NM HISTORY EOC STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
How did geographic features and climate conditions affect the development of
Indigenous peoples?
Indigenous people had to adapt to all climates and terrain and needed to make sure
food and shelter was available.
What evidence did the Folsom and Clovis people leave behind?
Spear points and kill sites
What evidence of the Pit Dwellers culture have anthropologists found?
Baskets, atalatals, jewelry, farming tools
How did Big Game Hunters make use of nomadic lifestyle?
They followed their food by moving with the herds.
How did early Native American cultures advance religiously and believe in
Polytheism?
They would perform religious ceremonies with dancing to the gods. Kivas were built as
the center for worship and religious rites
How did early Native Americans develop their technology to improve farming and
irrigation systems?
They developed acqueicas and used crop rotation.
What is polytheism?
belief in more than one god
, What are acqueicas?
ditches that would run water from crop to crop
Why was the Rio Grande River so vital for plant, animal, and human existence?
Farming was easier, plants were abundant, and soil was fertile.
As the main river system, how did the Rio Grande and its tributaries influence
Pueblo people of New Mexico?
Settlements were established due to farming being easier.
What are the 4 provinces and how do they present challenges to cultures that
pass through or settle them?
1. Rocky Mountains-rough terrain, unpredictable weather
2. Basin & Range-flooding, dry, mountains
3. Great Plains-extremely dry, flat, easily get lost
4. Colorado Plateau-high cliffs, dry, high altitude
Why would some regions support more population and permanent settlements,
provide isolation, or contain game to hunt?
Some regions have more food and supplies. The regions with water sources are the
best place to settle. Some regions are tough to live in due to dry and waterless.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of plants, animals, ideas, slaves, and diseases between the Old World
and New World (Old = Europe, New = the Americas).
How did the Columbian Exchange transform the lives of the peoples on both
sides of the Atlantic Ocean?
New ideas, goods, foods, and diseases make life both easier and harder.
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
How did geographic features and climate conditions affect the development of
Indigenous peoples?
Indigenous people had to adapt to all climates and terrain and needed to make sure
food and shelter was available.
What evidence did the Folsom and Clovis people leave behind?
Spear points and kill sites
What evidence of the Pit Dwellers culture have anthropologists found?
Baskets, atalatals, jewelry, farming tools
How did Big Game Hunters make use of nomadic lifestyle?
They followed their food by moving with the herds.
How did early Native American cultures advance religiously and believe in
Polytheism?
They would perform religious ceremonies with dancing to the gods. Kivas were built as
the center for worship and religious rites
How did early Native Americans develop their technology to improve farming and
irrigation systems?
They developed acqueicas and used crop rotation.
What is polytheism?
belief in more than one god
, What are acqueicas?
ditches that would run water from crop to crop
Why was the Rio Grande River so vital for plant, animal, and human existence?
Farming was easier, plants were abundant, and soil was fertile.
As the main river system, how did the Rio Grande and its tributaries influence
Pueblo people of New Mexico?
Settlements were established due to farming being easier.
What are the 4 provinces and how do they present challenges to cultures that
pass through or settle them?
1. Rocky Mountains-rough terrain, unpredictable weather
2. Basin & Range-flooding, dry, mountains
3. Great Plains-extremely dry, flat, easily get lost
4. Colorado Plateau-high cliffs, dry, high altitude
Why would some regions support more population and permanent settlements,
provide isolation, or contain game to hunt?
Some regions have more food and supplies. The regions with water sources are the
best place to settle. Some regions are tough to live in due to dry and waterless.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of plants, animals, ideas, slaves, and diseases between the Old World
and New World (Old = Europe, New = the Americas).
How did the Columbian Exchange transform the lives of the peoples on both
sides of the Atlantic Ocean?
New ideas, goods, foods, and diseases make life both easier and harder.
