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New Mexico As A Spanish Colony
Test Description: What were the significant people and events who affected New Mexico during its Spanish Colonial period?
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What was the main goal of the Spanish colonists during the "Great Missionary Period"?
A
To convert the Native Americans to Christianity
B
To find cities of gold
C
To find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean
D
To build large cities
2) Which of the following is NOT true about Spanish missions in New Mexico?
A
Native Americans lived, worked, and worshiped in the missions.
B
Native Americans were never punished for disobeying the mission priests.
C
They tried to be self-sufficient, growing their own food, making their own tools, etc.
D
Spanish soldiers often lived at a mission to protect it from attack.
3) Which of the following officials was the top religious leader of Spanish New Mexico?
A
The custodio
B
The alcalde mayor
C
The cabildo
D
The royal governor
4) What do we call the system in which Spanish settlers were assigned a group of natives to protect in return for their labor and tribute?
A
The alcades mayores
B
The encomienda system
C
The republica system
D
The cabildo system
5) Which of the following was NOT one cause of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680?
A
The Apaches and Navajos stopped raiding the Pueblos, so the Pueblos had enough food.
B
The Spanish cracked down on the Pueblos' native religion, punishing some of their religious leaders.
C
Spanish rule was weakened by conflict between religious and political leaders.
D
Drought caused starvation and discontent in the Pueblos.
6) Who was Po'pay?
A
The first Pueblo warrior to die in the Pueblo Revolt.
B
A Spanish leader who fought back savagely against the Pueblo Revolt.
C
A Pueblo leader who unified the pueblos and organized the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
D
A Pueblo leader who tried to convince his people not to revolt.
7) What happened in the Pueblo Revolt?
A
The Pueblo warriors killed every last Spanish settler in the colony.
B
After over 400 Spanish settlers died, the survivors fled the region and did not return for 12 years.
C
The Spanish soldiers defeated the Pueblo warriors and punished them harshly.
D
The revolt was unsuccessful; Po'pay was never able to unify the pueblos.
8) Who led Spanish soldiers and colonists back into New Mexico to reconquer the territory in 1692?
A
Po'pay
B
Francisco Coronado
C
Diego de Vargas
D
Juan de Onate
9) What new town was founded on the banks of the Rio Grande, south of Santa Fe, in 1706?
A
Santa Cruz de la Canada
B
Gallup
C
Albuquerque
D
Las Cruces
10) During the 1700s, Spanish settlements in New Mexico were threatened by all of the following EXCEPT:
A
A second large-scale Pueblo Revolt, even bigger than the revolt of 1680
B
French traders trying to break into the New Mexico trade routes
C
Native American raids
D
American explorers trespassing on Spanish land
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