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Vocabulary
History
Transportation
Capitals (Extra Credit)
Hodge Podge
100
This is a term that means traveling back and forth to work.
What is a commute?
100
This was the religion of William Penn.
What was Quaker?
100

This is a road that drivers must pay to use.

What is a turnpike?

100

This is the capital of Pennsylvania.

What is Harrisburg?

100

This is what the colonists were fighting for in the Revolutionary War.

What is Independence from Great Britain?

200
This is a term that means "the growth of a city".
What is urban growth?
200
Pittsburgh is known for manufacturing this product.
What is steel?
200
This is a trading center where ships are loaded and unloaded.
What is a port?
200

This is the capital of New Jersey.

What is Trenton?

200

These were two popular modes of transportation in the 1800s?

boats and wagons

300
This is a waterway dug across the land.
What is a canal?
300
This is another name for Quakers.
What is Society of Friends?
300
This is a term used for a river that is deep and wide enough for ships to use.
What is navigable?
300

This is the capital of New York.

What is Albany?

300

The Hudson River ends at the harbor of this city.

New York City

400
This is a loose collection of governments.
What is a confederation?
400
This is one of the earliest explorers to the Middle Atlantic region who discovered an important river.
Who is Henry Hudson?
400
These are the sections of a canal.
What are locks?
400

This is the capital of Delaware.

What is Dover?

400

This is a term that refers to a person that comes to live in a country from another country.

immigrant

500
This is a large city and its suburbs.
What is a metropolitan area?
500
This is an agreement between countries or groups of people.
What is a treaty?
500

In 1817, Lake Erie was connected via a canal to this body of water.

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

500

This is the capital of Connecticut.

What is Hartford?

500

This popular phrase in the late 1700s in the colonies meant that the colonists didn't feel like they should have to pay taxes when they didn't get to elect leaders to speak or act for them.  

"No Taxation without Representation"