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Tools of Geography
Maps
Features and Regions
People and the Land
Regions of Colorado
100
The study of the Earth and the people, animals and plants living on it.

What is geography?

100

This is usually located at the top of a map and tells you what kind of information the map shows.

What is the title?

100
The things made by nature.

What are natural features? 

100

Things found in nature that people use, for example water, trees, sun, wind, soil and minerals. 

What are natural resources?

100

The region of Colorado where it is the lowest in elevation and the land is considered prairie.

What is The High Plains Region?

200
Seven large areas of land on Earth.

What are continents?

200

This is where you will find the explanation for what the symbols on the map mean.

What is the key or legend?

200

The things people have made on the earth. 

What are human features?

200
The setting in which something lives.

What is the environment?

200

The name of the region in Colorado where the High Plains meet the foothills of the mountains. 

What is the Front Range?

300

Tools to help us find and gather facts about a place.

What are maps?

300

This shows the cardinal directions on a map. 

What is the compass rose?

300

Natural features on the surface of the land. 

What are landforms?

300

This means to change to fit new conditions.

What is adapt?

300

The region in Colorado that is on the western side of our state and the last region in Colorado to be settled. 

What is the Western Slope?

400

Colorado is a part of this continent.

What is North America?
400
This is the part of the map that helps us to understand the distance between places on the map.

What is the scale of miles?

400

Places that share things in common. 

What are regions?

400

This means to save and protect our natural resources.

What is conserve? 

400

The best known region in Colorado in which all 5 mountain ranges are located. 

What is the Mountains?

500
Alamosa is part of this state in this country. 

What is Colorado and the United States of America?

500

Name 5 different types of maps. 

What are physical maps, climate maps, political maps, population maps, road maps and topographical maps?

500

The 5 land regions of Colorado.

What are The High Plains, The Front Range, The Mountains, The San Luis Valley and The Western Slope?

500

Name 3 land areas in Colorado set aside by the US government. 

What are The Great Sand Dunes National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Mesa Verde, Colorado National Monument, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River?

500

This region sits between the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the San Juan Mountains. 

What is the San Luis Valley?