Chapter 17 Assesment

What did the American cowboy borrow from the Mexicano vaquero?

Clothes and gear

Americans moving to the south west from eastern states knew little about irrigation techniques because

Enough rain fell in the east to water crops without irrigation

The term hoosegow is slang for

Jail or prison

Tex-Mex food is the result of a mingling of

Mexican and American food traditions

The US cattle and sheep raising industries were built on animals and traditions brought originally from

Spain through Mexico

What did the words on this list have in common

They come from Spanish and Mexican words

The three architectural terms on the list are

adobe, patio and veranda

The American sport of rodeo traces its roots back to

cattle roundups held on Mexicano ranches

States that follow the Mexican legal doctrine that all property acquried during a marriage is shared equally by husband and wife are called

community propety states

Mexicano music has had a strong influence on American

country and western

The beta, arrastra, and riffle box are just some of the Mexicano contributions to the development of

mining in the southwest