CMAS CMAS Colorado History and Geography

Question 1

Which Native American peoples are indigenous to the Colorado Plateau and Great Plains regions of what is now Colorado?

Accepted Answer

The Ute and Arapaho

Answer

The Cherokee and Seminole

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The Iroquois and Mohawk

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The Navajo and Apache

Question 2

What event in 1858–1859 dramatically increased European-American migration to Colorado?

Accepted Answer

The discovery of gold near Pikes Peak

Answer

The completion of the transcontinental railroad

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The passage of the Homestead Act

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The Louisiana Purchase

Question 3

In what year did Colorado become a U.S. state?

Accepted Answer

1876

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1848

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1861

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1890

Question 4

The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 was a tragic event in which U.S. Army troops attacked a peaceful village of which Native American peoples?

Accepted Answer

Cheyenne and Arapaho

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Ute and Shoshone

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Comanche and Kiowa

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Lakota and Crow

Question 5

Which mountain range runs through the center of Colorado and forms the Continental Divide?

Accepted Answer

The Rocky Mountains

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The Appalachian Mountains

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The Sierra Nevada

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The Cascade Range

Question 6

What was the primary economic activity in Colorado mining towns like Leadville and Cripple Creek during the late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

Silver and gold mining

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Farming and cattle ranching

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Timber logging and lumber milling

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Railroad construction