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Possible Exam Questions
100

Wrote poems about the region's peaceful countryside

Robert Frost

100

__________ is anything that makes natural resources dirty or unsafe to use.

Pollution

100

A _________ is either a sheet of paper on which votes are marked or another method used to record votes

Ballot

100

The largest state park in the United States is?

Adirondack State Park

100

Which is a Middle Atlantic State?

Pennsylvania

200

Described growing up in one of her Novels "Little Women"

Louisa May Alcott

200

This spreading of urban areas is called?

Urban Sprawl

200

A ___________ is a person who works for no pay

Volunteer

200

The Jersey Shore is a __________ mile-long area of beaches.

127

200

New England's largest city

Boston

300

England includes________, Rhode Island, and Hartford, Connecticut.

Providence

300

Many people live in the suburbs and ________, or travel back and forth between work and home.

Commute

300

Many early European settlers in New England came from?

England

300

Countries all over the world face challenges caused by urban growth and ______________.

Urban Sprawl

300

New England's busiest port?

Portland

400

People who_______ do one kind of job well

Specialize

400

Many industries fill the city's ___________, or very tall buildings.

Skyscrapers

400

The people who run for office in elections are called?

Candidates

400

Commuting by high-speed trains is called?

Bullet Trains

400

State that has the region's largest city

Massachusetts

500

While___________ painted scenes of life in small towns

Norman Rockwell

500

The former mayor of New York City, ______________, once said "We are a city of immigrants."

Rudolph Giuliani

500

Before an election, most candidates carry out __________ to encourage people to vote for them.

Campaigns

500

In Tokyo, some people commute who sleep in stacks of small capsules that are just big enough for one person.

Capsule Hotel

500

Largest city in New Jersey?

Newark

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