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absolute location ✔✔The exact position of a place on the earth's surface.
relative location ✔✔The position of a place in relation to another place
Anasazi ✔✔A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings. They were mainly basketmakers and pueblo people.
Manifest Destiny ✔✔the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
Rocky Mountain Province ✔✔Central New Mexico to the Colorado Border. Includes the Sangro de Cristo Mountains
Colorado Plateau ✔✔region of flat lying sedimentary rocks at high elevation
The Great Plains ✔✔vast grassland between the mississippi river and the rocky mountains
Basin and Range Province ✔✔A broad, Cenozoic continental rift that has affected a portion of the western United States in Nevada, Utah, and Arizona; in this province, tilted fault blocks form ranges, and alluvium-filled valleys are basins.
Population of the US between 1800-1850 ✔✔23 million
Settlers moved West because ✔✔land was free or cheap, opportunities for commerce, and land ownership meant wealth
egalitarian ✔✔believing in the social and economic equality of all people
statehood ✔✔becoming a state in the United States
Boundaries ✔✔limitations, borders
Census ✔✔population count
Which of the following situations is evidence of inequality in the West? ✔✔women couldn't vote, tribes lost lands, and slave labor grew
Mexico's northern territories were under-populated because _______ ✔✔people were not motivated to move
Manifest Destiny is the 19th century doctrine that believes in ✔✔imperialistic expansion as a necessary and benevolent action
Native American Opinion ✔✔The Native American tribes saw the settlers as barbaric and ignorant.
U.S. expansion at this time _________________. ✔✔was no worse than European Expansion
How can relative location change over time? ✔✔Relative location changes as maps and boundaries change.
Latitude and longitude coordinates are used to describe a(n) _____ ✔✔absolute location
relative location is described as ✔✔distance between places, landmarks, directions
Pueblo Maps ✔✔A map of the Pueblos shows the position of the Pueblos relative to each other.
cattle maps ✔✔A map of cattle trails shows the human-environment interaction
contour map ✔✔a map that shows elevation using lines
According to the lecture, New Mexico's early mission sites were used to characterize the geographic theme of ___________. ✔✔human-environment interaction
What geographical characteristics help determine where cattle trails ✔✔sufficient water, easy access, grazing
With a prehistoric location are determined by what local resource for human activities? ✔✔available water, available game, and available local building materials
Rio Grande Classic ✔✔During the ___________ period, the Pueblo sites were abandoned and building styles evolved.
Trade between Mexico and New Mexico established during the Spanish period was ______________. ✔✔open only to the Spanish
New Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century was... ✔✔focused on the bid for statehood
Great Missionary Period of 1610-1680 ✔✔Native Americans were to obey the mission community priest.
Explain some of the factors caused people to move west. ✔✔Many people were searching for a way to make a living and the idea that there was free or low-cost farmland in the west pulled many people to the west.
Besides farming, describe other occupation opportunities in the west. ✔✔The railroad created many new opportunities. New cities developed with new jobs for migrants. For example, in the 1850's Chicago became a meatpacking center, Cleveland was a center for trading iron goods and Cincinnati milled flour.
Identify why the western ports were important to the United States. ✔✔Maritime merchants wanted western ports to trade with Pacific countries.
Summarize some of the new technology that helped change life in the west. ✔✔The telegraph made communication much easier, the railroad made transportation of goods and people quicker and easier. The sewing machine made life on the plains easier.
Describe the impact that Manifest Destiny had on Native Americans. ✔✔Eastern tribes were moved further west to less fertile farming land. Some native Americans in the mid-west became active in trading. The Plains Native Americans moved further west and into Mexico. In all situations, there was a loss of tribal lands and traditional way of life.
Explain why events in Mexico were also important to the United States. ✔✔When Mexico won independence from Spain, the United States was interested because Mexico now wanted to develop trade with the United States. Also, as the United States expanded, it came into conflict with the northern Mexican territories.
How did the boundaries change between Mexico and the United States after the Mexican- American War? ✔✔Shortly before the Mexican-American War, the United States acquired
How can a New Mexico park be an example of human-environment interaction? ✔✔New Mexico Parks are land set aside by humans to ensure that the land and its plant and animal resources, as well as the historic identity are preserved. If land is set aside, it limits human use and settlement on the land. Human-Environment Interaction can also include the non-use as well as use of the land.
Explain the concept of movement as it applies to the study of geography. What are some examples? ✔✔In geography, the concept of movement includes the physical movement of people and ideas. Migration and immigration are examples of movement of people. Media, such as a newspaper or the internet, are examples that allow for the movement of ideas.
Explain how a map of the missions can be an example of the human-environment interaction. ✔✔Resources determine where people live, the kinds of houses that they build, and how closely they live together. The missions were built in the most favorable locations where resources were readily available.
Describe the climate in the time of the Big Game Hunters. ✔✔At the time of the Big Game Hunters, the weather was wet and cool, allowing the growth of grasslands and forests. The Big Game Hunters lived in New Mexico and other parts of the United States. Both the Folsom and Clovis people hunted big game, which became extinct by around 8,000 years ago.
Describe the Great Pueblo Period ✔✔This period was the peak of the Anasazi culture, and is the time of the great cliff dwellings. At the peak of Anasazi culture, these multistoried houses were made out of plastered stone. Pueblo Bonita (which means 'pretty town') was 4 stories high and had 800 rooms in the complex. The Anasazi controlled water for irrigation, wove beautiful textiles, and had shell and turquoise jewelry. Eventually they declined, perhaps from raids, disease, or drought. Chaco Canyon and Aztec are also both of the Great Pueblo period.
Describe how the early Anasazi lived. ✔✔The early Anasazi first lived in pit houses. Later they lived in mud-brick houses above the ground. Eventually, they lived in villages and had a religious center for each village. The mud brick houses were built in U or L shaped rows. At first, the Anasazi used the atlatl (spear thrower) but later developed the use of the bow and arrow.
Why did Spain explore the New World? ✔✔There were several reasons for exploring the New World. The Catholic Church looked for people to convert to Catholicism. The Spanish crown looked for exotic resources, established trade and extended Spain's colonies.
Explain the first duty of the missionaries. ✔✔The first duty of the missionaries was to teach religion, make converts, and hold Mass on Sunday. They used images of Jesus, Mary and created churches. The Indians made the adobe bricks, became blacksmiths, carpenters and other
