Colorado Story Ch. 1 - The Land We Call Home

What is the study of people, places, and land on Earth?

• Geography

• Map Scale

• Psychology

• Map Legend

What is the largest body people can be organized into?

• City/Town

• State

• Continent

• Country

Why do geographers use a compass rose when looking at a map?

• To state the title of the map

• To understand what symbols mean

• To measure distances between two places.

• To determine the direction they need to go.

Why do geographers use latitude and longitude coordinates?

• To determine the exact location of a place on Earth

• To measure how large the Earth is

• To show what resources people use in each region

• To show the path satellites take while orbiting Earth

Why would geographers use this political map?

• Show the height of the mountains in Colorado

• Show the boundaries of states, counties, and cities in Colorado

• Show the landforms in Colorado

• Show what resources people use to make a living in Colorado

Using this physical map, what city has highest elevation? (tallest)

• Sterling

• Grand Junction

• Denver

• Aspen

Using the resource map legend, what resource isn't found in the Eastern High Plains region?

• Wheat

• Cattle

• Forests

• Beets

Which Colorado region has the lowest elevation and is characterized by flat, grasslands called prairies? Farmers raise cattle and farm wheat here.

• The Eastern Slope

• The Western Slope

• The Front Range

• High Plains

Which Colorado region is where the majority of the population lives? It runs north and south just east of the Mountains, and summers are mild and warm.

• The Eastern Slope

• The Western Slope

• The Front Range

• San Luis Valley

Which Colorado region is made up of ski towns and includes 54 mountains over 14,000 feet tall. Settlers migrated here to mine the gold they found in the 1850s.

• The Mountains

• The Western Slope

• The Front Range

• San Luis Valley