Colonial New Mexico
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- Q1(95) What was in the center of every Spanish town?churcha plaza (de armas)presidiomission300s
- Q2(96) Who oversaw the land grant system, made laws, collected taxes, supervised trade, protected the town, and served as judges?viceroysmayordomoscabildospresidios300s
- Q3(96) All of the following were requirements for receiving a land grant except...living on the land itselfmaking improvements on the landnot using native laborliving on the land for ten years300s
- Q4(96) Who was an important person in the community because their job was to regulate water use and annual cleaning of the acequia?mayordomoviceroyroyal governorcabildo300s
- Q5(97) What did the colonists get every three years when a caravan came from Mexico City along El Camino Real?crops from Veracruzmanufactured goods from Spainseafood from Californiacattle from Texas300s
- Q6(98) The Catholic priests tried to change the Indians in all of the following ways EXCEPT:force the natives to share their secret religious ritualsshowing them how to farm and raise livestock the Spanish wayconvert the Indians to Catholicism and force them to give up their religionteach them to speak Spanish300s
- Q7(99) What caused the Pueblo Indian Revolt?The Spanish were spending too much time with the Apache.Pueblos resented being forced to work for the colonists and worried their gods were angry with them.The Pueblos wanted Pope to lead the Catholic services.Pueblos were confused by the Spanish language.300s
- Q8(99) Why did the Pueblo Indian Revolt work?The Pueblo Indians stole all of the Spanish horses and livestock.The Indians snuck up on the Spanish while they were at church.The Pueblo Indians were able to set the new missions on fire.The Indians united under one leader and attacked at the same time.300s
- Q9(100) Why did the Indians not fight the Spanish when they returned with Vargas twelve years after the Revolt?They were afraid of Vargas.They were afraid the Spanish had come for vengeance.They weren't prepared for a fight.They were sure they could beat the Spanish again.300s
- Q10(101) How did most Spanish settlers make a living?They raised livestock and hunted buffalo.They were caravan traders on El Camino Real.They were shopkeepers in Santa Fe.They were cardinals in the Catholic Church.300s
- Q11(101) What was the name of the sheep that lived well in New Mexico's dry climate, was neutral in color, and whose fleece grew faster and longer.rambouilletmerinochurrochios300s
- Q12(102) Who did Indians teach how to hunt buffalo and how to use every part of the buffalo?los ciboleroslos vaqueroschurrosmayordomos300s
- Q13(102) Who passed nearly every skill and piece of ranching equipment used by later cowboys?mayordomoschurrosvaquerosciboleros300s
- Q14(103) All of these contributed to more peaceful relations between the Indians and the Spanish in the 1700s except ...the Spanish were not as harsh to the Indiansthe Catholic Church was more accepting of native religious practicesthe Spanish gave up teaching the Indians the Spanish languagethe Spanish did not bring back the encomienda system300s
- Q15(103) What two fierce tribes moved into New Mexico in the 1700s?Navajos and UtesNavajos and ApachesComanches and ApacheComanches and Utes300s