Vocabulary
Trucks and highways are __________, manufactured objects that we use to grow or make other things.
capital resources
Lenape name for....valley
passaic
Characteristics of the Piedmont Region: (give 2)
-New Jersey's cities are located here
-Transportation hub
-Port Newark
Jacob Lawrence was best known for:
- a group of paintings called The Migration Series
(True or false): The Tropic is a climate zone of New Jersey.
False!
When a place becomes _____________, it means a lot of people move to central areas and then towns and cities form.
urbanized
lopatcong
Characteristics of Valley and Ridge Region: (Give 2)
- Hilly and make up the Appalachian Highlands
- Many dairy farms
Thomas Hutchins was best known for:
being a skilled mapmaker
TRUE!
When one country's economy relies upon the economies of other countries to succeed.
interdependence
What does minneakoning mean?
brook
Characteristics of the Highland Region: (Give 2)
-forests, valleys, and hills
-New Jersey's lakes
Selman Waksman was best known for:
-"Father of Antibiotics"
- Won the Nobel Prize for Medicine
What was the name for the famous canal that helped to transport materials and goods?
Morris Canal
A _______________ is a place near a waterway where people and goods can enter or leave a country.
port
What does manasquan mean?
place to gather grass or reeds
Characteristics of the Coastal Plain: (give 2)
- Largest landform region
- sandy soil
- cranberries and blueberries grow here
- fertile soil
- A way to use natural gas
- Cleaner source of energy than coal or wood
- Modern HVAC
Who established Bergen County?
The Dutch
To move from one place to another.
migrate
What Native American tribe lived on the land known today as New Jersey?
Lenni-Lenape
What region is Wood-Ridge located in?
Piedmont Region
Beatrice Alice Hicks was best known for:
Giovanni da Verrazano explored?
The New York Bay