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What helps make Colorado Springs a defense and aerospace center?

  • Great Lakes shipping
  • Military and space-related institutions
  • Tropical plantations
  • Large ocean naval ports
Correct answer(s):
  • Military and space-related institutions

Why does Boulder have a strong research economy?

  • It depends entirely on cotton farming
  • It is Colorado’s largest seaport
  • It combines a research university, federal laboratories, startups, and technology firms
  • It has the state’s biggest oil refinery only
Correct answer(s):
  • It combines a research university, federal laboratories, startups, and technology firms

Which industries are major parts of Denver’s economy?

  • Only coal mining
  • Government, finance, professional services, healthcare, technology, and transportation
  • Tropical rubber and coffee farming
  • Commercial whaling and deep-sea fishing
Correct answer(s):
  • Government, finance, professional services, healthcare, technology, and transportation

Why does Colorado’s economy differ from one region to another?

  • Different regions have different resources, cities, terrain, and industries
  • Every region has exactly the same landscape
  • State law requires every county to use one industry
  • Economic activity occurs only in Denver
Correct answer(s):
  • Different regions have different resources, cities, terrain, and industries

Which description best fits Colorado’s modern economy?

  • It is diversified across services, technology, aerospace, healthcare, tourism, energy, agriculture, and manufacturing
  • It is based only on fishing
  • It has no major service industries
  • It depends almost entirely on one crop
Correct answer(s):
  • It is diversified across services, technology, aerospace, healthcare, tourism, energy, agriculture, and manufacturing

What kind of institution is the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs?

  • A county courthouse
  • A federal military service academy
  • A state agricultural agency
  • A private ski school
Correct answer(s):
  • A federal military service academy

Which Colorado school specializes in engineering, earth sciences, energy, and minerals?

  • Colorado College of Oceanography
  • Western Atlantic Maritime Academy
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • Denver School of Tropical Agriculture
Correct answer(s):
  • Colorado School of Mines

Which university in Fort Collins is known for agriculture, veterinary medicine, engineering, and natural resources?

  • Yale University
  • Rice University
  • Colorado State University
  • Duke University
Correct answer(s):
  • Colorado State University

Which institution is a major public research university in Boulder?

  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • Tulane University
  • Harvard University
  • University of Miami
Correct answer(s):
  • University of Colorado Boulder

What is unusual about Denver’s local government structure?

  • It is a consolidated city and county
  • It has no local government
  • It belongs to two states
  • It is governed by Wyoming
Correct answer(s):
  • It is a consolidated city and county

Which responsibility can belong to Colorado county governments?

  • Setting national immigration law
  • Printing U.S. currency
  • Managing elections, records, roads, and some local services
  • Declaring war on foreign countries
Correct answer(s):
  • Managing elections, records, roads, and some local services

Where are major Colorado state government functions housed?

  • Pikes Peak summit house
  • Colorado State Capitol in Denver
  • Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
  • Great Sand Dunes visitor center
Correct answer(s):
  • Colorado State Capitol in Denver

What is the highest court in Colorado’s state judicial system?

  • U.S. Senate
  • Colorado General Assembly
  • Denver District Council
  • Colorado Supreme Court
Correct answer(s):
  • Colorado Supreme Court

Which two chambers make up the Colorado General Assembly?

  • Assembly and Council of Governors
  • House of Representatives and Senate
  • House of Commons and Lords
  • Supreme Court and Cabinet
Correct answer(s):
  • House of Representatives and Senate

What is Colorado’s state lawmaking body called?

  • Colorado Supreme Council
  • Denver Parliament
  • Western Congress
  • Colorado General Assembly
Correct answer(s):
  • Colorado General Assembly

How did many former mining communities in Colorado change over time?

  • They became seaports
  • They became tropical plantations
  • They developed recreation and tourism economies
  • They were all abandoned
Correct answer(s):
  • They developed recreation and tourism economies

Which group of cities became major growth centers along the Front Range?

  • Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Boulder, and Aurora
  • Boston, Providence, and Hartford
  • Honolulu, Hilo, and Kailua
  • Miami, Tampa, and Jacksonville
Correct answer(s):
  • Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Boulder, and Aurora