Rivers and Lakes
New York State's Great Lakes region includes the lands and waters of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, the Niagara River, and the ________________.
What is the the St. Lawrence river?
True or False: The Erie Canal connected the Susquehanna River to the Great Lakes.
What is True?
This is the capital of NYS.
What is Albany?
These mountains cover 1/4 of the state's area and are formed by underground pressure.
What are the Adirondacks?
This branch of the NYS Government enforces the laws.
What is Executive Branch?
__________ is the loss or displacement of land along a coastline, and it can be caused by natural processes and human activities.
What is erosion?
This was the most efficient method of transportation in the early 1800s.
What is water travel?
The Executive Branch is headed by __________.
What is the Governor?
This mountain region is smaller than the other famous mountain range and are formed by erosion, wind, water, and ice.
What are the Catskill Mountains?
True or False: The state's Legislative Branch is comprised of the State Senate.
What is the False?
__________ lies entirely within the borders of New York State and originates in the valley between the western Adirondacks and the Tug Hill Plateau.
What is the Mohawk River Valley?
What is:
Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica
These powers are *not listed* in the Constitution and belong to the individual *State Governments*.
What are Reserved Powers?
This plateau covers large areas in western and central New York (approximately 1/3 of the state).
What is the Allegheny Plateau?
This branch of the NYS Government interprets the laws.
What is Judicial Branch?
This is a scenic region that includes Lake Champlain, the Adirondack Mountains, and the Green Mountains of Vermont,
What is Lake Champlain?
Because of the Erie Canal, this city became the nation's leading center for trade.
What is New York City?
These powers are listed in the *Constitution* and belong to the *National Government*.
What is the Delegated Powers?
These areas are elevated flat land and formed by erosion.
What are Plateaus?
This is the highest court in New York State.
What is Court of Appeals?
The Erie Canal opened trade to the _________.
What is west?
This is the part of the NYS Government that is in charge of the state's education.
What is Board of Regents?
True or False: New York State's physical features are constantly changing.
What is True?
The branch of government that has the power to make laws for the state.
What is Legislative Branch?