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Water & Acequias Geograph y & Settlemen t Patterns Statehoo d- WWII Cold War & Civil Rights Govt. & Econ Double Jeopardy 111111 222222 333333 444444 555555
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What is the biggest challenge to urban growth in NM? Water
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What are three methods used and encouraged by the NM government to conserve our water sources incentives, micro- irrigation, xeriscaping
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These three things are part of a person’s identity through their acequia. location, family, and community
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New Mexico’s water supply and water runoff is largely contaminated by cattle industry and pesticides
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New Mexico’s acequias are integral to our culture because of our Hispanic heritage
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What geographic feature determined early settlement (Native American, Spanish, & Anglo) in NM? Need for a water source
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What are the three largest N.A. tribes in NM? Navajo, Apache, Ute
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What two features of NM drew artists and writers to NM? Scenery and climate
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This county of NM is dominant in the farming/ ranching industry. Dona Ana county
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This was one of the most noted locations of Japanese internment camps and German POW camps Lordsburg
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Why were Navajo men willing to fight for the US in WWII as Navajo Code Talkers? to protect their home and land
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This WWII project brought a focus of the science and technology industry to NM and cause the boomtown of Los Alamos. Manhattan Project
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This unit was stationed in the Philippines and saw some of the first action of WWII. NM National Guard
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These were ignored when Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps in NM. civil liberties
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This term describes the way Anglo Americans tried to integrate Hispanics and Native Americans into the American culture. assimilation
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Which article in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo left landgrants in NM unprotected from land hungry settlers? Article 10
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This activist worked to reclaim Hispanic landgrants Reies Tijerina
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This scientific industry has become one of the most economic sources for New Mexico. aerospace and weapons development
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The federal government is the largest employer of New Mexicans due to these “jobs” Air Force bases and national labs
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During the Cold War tunnels were created at this location to store nuclear weapons Los Alamos
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What are the three branches of state govt in NM? Executive, Legislative, Judicial
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What two governments have equal authority after the federal government because of sovereignty? State and Tribal government
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What was the effect of the interstate highway system on communities that were not located near the highway? negative impact as many died out
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This term means that a larger part of the population is made up of minority groups minority-majority
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When did the NM legislature officially create a bill that established 16 NM symbols 1999
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The executive head of the state government is the governor
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This purchase was important because it gave the US (and later NM) the land that has become important for farming & ranching Gadsden purchase
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The mother ditch is called Acequia Madre
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This civil rights organization was organized by Reies Tijerina La Alianza Federal de Mercedes
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This was the nickname of the atomic bomb testing site Trinity
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As a team, decide how many of the points you already have you wish to wager. If you get the question correct, you will earn double the points you wagered. If you get the question incorrect, you will lose the points you wagered. Good luck!
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