Pennsylvania
Who founded Pennsylvania as a Quaker colony?
William Penn
What was New Amsterdam renamed after the English took control?
New York
What present -day New Jersey City began as the Dutch settlement of Bergen in 1660?
Jersey City
What is the state bird of Maryland?
Hint: Think baseball
Baltimore Oriole
What colony was once part of Pennsylvania and later received its own ruling body??
Delaware
What line established the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland?
The Mason-Dixon Line
Which composer wrote a variety of music for shows and concerts?
George Gershwin
What is the nickname of New Jersey?
The Garden State
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
Who won the only Revolutionary War battle fought at Cooch's Bridge in Delaware?
The British
Which industry employs the most people in Pennsylvania?
Service industries
The Erie Canal made shipping goods from the Great Lakes to which coast cheaper?
The Atlantic coast
New Jersey has ________ fishing ports where the fishermen harvest seafood.
Six
Where do people train for service in the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps in Annapolis?
The U.S. Naval Academy
Delaware is often called the ______________ Capital of the World?
Corporate
What did some Amish people place greater importance on than salvation through faith?
How they live.
Name one major New York industry besides agriculture and biotechnology.
Finance
Which ethnic group is identified as the largest in New Jersey?
Italians
What is the capital of Maryland?
Annapolis
What was the first permanent European settlement in Delaware?
Fort Christina
What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
Harrisburg
What is the capital of New York?
Albany
Rapid industrial growth without careful planning can be ________________ to the environment.
Harmful
Maryland was established to provide religious freedom for which group?
Catholics
What church, built in 1698, is Delaware's oldest church building?
Holy Trinity Church or Old Swedes Church