Vocabulary
Lenni-Lenape
Four Regions
Famous New Jerseyans
Random Facts
100

Trucks and highways are __________, manufactured objects that we use to grow or make other things.

capital resources

100

Lenape name for....valley

 passaic

100

Characteristics of the Piedmont Region: (give 2)

-New Jersey's cities are located here

-Transportation hub

-Port Newark

100

Jacob Lawrence was best known for: 

- a group of paintings called The Migration Series

100

(True or false): The Tropic is a climate zone of New Jersey.

False!

200

When a place becomes _____________, it means a lot of people move to central areas and then towns and cities form.

urbanized

200
Lenape name for....at the swift river

lopatcong

200

Characteristics of Valley and Ridge Region: (Give 2)

- Hilly and make up the Appalachian Highlands

- Many dairy farms

200

Thomas Hutchins was best known for:

being a skilled mapmaker

200
(True or False): New Jersey has about 10,000 farms throughout the state. 

TRUE!

300

When one country's economy relies upon the economies of other countries to succeed.

interdependence

300

What does minneakoning mean?

brook

300

Characteristics of the Highland Region: (Give 2)

-forests, valleys, and hills

-New Jersey's lakes

300

Selman Waksman was best known for:

-"Father of Antibiotics"

- Won the Nobel Prize for Medicine

300

What was the name for the famous canal that helped to transport materials and goods?

Morris Canal

400

A _______________ is a place near a waterway where people and goods can enter or leave a country.

port

400

What does manasquan mean?

place to gather grass or reeds

400

Characteristics of the Coastal Plain: (give 2)

- Largest landform region

- sandy soil

- cranberries and blueberries grow here

- fertile soil

400
Alice H. Parker was best known for: 

- A way to use natural gas

- Cleaner source of energy than coal or wood

- Modern HVAC

400

Who established Bergen County?

The Dutch

500

To move from one place to another.

migrate

500

What Native American tribe lived on the land known today as New Jersey?

Lenni-Lenape

500

What region is Wood-Ridge located in?

Piedmont Region

500

Beatrice Alice Hicks was best known for:

- Helped to invent machines that are used in airplanes and missiles
500

Giovanni da Verrazano explored?

The New York Bay