Colorado Long Ago
Homes Through Time
Pioneers & Settlers
Boomtowns & Ghost Towns
Miscellaneous
100

People who lived in Colorado before immigrants arrived were called

What are Native Americans?

100

Pioneers built ______ using trees from the land.

What are log cabins?

100

People who traveled west to start new lives were called

What are pioneers?
100

A town that grew very fast because of mining was called a

What is Boomtown?

100

Events like the Stock Show help communities by bringing people

What is together?

200

Many early people lived in homes made from wood and animal skins. These homes were called

What are Teepees?

200

______ were built high in cliffs to help keep people safe.

What are cliff dwellings?

200

Pioneers came to Colorado looking for land, gold, or a better

What is life/future?

200

When the gold ran out, many people left, creating a

What is Ghost Town?

200

The National Western Stock Show celebrates ____ and ____.

What is livestock and agriculture?

300

Early people chose to live near rivers because they needed

What is water?

300

_____ were already made by nature and used as homes.

What are caves?

300

Pioneers traveled in

What are covered wagons?

300

Mining helped Colorado grow because it brought ___ and ____.

What are jobs and people?

300

At the Stock Show, people rode horses and jumped over fences. This event is called _____.

What is show jumping?

400

Long ago, people used the land to hunt animals and _____ instead of going to grocery stores.

What is grow food?

400

Homes today are different because they have

What is electricity and running water?

400

Settlers helped communities grow by building homes, farms, and

What are businesses?

400

Some ghost towns still exist today, but people no longer ____ there.

What is live?

400

Farming and raising animals is called

What is agriculture?