Regions and Life Zones
what was the first form of transportation to link CO with the rest of the US?
What is Railroads
What region do most Coloradans live?
Front Range
What is the capital and largest city in CO?
what is Denver
Name 3 of the regions of Colorado?
What are the San Luis Valley, Rocky Mountains, Western Slope , Front Range , and the Great Plains?
who is James William Denver
What is the elevation of Denver
what is 5280
What is it called when there is not enough rain in an area? It has caused the fall of several kingdoms and can still be a problem today.
What is drought?
This group of Indians was owed money by our government and it took over 20 years to get some of their money.
Who are the Ute Indians?
This was considered the first industry to come to Colorado.
What is the fur trade?
The metal molybdnum is used for what?
What is steel
Colorado differs from many states because its boundaries are defined by
what is latitude and longitude
It is not a river like most other states.
Name one of the first American explorers to visit the Colorado territory.
Who is Zebulon Pike, John Fremont, Major Stephen Harriman Long, or Lewis and Clark?
What is the song Katherine Lee bates wrote on Pikes Peak?
What is America the Beautiful?
An underground source of water is called?
What is an aquifer?
What four colors are on the state flag?
What are red, blue, yellow, and white?
The Spanish named our state Colorado because of what?
What are the red rocks?
Describe why the Colorado River is called the lifeblood of the Southwest?
It supplies the water that people in CO and other states needs to survive.
Higher elevations cause what
what is lower temperatures
What does the yellow on our flag represent?
What is the bright sunshine?