Geography
Name the 5 regions of Colorado
High Plains, Western Slope, The Mountains, San Luis Valley, Front Range
What year did Colorado become a state?
1876
What are the major Native American Tribes in Colorado?
Ute, Cheyenne, Puebloan, and Shoshone
A boy spends his money on a book rather than a game. The game is an example of which economic idea?
a. positive incentive
b. opportunity cost
c. economic need
d. store credit
Opportunity cost
Name the three branches of our government
Ms.Potocki will show you an image. Select the geographic feature that helps ranchers in Colorado as well as ranchers in Utah and Arizona.
Colorado River
What year was gold found in Colorado?
1858
What is Colorado's nickname and why is it called this?
The Centennial State because it because a state 100 years after the U.S. was formed
For each resource, state which good is produced.
Coal- energy, food, or jewelry
Silver- energy, food, or jewelry
Wheat- energy, food, or jewelry
What is energy, jewelry, and food
Name the role of each branch of our government
Executive- enforces the law, Legislative- Creates the law, Judicial-decides if laws are fair
Ms.Potocki will show you an image. Select the city most in need of irrigation to provide water for crops.
Grand Junction
What trail did early settlers travel along throughout the west to find gold?
The Oregon Trail
What was Colorado known as before the Gold Rush because of the Pike and Long expeditions?
The Great American Desert
A person is trying to decide whether or not to accept a job offer. The new job pays more money, but the new office is thirty minutes further away from home. What is the opportunity cost of accepting this new job?
Example: More time spent driving, wake up earlier to leave for work/get home later, less free time
What two groups make up the U.S Congress?
Senate
House of Representatives
When farmers began to farm in Colorado, they came across many challenges. Describe two of these challenges
Land was very dry, had to remove rocks and tree stumps to grow crops, dig long ditches for irrigation, summers could be very hot with little rain
What were prices like in mining towns and why?
Very high because demand was high and supply was low for most goods and services
Why was the Homestead Act important to the growth of the Colorado Territory?
It encouraged settlers to move to Colorado Terrirtory to farm for cheap
Give an example of a negative economic incentive.
Paying a fee on a late library book, Parking or speeding tickets, losing a shopping trip for a new toy because you didn't do your chores
What is the role of the Supreme Court?
They study laws that have been made by the legislative branch and decided whether they are fair or not.
What are two things about the geography and climate of the Rocky Mountains that made it challenging to mine for gold there?
What were two dangers of some of the routes to the gold rush?
leaving at the wrong time of year, contracting disease, taking short cuts, poor planning
What are at least three natural resources in Colorado?
coal, natural gas, minerals, metal, water, sun, and wind
Give an example of specialization.
Dentist
Vet
Grocery Store
What job does state government have? List at least one.
provide drivers license
care for state parks
build highways