Geography
Which is a physical feature fount in the Northeast?
A. deserts
B. mountains
C. plateaus
D. plains
D. Mountains
Which group formed the first condederation in North America?
A. The Puritans
B. The British
C. The Wampanoag
D. The Iroquois
D. the Iroquois
When did England start eight colonies in the Northeast?
A. in the 1400s
B. in the 1500s
C. in the 1600s
D. in the 1700s
C. in the 1600s
7. Which person opened the world's first electric power plant during the Industrial Revolution?
A. Katharine Lee Bates
B. Henry Hudson
C. Thomas Edison
D. Alexander Graham Bell
C. Thomas Edison
What year did the American Revolution begin?
1775
Glaciers shaped many of the physical features of the Northeast.
What does the term glaciers mean in the sentence above?
A. fertile upper layers of soil
B. snowstorms with strong winds
C. huge, slow-moving masses of ice
D. open pits cut into the ground
C. huge, slow-moving masses of ice
Which Northeast city had the largest immigration center int he United States during the early 1900s?
A. Boston, Massachusetts
B. New York City, New York
C. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
D. Trenton, New Jersey
B. New York City, New York
Which is an example of a primary source?
A. an encyclopedia
B. a website
C. a photograph
D. a painting by an artist who did not see the event
C. A photograph
This person was the leader of the American army during the American Revolution
George Washington
A major, sudden change in government or in people's lives
Revolution
Which of the following products comes from northeast quarries?
A. granite
B. cheese
C. maple syrup
D. paper
A. granite
Which of the following Northeast colonies became a state first?
A. Connecticut
B. Massachusetts
C. New Jersey
D. Rhode Island
C. New Jersey
Which is a main reason that immigrants came to the Northeast?
A. to make a better life
B. to find gold
C. to build canals
D. to become farmers
A. To make a better life
English explorer of the Northeast coast
Henry Hudson
What is one cause and one effect of the American Revolution?
Effect- The united States became an independent nation.
Glaciers scraped away fertile soil and formed basin that later filled with water to become lakes. In the northern coastal areas, they scraped away the topsoil. This left behind poor, rocky soil.
a settlement that is ruled by a faraway government
colony
In the year, 1707 how many colonies where there along the Atlantic coast and who's law did they have to follow?
13 colonies and they had to follow the British laws
author of "America the Beautiful"
Katharine Lee Bates
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The new machines allowed people to make more goods faster.
How might a harbor and a port be related?
A Harbor is a protected area of water where ships can dock safely. As a result, many ports might be in harbors.
In 1500, why did only Native Americans live in the Northeast?
because, European explorers and settlers had not arrived by that time.
During the 1800s and 1900s, what caused Northeastern cities to grow crowded?
Millions of immigrants arrived in the United States. Many immigrants stayed in the Northeast to work in factories.
This person came up with a plan for peace for the Iroquois?
Deganawida
What were three changes that occurred during the Industrial Revolution?
Machines powered by steam engines replaces water-powered machines.
Electric power plants provided electricity for hoes and factories.
Electricity led to the spread of new inventions, such as the telephone and the light bulb.