Vocabulary
Geography
Natural Resources
People of the Region
Wild Card
100
Which mountain range is found in the Northeast?
Appalachian Mountains
100
Name a product that comes from a northeast quarry.
granite and marble
100
Which products come from Northeast quarries?
granite and marble
100
Which group formed the first confederation in North America?
The Iroquois
100
Who was Henry Hudson?
English explorer of the Northeast Coast.
200
What is a glacier?
a huge, slow-moving mass of ice
200
Where did most immigrants arrive when coming to the US in the 1900s?
Ellis Island, New York
200
Give two crops grown in the Northeast?
potatoes, blueberries, cranberries, corn
200
When did England start eight colonies in the Northeast?
in the 1600s
200
Who came up with a plan for peace for the Iroquois Indians?
Deganwida
300
What is a harbor?
A protected area of water where ships can dock safely.
300
What is the largest city in the Northeast?
New York City
300
What are two ways trees are used in the northeast?
lumber and maple syrup
300
Which person opened the first power plant during the Industrial Revolution?
Thomas Edison
300
What are two ways glaciers helped shape the Northeast?
Glaciers scraped away fertile soil and formed basins that filled with water to become lakes. In the north, they scraped away topsoil, this left behind poor, rocky soil.
400
What is urban growth?
growth of cities
400
What is the state capital of Maine?
Augusta
400
Why is farming a larger industry in the southern parts of the Northeast?
The soil is more fertile and the climate is warmer.
400
Why did immigrants come to the Northeast? (p.129)
To make a better life for themselves.
400
What was the Industrial Revolution?
New machines replaces people. The new machines allowed people to make goods faster.
500
What is a primary source and what is a secondary source?
A primary source is a record made by people who took part in or saw an event. (photograph, diary entry). A secondary source is a record of an event of people who were not at an event. (magazine article)
500
What is the state capital of New Jersey?
Trenton
500
Use the map on page 113 to give two natural resources from the Northeast.
fish, granite, marble, oil or natural gas, zinc, farming, dairy, or forests.
500
author of "America the Beautiful"
Katharine Lee Bates
500
Give one cause of the American Revolution. Give one effect of the American Revolution.
cause-colonists were angry because they were being taxed without representation. Effect-the Revolutionary War or US became its own nation.