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Colonial New Mexico

Quiz by Deana Gray

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  • Q1
    (95) What was in the center of every Spanish town?
    church
    a plaza (de armas)
    presidio
    mission
    300s
  • Q2
    (96) Who oversaw the land grant system, made laws, collected taxes, supervised trade, protected the town, and served as judges?
    viceroys
    mayordomos
    cabildos
    presidios
    300s
  • Q3
    (96) All of the following were requirements for receiving a land grant except...
    living on the land itself
    making improvements on the land
    not using native labor
    living on the land for ten years
    300s
  • Q4
    (96) Who was an important person in the community because their job was to regulate water use and annual cleaning of the acequia?
    mayordomo
    viceroy
    royal governor
    cabildo
    300s
  • Q5
    (97) What did the colonists get every three years when a caravan came from Mexico City along El Camino Real?
    crops from Veracruz
    manufactured goods from Spain
    seafood from California
    cattle from Texas
    300s
  • 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 rituals
    showing them how to farm and raise livestock the Spanish way
    convert the Indians to Catholicism and force them to give up their religion
    teach them to speak Spanish
    300s
  • 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.
    rambouillet
    merino
    churro
    chios
    300s
  • Q12
    (102) Who did Indians teach how to hunt buffalo and how to use every part of the buffalo?
    los ciboleros
    los vaqueros
    churros
    mayordomos
    300s
  • Q13
    (102) Who passed nearly every skill and piece of ranching equipment used by later cowboys?
    mayordomos
    churros
    vaqueros
    ciboleros
    300s
  • 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 Indians
    the Catholic Church was more accepting of native religious practices
    the Spanish gave up teaching the Indians the Spanish language
    the Spanish did not bring back the encomienda system
    300s
  • Q15
    (103) What two fierce tribes moved into New Mexico in the 1700s?
    Navajos and Utes
    Navajos and Apaches
    Comanches and Apache
    Comanches and Utes
    300s

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