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1
Japanese internment camps were in all of these NM locations except:
Albuquerque
Fort Stanton
Santa Fe
Lordsburg
2
How is casino-generated income used for self-improvement by Indians?
Improved medical services.
(all of them)
Improved housing for tribal members.
Scholarships & improved education.
3
Why is NM home to several air force bases?
wide-open spaces perfect for pilot training
(neither)
(both)
the Rio Grande flowing north to south through NM
4
What was the purpose of Alianza & who led them?
Unite Hispanics to gain equal rights; Jennifer Lopez.
(all 3)
Unite Americans to gain equal rights; Reies Lopez Tijerina.
Unite Hispanics to gain equal rights; Reies Lopez Tijerina.
5
On July 16, 1945 Los Alamos successfully tests a plutonium implosion bomb at
Manhattan
Sandia
White Sands Missile Range near Alamogordo
Trinity Site near Alamogordo
6
What makes up the judicial branch?
Judges
Courts
(both)
(neither)
7
Who headed the Theoretical Physics Division of the Manhattan Project?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Niels Bohr
Edward Teller
Enrico Fermi
8
Which factors contributed to the Spanish mainly setting N'ern NM first?
(all 3)
altitude
climate
precipitation
9
Whose theory helped scientists understand nuclear fission (leading to splitting of the atom)?
Edward Teller
Niels Bohr
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
10
How was the relationship between Indian tribes and the U.S. government before WWII?
Tribes could trust the US govt; they were given reservations
(none of these are right)
Things were neutral; not really good or bad.
Tribes couldn't trust the US govt; too many broken promises.
11
What has become a major source of income for many tribes today?
Mining.
Manufacturing.
Casinos.
Farming.
12
What is a secondary source for historians?
first-hand accounts (letters, diary entries)
a historian's account based on primary sources (book)
a combination of many different sources (textbook)
13
NM's environment was ideal for the production of the atom bomb because of its
mountainous terrain and sparse population
wide-open spaces
isolation
all made it ideal for a top-secret lab and testing site
14
Air force bases and national labs impact our economy by
(neither)
taking away jobs, which takes away more money from the state
providing more jobs, which provide more money for the state
(both)
15
All of these are events happened in N'ern NM in the '60s regarding Alianza and Tijerina except:
Tijerina was arrested, tried but not sentenced to prison.
Tijerina said Hispanics owned millions of acres of land .
They took over part of a Natl. Forest and arrested Rangers.
They raided the courthouse in Tierra Amarilla.
16
Why were land grants in New Mexico difficult to determine?
The boundaries were unclear and written records were scarce.
They weren't.
Boundaries were clear and records plentiful.
(all 3)
17
When air force bases come to NM, which important factor must they take in consideration?
Access to water (like everything/everyone in NM)
Access to Albuquerque
Proximity to El Paso
Access to Carlsbad Caverns
18
Which does the state not provide/is not paid for by taxes?
churches
schools
roads
police
19
Indians were given self-determination; what does that mean?
The ability to govern their own lives with their traditions.
They have no rights.
(all 3)
They can rule themselves but cannot keep their culture.
20
All are reasons why the US needed an unbreakable code in the Pacific during WWII except:
The Japanese did not break our code.
By breaking the code they could hear our conversations.
The Japanese broke our code.
By breaking our code they could plan counterattacks.
21
Which is not a form of precipitation?
Hail
Rainfall
Sandstorm
Snow
22
How much surface water does New Mexico have?
250 sq. mi.
25 sq. mi.
2.5 sq. mi.
2,500 sq. mi.
23
Who split the atom?
Enrico Fermi
Edward Teller
Albert Einstein
Niels Bohr
24
How is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo related to land grant issues in New Mexico?
(all 3)
It isn't.
The treaty promised to honor all prior land grants in NM.
The treaty promised to dissolve all prior land grants in NM.
25
Which is they key factor in determining where people settle in New Mexico?
Camino Real
Water
Route 66
Elevation
26
All of these are true except:
NM Natl. Guardsmen fought to defend the Bataan Peninsula.
Only 900 of the 1,800 Natl. Guardsmen survived.
They fought for four years.
They fought for four months.
27
How did the US become involved in WWII?
Germany annexed Austria.
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, HI.
Germany invaded Poland.
Japan invaded the Philippines.
28
Who monitors water usage and settles community issues in the acequia system?
The mayordomo.
The mayor.
The domomayor.
The governor.
29
How is a tribe's relationship (as a sovereign, self-determining entity) with the US affected?
They govern themselves; both citizens of the tribe & the US.
Certain US rules/laws do not apply to them.
(all 3)
They are a sovereign nation within the US.
30
Which is not true of Iron-Clad Clauses in the NM's Constitution?
Guaranteed to school segregation.
(all 3 are true)
Guaranteed Hispanics had right to vote.
Women, Indians and African Americans did not benefit (vote)
31
State symbols...
represent a state's cultural heritage/national treasures.
have no real meaning.
exist for about half the states.
(all 3)
32
Acequias in N'ern NM played a role in each area except:
communal
political
agricultural
religious
33
The purpose of acequias is to ensure a process for everyone in a community to:
simply be able to water their crops.
have access to water, especially during a drought.
elect a leader.
divide cattle.
34
Which is not an event of the Bataan Death March?
The US used atomic weapons on the Bataan Peninsula.
US defended the Bataan Peninsula but were defeated.
Of 1,800 NM guardsmen included, 900 died.
The Japanese made the soldiers march to their POW camp.
35
After WWII, US policy toward Indians changed in which way:
Indians could stay on reservations but have no rights.
Indians could no longer live on reservations.
Indians could stay on reservations and govern themselves.
(all 3)
36
Native Americans were placed on reservations because
Americans wanted to control and "civilize" them.
(all 3)
they were raiding and killing Americans.
Americans wanted their land.
37
Americans began to hate Japanese-Americans because they questioned their loyalty to the US:
because of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, HI
because of the Bataan Death March
because of the invasion of the Philippines
(all 3)
38
The Cold War was a war of ideologies between
the US (communism) and the Soviet Union (capitalism)
the US (capitalism) and Japan (communism)
the US (capitalism) and the Soviet Union (communism)
the US (capitalism) and Germany (communism)
39
Which would not happen if all of our groundwater dried up?
Farmers & ranchers would rely solely on rainfall.
Water would become a scarce resource.
People would leave New Mexico.
Farmers & ranchers would become more productive.
40
Which "mother road" connecting Chicago to Los Angeles went across NM?
I-10
Route 66
Camino Real
I-25
41
Who suggested the possibility of creating an atomic bomb?
Niels Bohr
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Enrico Fermi
Albert Einstein
42
What attracts artists and writers to come to NM?
The landscape.
The heat.
Las Cruces.
Water.
43
How is Route 66 connected to the rise in tourism in New Mexico?
(all 3)
More people traveled through and stopped in NM.
More people had to stop in El Paso.
Less people had to drive through NM.
44
define "minority-majority" state
(all 3)
a racial/ethnic minority group (in the US) is the minority
a racial/ethnic majority group (in the US) is the majority
a racial/ethnic minority group (in the US) is the majority
45
NM's unique role as a minority-majority state...
(both)
is having other, similar states look to it for guidance
(neither)
helps it lead the way for minority issues and rights.
46
After WWI, ___ changed the way people live and allowed them to travel & see new places.
automobiles
irrigation
horses
the Camino Real
47
Define sovereignty.
Shared power.
Inferior power or authority.
Supreme power or authority .
Equal power.
48
Surface water is water on the Earth's surface (lakes, rivers, seas, oceans)
TRUE
FALSE
49
The process of assimilation by immigrants/annexed populations to American customs and values:
Americanification
'Mericizing
Americanization
assimilation
50
The main industries in New Mexico are:
automotive, ranching, mining, oil, gas, and tourism.
entertainment, ranching, mining, oil, gas, and tourism.
financial services, ranching, mining, oil, gas and tourism.
farming, ranching, mining, oil, gas, and tourism.
51
EVERYTHING IN NEW MEXICO IS IMPACTED BY WATER (BE IT SUPPLY OR PROXIMITY)!!!
FALSE
TRUE - we live in the desert -- DUH?
52
NM's involvement in WWII lead to its role as a military weapons developer in the Cold War by
establishing itself as a center for nuclear weapon tech
(all 3)
capturing the world's attention by testing the atom bomb
capturing the world's attention by developing the atom bomb
53
How do NM's state symbols benefit our state?
They provide collective unity/identity for who we are.
They represent mostly S'ern New Mexicans.
They represent mostly N'ern New Mexicans.
(all 3)
54
What is a primary source for historians?
a historian's account based on primary sources (book)
first-hand accounts (letters, diary entries)
a combination of many different sources (textbook)
55
Define autonomy.
(none of these)
Not being able to self-govern.
The right or condition of self-government.
A car.
56
What role did NM serve during the arms race of the Cold War?
Served as a center for weapons and scientific research.
Served as a location for Japanese-American internment camps.
Served as a center for the navy.
(all 3)
57
On Aug. 6th & 9th the US dropped atomic bombs on which two Japanese cities?
Tokyo & Yokohama
Kobe & Kyoto
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Osaka & Nagoya
58
What is a tertiary account for historians?
a historian's account based on primary sources (book)
first-hand accounts (letters, diary entries)
a combination of many different sources (textbook)
59
A long period of time without precipitation is:
a drought.
irrigation.
(all of them)
an acequia.
60
Which is the name of the plan to develop the atomic bomb?
The Brooklyn Project.
The Queens Project.
The Bronx Project.
The Manhattan Project.
61
On which date did Japan attack Pearl Harbor, HI?
Dec. 7, 1860
Dec. 7, 1941
Dec. 7, 1992
Dec. 7, 1965
62
All are reasons why Navajo was used as code during WWII except:
It's not written; has to be memorized.
It is hard to read and write it.
It's very difficult to learn.
It's easy to make up new words in it.
63
Each of these were types of land grants in NM except:
private
community
acequia
pueblo
64
What was a code name for the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos?
Project Y
Project Z
Project XYZ
Project X
65
New Mexico was involved in WWII via all but which of these:
Los Alamos' research and White Sands' testing (atomic bomb)
Navajo from NM creating code; becoming Code Talkers
service at Bataan and partaking in the Bataan Death March
Chinese-American internment camps
66
What allowed NM farmers to control when rivers flooded and use the land for farming?
Drought.
The acequia system.
Irrigation.
Building dams.
67
NM's Constitution is significant because it
(both)
(neither)
requires English-only education and legal documents
says assembly to meet in Jan. (early reps were rnchrs/frmrs)
68
After the arrival of highways, towns on Route 66...
boomed (no tourists were stopping by anymore).
didn't really change; it had no big impact.
dried up and people moved away (no one stopped by anymore).
(all 3)
69
Which is not one of the three branches of state government?
judicial
legislative
congressional
executive
70
The process of becoming similar to others by taking in and using their customs and culture:
similarity
Americanization
assumption
assimilation
71
How did white Americans try to make the Indian culture more like theirs? Indians couldn't:
keep their hairstyles or clothing.
(all of them)
speak their language/practice their religion.
keep their way of life (boarding schools)
72
How are artists/writers of the '20s and '30s related to NM's culture?
Through their work they spread NM's culture across the US
They shared its beauty, history, art, and traditions.
(all 3)
Their work attracted more people to NM
73
_____ is the source of most of New Mexico's water.
Groundwater
Surface water
The Rio Grande
Elephant Butte Reservoir
74
Irrigation allows people to artificially water crops...
FALSE
TRUE
75
The Bataan Death March lasted 6 days and covered how many miles?
6.5 miles
650 miles
65 miles
6,500 miles
76
What types of sources do historians use to piece together the past?
Primary
Primary, secondary, and tertiary.
Secondary
Tertiary
77
The Navajo who created an unbreakable code for the Marines were called:
Code Whisperers
Code Talkers
Code Givers
Code Speakers
78
Which branch of the government is described inaccurately?
congressional branch supports the laws
legislative branch makes the laws
executive branch enforces the laws
judicial branch interprets the laws
79
“The Laboratory for the Development of Substitute Materials” was the original name for the
Bataan Death March.
Japanese-American internment camps.
Code Talkers.
Manhattan Project.
80
Who was the scientific director of the Manhattan Project?
Enrico Fermi
Edward Teller
Niels Bohr
J. Robert Oppenheimer
81
Which are air force bases in NM?
Holloman AFB (Alamogordo) & WSMR (between Alamogordo/LC)
(all are)
(none are)
Kirtland AFB (ABQ) & Cannon AFB (Clovis)
82
Right after attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese also attacked which other US territory?
Guam
Puerto Rico
American Samoa
Philippines
83
Which are the two parts of the legislative branch?
State Supreme Court and Senate
Congress and Senate
House of Representatives and Senate
House of Representatives and Congress
84
NM industries are impacted by water; it is the key factor determining where people work/live.
FALSE
TRUE
85
By studying many different accounts with varying perspectives,
historians piece together the present.
historians piece together the past.
historians know little about the past.
historians get an uncertain image of the past.
86
Which factors contributed to where villages were settled in S'ern NM?
Proximity to the Chihuahuan Desert and the Camino Real.
Proximity to the Camino Real and El Paso.
(all 3)
Proximity to the Rio Grande and the Camino Real.
87
What role do Los Alamos and Sandia Natl. Labs play today in scientific research?
(both)
Los Alamos conducts energy research
Sandia does nuclear research & works on new energy sources
(neither)
88
Which is not true in comparing state and federal governments?
State govt. can overrule fed. govt.
Both have three branches of government.
State govt. is specific to each state; its beneath fed. gov.
Fed. govt. is above state govt. & applies to all 50 states
89
Which branch of government does the governor head?
(all 3)
executive
legislative
judicial
