Paleo-Indians
Mesa Verde
Spanish Explorers
Fur Trapping
American Explorers
100

Style of life that Early Humans lived in Colorado, consisted of continually moving around

Nomadic/Nomadism

100

Name of the Indigenous groups that inhabited Mesa Verde

Ancestral Puebloan

100

Why did the Spanish begin exploring the American Southwest, in search of.....

7 cities of Gold

100

Name of the fort that dominated trade in Colorado's Southeast

Bents Fort

100

Explorer that led a Military expedition and was captured by the Spanish

Zebulon Pike

200

Double Jeopardy: What international event is Colorado the first state to turn down in 1976

Olympics

200

Name of the structure that you entered from the top and had a hole in the bottom as a religious symbol

Kiva

200

The 3 G's that spawned the era of exploration in the 1500s/1600s

Gold, God, Glory

200

What commodity was used to create hats in the Eastern US and Europe?

Beaver Pelts 

200

This explorer was in search of a route for the transcontinental railroad and was killed on his expedition

John Gunnison

300

What humans crossed in order to move into the Americas ~15,000 yrs ago

Land Bridge (Beringia)

300

About how long did Ancestral Puebloan Peoples occupy the southwest of Colorado?

~1300 yrs
300

The American West was declared this after Spanish were unable to find anything valuable

Great American Desert

300

Early trading route that connected the United States and the Spanish during this era

Old Santa Fe Trail

300

"The Pathfinder"

Fremont

400

Study that is used to discover/analyze artifacts to help us gain knowledge about Paleo Indians 

Archeology 

400

What 2 possible events led to the "abandonment" of Mesa Verde in 1280

Drought, Overhunting, War

400

Spanish Capital established in modern day New Mexico

Santa Fe

400

What brought an end to the era of Fur Trapping in the American West

Overhunting 

400

Brought scientists, botanists, and zoologists with him

Stephen Long 

500

Double Jeopardy: What is Colorado's State Dinosaur 

Stegosaurus 

500

Structures built to hold water in the arid Southwest of Colorado 

Cisterns

500

Explorer that only found small farming villages and has an area in San Diego named after him

Coronado

500

Antoine Robideaux created this fort on the Gunnison River in 1828

Fort Uncompahgre 

500

Double Jeopardy: What is Colorado's summer sport?

Pack Burro Racing 

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