This state is the northern-most of the Northeast states.
Where is Maine?
100
This type of snowstorm, named after its region, is a signature of the long, harsh winters, and can bring over a foot of snow at a time.
What is a notheaster (or nor'easter)?
100
Vermont is perhaps best known for this product made from the sap of a tree abundant in the Northeast region.
What is maple syrup?
100
People eat more of this food in the Northeast than and in any other part of the country, because our dairy farms help produce so much of it!
What is ice cream?
100
This New York City landmark is significant because it was a gift from the French to a newly independent America, and the first sight immigrants coming to live in our country traditionally saw.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
200
Also sometimes called "Beantown," this city is the capital of our home state.
Where is Boston?
200
These mile-thick sheets of ice formed many of the Northeast's mountains, lakes, islands, and capes long ago.
What are glaciers?
200
This fruit has nicknamed Massachusetts the ___________ Capital of the country, because its marshes produce nearly two million barrels of the fruit a year.
What is the cranberry?
200
This ship carried the Pilgrims, one of the first groups of settlers, to America, landing in Plymouth, MA.
What is the Mayflower?
200
Hershey Park, the "sweetest place on Earth," is located in this Northeast state.
What is Pennsylvania?
300
This city is the capital of the "first state."
Where is Dover?
300
The Appalachian Trail stretches from Georgia in the Southeast region, all the way to this state in the Northeast region, and is the longest hiking trail in the world.
Where is Maine?
300
The fishing industry is an important part of the Northeast's economy. This fish in particular is harvested in Maine year-round and shipped around the country for the eating.
What is lobster?
300
Name two foods invented or extremely popular in the Northeast region.
Name two Philadelphia landmarks patriotic people might travel to see.
What are Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross's house, and Ben Franklin's post office.
400
This capital of Rhode Island is another name for God, after the religious colonists who settled there.
Where is Providence?
400
This mountain is the tallest peak in the Northeast, and one of the windiest places on Earth.
What is Mount Washington?
400
This state has the largest granite quarries in the country.
What is Vermont?
400
Name a popular sport invented in the Northeast. Double points: also name the nearby Massacusetts city or town in which it was invented!
What is basketball in Springfield or volleyball in Holyoke.
400
Because our fall foliage is so beautifully colorful, people travel from around the country to see the sights. These tourists are nicknamed ____________.
What are leaf peepers?
500
Though Baltimore may be the more famous city, Annapolis is the capital of this state.
Where is Maryland?
500
Name 2 out of five of the notable mountain ranges in the Northeast.
What are the Appalachian, Pocono, Adirondack, Catskills, or Allegheny Mountains (any 2)?
500
Name three things trees provided from the Northeast's logging industry are cut down to make.
What are houses, paper, furniture, fuel/firewood (name 3).
500
The Northeast is sometimes called a megalopolis, or megacity, because there are so many big cities in the same area (over 50 million people!). Name 3 major cities in the Northeast that contribute to this nickname.
What are New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia (3).
500
Washington D.C., the capital of our country, is located in this Northeast state.