Show:
Hodge Podge
Waterways
Vocabulary
The Land
Video Clips
100
the kind of economy that came first in the United States
What is agricultural economy?
100
the name given to a river that is deep and wide enough for ships to travel
What is navigable?
100
a huge slow moving mass of ice
What is a glacier?
100
this is the type of soil in the New England states
What is poor and rocky?
100
fishers must do this to decide if lobster are large enough to keep
What is measure them?
200
this group of people are a good example of an agricultural economy, as they remain self-sufficient
What is Amish
200
These two Great Lakes border the Northeastern states
What are Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
200
a large open pit cut into the ground where Northeast workers mine stone
What is a quarry?
200
this mountain range runs through the Northeast Region
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
200
many countries make these man made ditches across land to shorten lengthy boat trips
What are canals?
300
this is where early New Englanders made important decisions about their towns
What is a town meeting?
300
This hand dug waterway linked the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Erie Canal
300
coloring Easter eggs at Easter is one example of a family __________
What is a tradition?
300
two ways New Englanders used the land to make a living
What are farming, stone work, fishing, forestry?
300
cranberry farmers do this to their fields at harvest time
What is flood them?
400
this is the reason truck farms are located close to the city their produce goes to
What is so their produce doesn't spoil?
400
this river handled the increase in trade, since the Erie Canal connected it to Lake Erie
What is the Hudson River?
400
an economy in which factories and machines manufacture most goods
What is an industrial economy?
400
this is the difference between the New England states and the Middle Atlantic states
What is the Middle Atlantic States have rich fertile soil and the New England States have poor rocky soil?
400
removing this type of rock can be dangerous, as it involves working with dynamite
What are granite or marble?
500
this is what is grown on truck farms
What is fresh fruits and vegetables?
500
these two cities lie along the Hudson River
What are Albany and New York City?
500
part of a canal where water level can be raised and lowererd
What is a lock?
500
this is the reason that many factories moved to places like the Appalachian Mountains
What is to be nearer to the resources they use?
500
technology has made gathering this easier as it allows gatherers to hook up pipes to reach more trees at one time
What is sap?