Geography of NE
Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts
Which vocabulary word means "to keep safe"?
A. protect
B. steamboat
C. rural
D. patent
A. protect
Name one difference between the first settlers in the Northeast and the way we live today.
Plant their own food, no government, different shelter, animal skin clothes
(ex. moving to the Northeast from Europe)
Name one of the largest cities today in the Northeast.
Philadelphia, New York City, Boston
Name something to do on the Atlantic Coast in the North East.
Visit a beach (NJ, Delaware), go to a state park in Maine, visit the peninsula of Cape Cod, go to Long Island New York and fish.
What vocabulary word means "to go against"?
A. labor union
B. survive
C. suffrage
D. oppose
D. oppose
Why did the Wampanoag Indians and the English settlers begin to fight?
The English settled on and tried to take the land where the Wampanoag people lived.
Why did immigrants come to the Northeast? Name one possible reason.
find work, to own land, to escape war/difficult life
What does it mean when we say that large cities became "centers of commerce"? What is commerce?
Commerce is the buying and selling of goods. These cities had ports so goods could be shipped in and out.
Name a mountain range in the North East region.
Appalachian Mountains, White Mountains, Green Mountains, Catskill Mountains
What vocabulary word means "the right to vote"?
A. commerce
B. urban
C. sweatshop
D. suffrage
D. suffrage
Where was the first battle of the American Revolution fought?
A. New York
B. Philadelphia
C. Lexington, Massachusetts
D. Plymouth, Massachusetts
C. Lexington, Massachusetts
What is a sweatshop?
BONUS- What groups were created to fight against sweatshops and child labor?
A factory where workers had dirty and unsafe working conditions.
BONUS- labor unions
In urban areas, people live close together. This means that in urban areas, there is a high _________ _______.
population density
In the 1600 and 1700s, the rivers in the Northeast were mainly used for _____________.
transportation, importing and exporting goods
Describe what the vocabulary words URBAN and RURAL mean. Cite at least 2 differences.
Urban- related to a city (more people, walking/public transit, more things to do)
Rural- related to open area with more farms (less people, driving, less things to do)
Name one person who helped women get the right to vote.
BONUS 100- What is one thing the women did during the women's rights movement?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony
They protested, held conventions, organized meetings.
Name on invention from the Northeast and how it affected the way people lived.
light bulb
steamboat
gas powered car
advancements with steel
Name one way cities have changed over time in the Northeast.
Manufacturing became less important, now service industries are more important.
Pittsburg used to produce iron, then steel- now it has tech and medical industries.
What is to the NORTH of the Northeast region?
Canada
What does the vocabulary word "wetu" mean?
A. an American Indian chief
B. an American Indian home made of tree bark and reed
C. a document that gives the inventor the right to make and sell an invention
D. a factory where workers work long hours for little pay
BONUS 100- can you give the correct vocabulary word to any of the other option choices?
What colonial leader persuaded the colonists to go against, or oppose, the British laws?
A. Joseph Brant
B. Samuel Adams
C. Crispus Attucks
D. Ben Franklin
B. Samuel Adams
Name an inventor from the Northeast that we learned about and what they invented.
Thomas Edison- light bulb
Robert Fulton- steamboat
Lewis Latimer- light bulbs last longer
Elisha Otis- elevator brake
Name one specific city in the Northeast and a specific landmark that someone would visit in that city- answer must be something we discussed in class from the textbook.
Is a city an urban or rural area?
Must answer all questions for the full 500 points.
Urban
Philadelphia- Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Citizens Bank Park
New York City- 9/11 Memorial, Empire State Building, Times Square
Baltimore- Oriole Park