Important People
These people taught the settlers their ways of planting, fishing, and cooking.
Wampanoag (Native Americans)
Ms. Kalicki’s class traveled to a quarry. Here they saw this kind of stone being dug out of the earth. It is used for building.
Granite or Marble
This ocean is an important waterway to the Northeast. Many port cities like Boston and New York City lie near this ocean.
Atlantic
Cranberries are a product that is grown in the Northeast. This is where they are grown.
bog
Which of these is usually NOT found in cities…sports teams, hospitals, farmland, or jobs?
farmland
He invented the first safety break for the elevator. This allowed people to build tall buildings like skyscrapers in New York City.
Elisha Otis
This morning I had pancakes and maple syrup. This natural resource is where maple syrup comes from.
Maple Syrup
These are the oldest mountains on Earth and can be found in the Northeast.
Appalachian Mountains
The Northeast Region is a center of trade because it is surrounded by many waterways. True or False
TRUE
Name one problem that overcrowding in cities has caused.
Pollution, traffic jams,
Too much trash
He started the first steamboat service in the NE. This allowed people to travel more quickly.
Robert Fulton
Pennsylvania has many underground deposits of this natural resource. It is used as a fuel.
Coal
Cape Cod, Massachusetts has this type of landform. It is a point of land that reaches into the ocean.
peninsula
Maine is famous for this type of fishing
lobster
Which port city of the Northeast did most of the immigrants to the United States come through?
New York
Used the Bessemer process to make steel. This led to rapid growth in the steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie
This natural resource is needed for humans to drink and survive, and can also be used to create electricity.
Water
This kind of waterway separates the mainland and an island. Here you can boat and fish.
sound
A tourist travels to Vermont in the winter may like to do this because of the snow and mountains.
ski
New York City and Buffalo are examples of port cities. Why did these cities become so big?
They are located on water and trading goods is easily done there.
Before creating his famous milk chocolate bars in Pennsylvania, this man made his first fortune selling sweet caramel candies.
Milton Hershey
How is much of the electricity used in the state of New York provided (created)?
by a hydroelectric plant on the Niagara River
what is the name of the highest mountain peak in the Northeast region?
Mt. Washington
Rivers in the Northeast have been used for __________ of people and goods for many years. This helped port cities grow and become important centers of trade.
Transportation
Why is the Northeast sometimes called the birthplace of our nation?
Many important events in the founding and early history of the United States happened there.