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