Paleo/Archaic People
This word means old or early.
What is archaic?
He was one of the most famous and first European explorers to land in America.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
The name for animal skin with the fur still attached.
What is a pelt?
The way of mining for gold that used a flat-bottomed pan, scooping gravel from a river bed and gently swirling around water.
What is panning of gold?
These allowed goods to be traded across many parts of the country as well as created many jobs.
What are railroads?
These three tribes lived in Colorado the longest.
Who were Utes, Arapaho, and Cheyenne?
These made the Spanish Explorers very powerful against Native American's knives, bow & arrows, and spears, ending in many Native people losing their lives in battle.
What are weapons like guns, swords, and cannons?
This fort was one of the first forts in what is now Colorado.
What is Bent's Fort?
This was the name for a town that grows very quickly.
What is a boomtown?
On this date, Colorado became the 38th state of the United States of America?
When was August 1, 1876?
The Paleo people lived this many years ago.
What is 15,000 years ago?
These were two goals the Spanish had when exploring America.
What is to claim land and share their religion?
Hats made out of this animal's pelt was a sign of status during the fur trade.
What is beaver?
These were towns where people left quickly after gold ran out becuase people had no way to earn a living.
What is a ghost town?
The Ute people were moved to these after more land was taken from them by the U.S. government.
What are reservations?
This type of house is build by digging a hole in the ground and poles are placed over the hole at an angle. Finally it is covered with branches, grasses, or animal hides.
What is a pit house?
List three changes Spanish explorers brought to the Americas and the Native American's way of life.
What are brought sickness, horses, other animals (cats, pigs, goats, sheep, cattle and chickens), new weapons?
This event marks the United States buying 500 million acres of land west of the Mississippi from France.
What is the Lousianna Purchase?
This mountain called prospectors to Colorado in hopes of finding gold with the saying "___________ or Bust!"
What is Pike's Peak?
The Dust Bowl was caused by one of these events.
What is a drought, plants drying up, cattle eating grasses, over farming, worn out soil, and high winds?
The Archaic people changed from the way of life of the Paleo people is these two ways.
What is they gathered more plants and were less nomadic(moved around less)?
These three men lead explorations around Colorado and ended up having two peaks and a river named after them.
Who was Zebulon Pike, Stephen Long, and John Gunnison?
Most traders used this trail to travel west.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
Name one place gold was found in the mountains of Colorado.
Where was Idaho Springs, Gold Run Creek, or Clear Creek?
This event ended the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal a plan by President Roosevelt to create more jobs for the people?