What does mountains, rivers, low deserts and plains have in common?
They are physical features of NM.
Giant lakes, lush grassy plains, swampy areas, large rivers.
NM during the ice Ages but NOT now.
The Paleo Culture of New Mexico hunted what and how do we know?
Mega-faun (giant mammals) because they used large spear points
What is a kiva?
Center of Pueblo worship and meeting room.
What likely happened at Chaco Canyon
drought, warfare, disease
How did the Spanish treat the Native Americans?
terribly or any answer along these lines.
What is tribute
Payment by a Native to the Spanish
What is an encomienda
grant of land from the Spanish king to a great soldier or conquistador.
All that gold conquered from the Aztecs and Incas meant...
The Spanish believed the story of Cibola so they looked for it in NM
Why did the early humans (mega-fauna hunting Paleo culture) move about
they were following the large animals
What parts of the animals did the Paleo people use?
all of it
What type animals did the Paleo hunters hunt? (mega-fauna)
mammoths, mastodons, bison, rhinos, sloths
Once the Spanish realized NM had no gold, why did they stay?
to convert the natives to the Catholic religion
How long after the Spanish began rule over NM until Pope' lead the successful Pueblo Revolt?
80 years
How did de Vargas so easily reconquer the Pueblo after the Pueblo Revolt?
they were starving from a drought and from Apache raids.
