Geography
What is the name for the top of a mountain?
What is a peak?
What do we call making many of the same product?
What is mass production?
What war gave the United States its freedom?
What is the American Revolution?
In a democracy, who chooses the leaders?
Who are the people?
Which Northeast city is famous for its skyscrapers?
What is New York City?
What landform is a ditch that connects two waterways?
What is a canal?
What waterway lets boats travel from Lake Erie toward New York City?
What is the Erie Canal?
Which city is known for its many skyscrapers?
What is New York City?
Which branch of government makes laws?
What is Congress, or the legislative branch?
Which Pennsylvania city is home to the Liberty Bell?
What is Philadelphia?
From Hartford, Connecticut, which direction would you travel to reach Montpelier, Vermont?
What is north?
What does a lock do for boats on a canal?
What raises or lowers boats between different water levels?
What document announced that the American colonies wanted independence?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What document protects the right to say what you think?
What is the Constitution?
Which Northeast city is the nation’s capital, where the president and Congress work?
What is Washington, D.C.?
Name one mountain range found in the Northeast.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
How can canals help people move goods?
They provide a route for boats to carry goods between waterways.
What famous path in Boston helps visitors learn about the American Revolution?
What is the Freedom Trail?
What does it mean when people elect their leaders?
People vote to choose who will lead them.
Which river separates New York and New Jersey?
The Hudson River
Name one feature that shows the Northeast has both mountains and a coastline.
What are mountain peaks and coastal harbors?
Why might mass production help businesses make goods for many people?
It allows businesses to make large quantities of the same product.
What early agreement helped establish self-government for the people who settled at Plymouth?
What is the Mayflower Compact?
To make a convincing argument, should you use strong facts or make up information?
What are strong facts?
What mountain has the highest peak in the northeastern United States, located in New Hampshire?
What is Mount Washington?