Colorado Textbook Scavenger Hunt

1) How many chapters are in this book?

• 8

• 9

• 10

• 3

1) What is Chapter 7 called?

• The Colorado Story

• The Land We Call Home

• Modern Colorado

• Moving West

1) Look at page 4. What is the definition of geography?

• studying about Earth and everyone who lives there

• a large area of land

• a map

• the study of mountains

On which continent do we live? (Hint: look at page 5).

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Earth

If I wanted to know what the weather is like in an area, what type of map would I use? (Hint: look at page 7)

• physical map

• population map

• political map

• climate map

Go to page 8 and look at the LEGEND. What symbol shows a Capitol City?

• A small dot

• A star inside a circle

• A small triangle

• A line

Colorado is our

• country

• state

• city

• continent

Go to the glossary (pages 232-233). Why is the glossary helpful?

• to show what words mean

• to show what page every word is on

• to show a map of Colorado

• to show pictures of important people

Look at the index (pages 234-236). If you wanted to learn more about Thomas Edison, on which page could you look?

• 7

• 168

• 345

• 151

Why did someone write this book?

• to persuade readers to move to Colorado

• to teach readers about the history of Colorado

• to entertain readers with funny stories about Colorado

• to show readers how to survive in Colorado