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Vocabulary
Regions
Regions Part 2
Random Geography
Maps
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What is geography?
It is the study of the Earth and the people, animals, and plants living on it.
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What are the five regions of Colorado?
What is the Front Range, the Western Slope, the Mountains, the San Luis Valley, and the High Plains.
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What region did the early Indian tribes that were nomadic live in?
What is the High Plains.
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What region is found between mountains? (Hint: Think Physical Features.)
The San Luis Valley. (A valley is typically found between two mountains!)
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What map shows boundaries, borders, and state capitals?
What is a political map.
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What is a legend?
The key to the symbols on a map.
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Which region is the highest in population compared to the other four regions?
What is the Front Range.
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What region is known for its physical feature of peaks?
What is the mountain region.
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What are physical features? (Provide an example.)
They are characteristics of the land. Such as mountains, mesas, plateaus, and canyons
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What are the ordinal directions?
What is Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest.
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What is a compass rose used for?
It is used for showing which was is North, East, South, and West. (Also, NW, NE, SE, and SW)
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Compare and contrast the High Plains and the Mountains regions. (Give one example of each.)
Answers will vary
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When the Spanish first came to Colorado they named it after The Red Rocks. What region would they most likely have settled in?
The Red Rocks ("Colored Red") They would have most likely settled in the Front Range.
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Where did the Archaic Indians settle? Why? (Hint: What did it help them do?)
They settled near water. They needed to water their crops.
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Which map has features that show on a map? (Example: Mountains)
What is a Physical Map.