How many states and capital cities are in the Northeast Region?
What is 11 states and capital cities?
100
What was the problem for the pilgrims when they first arrived?
They arrived in fall and there was no food to eat. It was a cold winter and half the pilgrims died the first winter.
100
What are three examples of service jobs?
What is a firefighter, teacher, and waiter....
100
What is the way people travel?
What is transportation?
100
What is a capital?
What is a city where a government meets?
200
What is the land along the Atlantic Ocean called?
What is a coast?
200
Why are the first colonist called pilgrims?
Possible answers:
because they made a pilgrimage to the United States.
They made a big trip for relegious reasons.
They wanted to practice their own religion.
200
Why do more people live in the Northeast Region?
because it was the first settled and there are many port cities.
200
What are the towns or small cities near big cities called?
What are suburbs?
200
What is a safe harbor for ships because the water is protected by land?
What is a bay?
300
What are the types of land as you move inland from the coast of the Northeast Region?
What is the plains (flatlands), highlands, and mountains?
300
What is the most important resource of the Northeast Region? and why?
What is the Atlantic Ocean because it is full of fish.
300
Why is Boston a bigger city than Plymouth even though they were settled at the same time?
Because Boston is a port city and Plymouth is not.
300
What is a safe place for boats to go called?
What is a harbor?
300
Where do people load and unload ships?
What is a port?
400
What is the capital city of the United States of America?
What is Washington, D.C.?
400
Who helped the pilgrims and how? what holiday did this friendship start?
The Native Americans helped the pilgrims by showing them how to farm, fish, and hunt. This gave the pilgrims lots of food for the harvest of 1621, and the pilgrims had a feast to thank the Native Americans. This was the beginning of Thanksgiving.
400
What do William Penn's conlonists have in common with the pilgrims?
They both moved for relegious reasons.
400
What are some examples of communications?
What is the telephone, computer, post....
400
What is communicate?
What is to share information?
500
Where do all the rivers flow into along the Northeast Region?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
500
On what boat, where, and when did the first colonists arrive in the Northeast Region?
They arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower, on November 20, 1620.
500
What are the three forms of major employment in the Northeast Region?
What is Communications, Service jobs, and manufacturing?
500
What happens on July 4th in the United States of America?