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About how much did Colorado’s real GDP grow from 2024 to 2025?

  • 0 percent
  • 20 percent
  • 2.1 percent
  • 15 percent
Correct answer(s):
  • 2.1 percent

Which livestock-related industry is also important in Colorado agriculture?

  • Silk production
  • Dairy production
  • Ocean tuna farming
  • Reindeer herding
Correct answer(s):
  • Dairy production

Why should current-dollar GDP and real GDP not be treated as the same measure?

  • Real GDP adjusts for price changes while current-dollar GDP does not
  • Current-dollar GDP measures rainfall
  • They are always identical
  • Real GDP counts only people
Correct answer(s):
  • Real GDP adjusts for price changes while current-dollar GDP does not

What does GDP per capita calculate?

  • Economic output divided by population
  • Household income divided by taxes
  • Exports divided by imports
  • Population divided by land area
Correct answer(s):
  • Economic output divided by population

Which grain is especially important on Colorado’s eastern plains?

  • Cocoa
  • Rice
  • Tea
  • Wheat
Correct answer(s):
  • Wheat

Why is Colorado’s approximate $97,000 GDP-per-resident figure not the same as personal income?

  • It is a tax bill
  • It measures only school spending
  • GDP per capita measures output, not what each person earns
  • It is a guaranteed salary
Correct answer(s):
  • GDP per capita measures output, not what each person earns

How does hay production support Colorado agriculture?

  • It supports ocean fisheries
  • It produces steel
  • It provides feed for livestock
  • It powers hydroelectric dams
Correct answer(s):
  • It provides feed for livestock

Which region is a major center of Colorado potato production?

  • San Luis Valley
  • Denver downtown
  • Pikes Peak summit
  • Four Corners monument
Correct answer(s):
  • San Luis Valley

Which fruit is especially associated with western Colorado?

  • Coconuts
  • Peaches
  • Pineapples
  • Bananas
Correct answer(s):
  • Peaches

What crop supports part of western Colorado’s wine industry?

  • Wine grapes
  • Tea leaves
  • Sugarcane
  • Coffee beans
Correct answer(s):
  • Wine grapes

What types of businesses are common in Colorado’s Front Range technology corridor?

  • Software, telecommunications, data services, and research firms
  • Commercial fishing fleets
  • Tropical sugar plantations
  • Ocean freight terminals
Correct answer(s):
  • Software, telecommunications, data services, and research firms

How do federal laboratories support Colorado’s economy?

  • They manage every city government
  • They replace all private businesses
  • They grow all of Colorado’s crops
  • They conduct research and support skilled scientific and technical work
Correct answer(s):
  • They conduct research and support skilled scientific and technical work

What helps support Colorado’s tourism economy?

  • Tropical rainforests only
  • Large seaports only
  • Ocean beaches and coral reefs
  • Mountains, national parks, ski resorts, historic towns, and outdoor recreation
Correct answer(s):
  • Mountains, national parks, ski resorts, historic towns, and outdoor recreation

Why is Colorado tourism not limited to winter?

  • The state has no summer visitors
  • Only snow sports are legal
  • Warm-season activities include hiking, camping, rafting, cycling, and sightseeing
  • All parks close in summer
Correct answer(s):
  • Warm-season activities include hiking, camping, rafting, cycling, and sightseeing

Which traditional energy resources are produced in parts of Colorado?

  • Oil and natural gas
  • Tropical biofuel crops only
  • Whale oil and peat only
  • Offshore crude from the Atlantic
Correct answer(s):
  • Oil and natural gas

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

Which renewable energy source is especially suited to parts of Colorado’s eastern plains?

  • Tidal power
  • Wind power
  • Mangrove biomass
  • Wave power
Correct answer(s):
  • Wind power

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 renewable resource benefits from Colorado’s sunny climate and open landscapes?

  • Wave energy
  • Tidal energy
  • Ocean thermal energy
  • Solar energy
Correct answer(s):
  • Solar energy