study of rocks and minerals
9
What causes the different life zones?
economy
weather
water
Elevation
10
Some of the tools geographers use are :
Maps, globes, satellite imagery, and aerial photos
Humidifiers, seismographs, and sonography
Barometers, sextons, wind socks and altimeters
Calipers, scales, and rulers
11
What are the three main climate zones?
boreal, temperate, tropical
tropical, temperate, polar
prairie, tundra, rainforest
tropical, tundra, deciduous
12
what does province mean?
where trump lives
dab
King James hair line
a political district
13
New Mexico is part of the Southwest region with which other states?
Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana
Texas, Oklahoma, and Arizona
California, Nevada, and Arizona
Utah, Colorado, and Arizona
14
Name the Five Themes of Geography
latitude, hemispheres,and location
prime meridian
equator
location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region
15
Where is the prime meridian?
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
180 degrees longitude
90 degrees latitude
16
Why is it important to study history from multiple perspectives?
Because it is a state law
Because you can learn more about historic events
Because studying only one perspective would be boring
Because the first perspective is always wrong
17
What are Nomads?
People that work in cities.
People who work part time.
People that live in Africa and make a living.
People that move around to various places to make a living.
18
The Llano Estacado and the Edwards Plateau are land forms in the...
Great/ High Plains region
Gulf Coastal region
North Central Plains region
Mountains and Basins region
19
What occurs at the Continental Divide?
Rivers flow into main bodies of water
Land is divided among families
Rocks fall
rivers flow to the top of the mountains
20
A secondary account is a secondary source
True
False
21
Drawing Conclusions requires you to compare and contrast and recognize cause and effects?
False
True
22
What is a reservoir?
a dip in the land
a clump of clouds
a dried up lake
a place to store water
23
What is a tributary?
A smaller lake that flows into a stream
A large stream
A smaller stream that flows into a river
A large river
24
What is the equator?
imaginary line that divides the northern and southern hemisphere
moderate temperatures neither wet or dry
warm and wet climate
imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemisphere
25
Bias is a one sided point of view
False
True
26
Which Hemispheres is New Mexico located in?
Eastern and Western
Northern and Southern
Northern and Western
Southern and Eastern
27
New Mexico's state flower is?
Chile
sagebrush
Pinon Tree
Yucca
28
Artifacts are
spoken history
different points of view
Objects people used in the past
Automatic facts
29
Time zones...
Are based on the position of the sun
Are divided by latitude
Are not always accurate
Are divided by longitude
30
What is a hill with a flat top that is smaller than a mesa?
aquifer
butte
mesa
canyon
31
True or False: Water affects settlement patterns
False
True
32
Historical Thinking
the only way to learn
answers the who questions
Helps you understand the past
it means you are smart
33
The four provinces of New Mexico are
Antelope, Snakes, Bats, and Rodents
Sunshine, Monsoon, Dustorm and wind
Desert, Mountain, Rivere and Lake
Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Great Plains and Basin and Range
34
Natural resources and natural hazards affect activities and settlement patterns.
True
False
35
What is absolute location?
The location of a fixed point on earth.
A absolute value of a number or fraction.
Yo mama
A location that is absolute.
36
Nomads are:
People who travel and don’t have a permanent home
People who travel every month
People who travel as their job
People who steal from other communities
37
What is New Mexico's most vital resource?
Water
Fossil Fuels
Uranium
Potash
38
Examples of primary sources are
a story
textbooks
diaries, maps, and interviews
books
39
A tributary is a...............
A natural elevation of the earths surface
A stream that flows to a larger stream
A vent in the earths crust
40
Water makes life impossible on Earth.
True
False
41
What are primary sources?
spoken history
Show people
firsthand account
One sided point of view
42
the four states in four corners are
Oklahoma, Texas ,New Mexico, and Nevada
Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Arizona
USA,Russia,mexico,canada
Arizona,New Mexico, Utah, Colorado
43
What is a Plateau
A flat land surface in a highland area with cracks in the ground
Rocks
Chicken Tendies
Geology
44
What makes someone a historical thinker?
Someone who creates his or her own history
Someone who enjoys history
Someone who wants to live just like people did in the past
Someone who questions history and draws conclusions
45
Oral History is written history
False
True
46
What is Demography
The Study of Demi Lovato
The Study of Human Population
The Study of Music
47
Measures distances north and south of the equator.
Horizontal Lines
Lalaloopsy
Longitude
Latitude
48
What is the largest river in New Mexico?
Gila River
Colorado River
Rio Grande
Pecos River
49
Lack of access to this is a detriment to New Mexico's economy.
international air port
water
educated work force
major port
50
Latitude measures distances north and south of the equator?
False
True
51
Absolute Location is the exact position of a place.
False
True
52
Latitude and elevation affect...
Climate / Temperature is colder
North America is very big
Everything
The world spins faster
53
New Mexico is part of which region?
Northeast
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
54
The capital of New Mexico is?
Roswell
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Las Vegas
55
Settlement refers to
Where people live
Services provided by a town
56
What is the equator
a dragon
the desert
two lines
a line goes around the earth
57
What is the continental divide of North America
the Grand Canyon
the Mississippi River
the Rocky Mountains
the Canadian Shield
58
Perspective means to ?
Understanding events and people based on the time period studied?
one sided point of view
reveal information about the past
First hand account
59
What are settlement patterns?
Settlement cluster in various shapes and sizes
Refers to scattering of house over a large area
Arrangement of where people live on Earth & its influence
A synthesis that went beyond “diffusion” and chronology
