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New Mexico History & Geography, Chapter 1, Gibbs Smith edu.
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1
The Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountains relative location is next to ___________.
Santa Fe
Alamogordo
San Rafael
Las Cruces
2
The five main rivers in New Mexico are the ________________ .
Pecos, Rio Grande, La Plata, Chaco & Chama
Pecos, La Plata, Animas, San Juan & Rio Grande
Pecos, Rio Grande, Canadian, San Juan and Gila,
Animas, La Plata, Columbia, Rio Grande & Pecos
3
Lower Sonoran life zone is part of the _______________ provinces.
Basin & Range / Rocky Mountains
Great Plains /Colorado Plateau Basin & Range
Great Plains / Basin & Range
Basin & Range/Colorado Plateau
4
In New Mexico, bears typically live at ____________ elevation.
7,000 - 11,500 feet
up to 4,500 feet
12,000 feet plus
4,500 - 7,500 feet
5
Holloman Air Force Base is near _________ .
Alamogordo
Albuquerque
Roswell
Las Cruces
6
The Continental Divide runs through New Mexico.
only on Sundays
False
in Utah
True
7
Robert J. Torrez is a famous New Mexican
singer.
dancer.
artist.
historian.
8
Pikas, typically live at the life zone, __________________ elevation.
Canadian / 8,500 - 11,500 feet
Arctic-Alpine /+ 12,000 feet
Upper Sonoran / 4,500 - 7,500 feet
Transition / 7,000 - 8,500
9
Santa Fe is the highest (in elevation of 7,000 feet) capital city in the USA.
true
false
10
Farmington lies in the _________ life zone.
Upper Sonoran
Lower Sonoran
Canadian
Transition
11
New Mexico is in the _________ hemisphere.
south /east
south / west
north / west
north / east
12
The Great Plains Province of New Mexico is the _________ populated of the four regions.
least
simian
heavily
most
13
The Five themes of Geography are
location, geology, place, movement, region
location,Human-Enviro Interaction, place,movement,region
location, humanities, place, movement, region
location, geology, place, movement, region
14
Potash is used for _____________.
water treatment
fertilizer
toothpaste
cereals
15
The Rocky Mountains extend from Central New Mexico to ____________ .
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Colorado
Montana
Western Canada
16
Marmots, typically live in the __________ life zone at ____________ feet elevation.
Transition / 7,000 - 8,500
Upper Sonoran / 4,500 -7,500
Arctic - Alpine / +12,000
Canadian / 8,500 - 11,500
17
Climate, plant and animal life can be organized in _____________ .
dead zones
urban zones
rural zones
life zones
18
The Colorado Plateau was formed by ________________.
rain and erosion
meteorites
Paul Bunyan & Babe
volcanic activity
19
New Mexico is the __________ largest state in the union.
second
fifth
fourth
sixth
20
Demography studies the characteristics of _________________ .
human population
Demi
equines
water
21
One of the biggest employers in the Albuquerque area are ________________ .
private schools.
industry & aerospace.
farming & energy.
doughnut production.
22
Farmington, New Mexico lies in the ____________ life zone.
Upper Sonoran
Colorado Plateau
Lower Sonoran
Transition
23
Textbooks are
all biased.
primary sources.
useless for research.
secondary sources.
24
Coyotes ( in NM), typically live in the ____________ life zones.
Upper & Lower Sonoran
Canadian and Hudsonian
Canadian & Transition
Arctic-Alpine & Hudsonian
25
New Mexico is part of the sunbelt!
idc
idk
false
true
26
In 1929, floods destroyed the small town of __________, forcing most residents to flee.
San Rafael
San Marcial
Las Cruces
Santa Rosa
27
The smallest life zone in New Mexico is the _______________ life zone.
Transition
Arctic-Alpine
Lower Sonoran
Canadian
28
The Lower Sonoran life zone lies up to 4,500' elevation, which includes ____________.
ponderosa pines, scrub oak, columbine, purple lupine & elk.
aspen, blue spruce, big horn sheep, mink, white fir & elk.
pinion pine, juniper, oak, blue gamma grass and sagebrush
Rio Grande and Pecos valleys, with grasses, mesquite/cacti.
29
Farmington lies in the ___________ region / province.
Rocky Mountain
Basin & Range
Eastern Great Plains
Colorado Plateau
30
Primary sources are ________ accounts of the past.
secondary
useless
firsthand & original
biased
31
There are ________ natural provinces / regions of New Mexico
four
six
three
five
32
The Basin & Range Province /Region of New Mexico is home to the _______________.
rain forest
The Rockies
head waters of the Rio Grande
White Sands National Park
33
The Mescalero Apache Reservation is in the
Colorado Plateau Province.
Great Plains Region.
Rocky Mountain region.
Basin & Range province.
34
A tableland or large raised area of flat land is called a
plateau
mesa
basin
butte
35
The lines of ________ are parallel.
Prime Meridian & Equator
longitude
latitude
the Equator and longitude
36
P.V.H.S. NM Historians ___________ !
ARE MOCO MUNCHERS!
ARE THE BEST!
ARE ZOMBIE HUNTERS!
ARE AWESOME!
37
Historians are considered to be
unemployable.
lazy.
boring & stinky old geezers!
detectives.
38
The two largest cities in the Basin & Range Province/Region is _________________ .
Albuquerque & Las Cruces
Santa Fe & Taos
Farmington & Aztec
Roswell & Portales
39
The most vital resource in New Mexico is ____________ .
oil & coal
water
tourism.
gas & coal
40
New Mexico is in the _______ region of the United States.
south west
catatonic
north east
south east
