Vocabulary
History
Revolutionary War
Transportation
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
The colonies fought against this country.
What is England (or Great Britain)?
100
This is a road that drivers must pay to use.
What is a turnpike?
100
Two names for the side the colonists fought against in the American Revolution.
What is England, Great Britain, or the Redcoats?
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
A name for the British soldiers.
What are Redcoats?
200
This is a trading center where ships are loaded and unloaded.
What is a port?
200
This is the state that the Erie Canal is in.
What is New York?
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
The United States had help from this country.
What is France?
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 name of Henry Hudson's ship.
What is the Half Moon?
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
America's birthday is on this date
What is July 4, 1776?
400
These are the sections of a canal.
What are locks?
400
These are the documents that were signed that began and ended the American Revolution.
What are the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Paris?
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
Two or more reasons why the United States fought against England.
What is the colonists were upset about taxes, lack of representation in the British government, and the king forced the colonists to house Redcoat soldiers.
500
In 1817, Lake Erie was connected via a canal to this body of water.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
500
This is the French General who helped the Americans during the Revolution.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?