Colorado Symbols
State flower of Colorado
What is the columbine?
A tool used to grind down food to make pemmican
What is a mano & metate?
The man who discovered evidence of the Folsom & Clovis people
Who is Jesse Figgins?
A special dance performed during springtime when families of the Ute tribe returned to life together.
What is the Bear Dance?
Puebloans built their houses on flat landmarks known as these
What are mesas?
State tree of Colorado
What is the blue spruce tree?
Thin, pointed spears believed to contribute to the extinction of the wooly mammoth
What are Clovis points?
These people prepared their food using heated rocks in tightly-woven baskets
Who are the Basketmakers?
Their name means "People With Many Tattoos"
Who are the Arapaho?
A round room used by Puebloan men & boys for religious ceremonies.
What is a kiva?
State bird of Colorado
What is the lark bunting?
Prehistoric people used tools made of these substances. You must list at least two for points.
What are stone, wood, & bone?
Most prehistoric people "followed their food" & did not have permanent homes, which means they were this term
What is nomadic?
Wore clothes & sandals made of yucca plant
Who are the Ute?
A hole in a kiva representing the lower spiritual world
What is a sipapu?
The state tree of Colorado was discovered on this mountain.
What is Pikes Peak?
A carrier for infants, which often made their skulls flat
What is a cradleboard
This group most likely died off due to severe drought or the wearing away of their teeth from sandstone particles
Who are the Mesa Verde?
In this tribe, elder female relatives asked another family for permission to marry their younger male family members
Who are the Cheyenne?
Another name for the Ancient Puebloans
What is the Anasazi?
The white on the state flag of Colorado represents this feature
What is snow?
Instead of using sandstone bricks, Classic Puebloans used this material to build their homes
What is adobe mortar?
A main source of food for prehistoric people
What are the wooly mammoths?
Tribes who did not speak the same language used a form of this to communicate when trading
What is sign language?
Crops grown by Puebloan men (must have at least two answers)
What are pumpkins, corn, & beans?