A material found in nature that people use.
What is a natural resource?
Name 3 landforms in the Northeast
What are valleys, hills, and mountains
Besides lobster bringing in money-shipyards, where ships are built are found in this state
What is Maine
Name the two Great Lakes that border New York
What are Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
Fish farming is called...
What is aquaculture
What 3 natural resources are mined from the ground?
What is granite, marble, and coal
Name the mountain ranges that make up the Appalachian Mountains
What are the Allegheny, Poconos, Adirondack, and Catskills
It is the largest city in the USA. People come from all over to watch Broadway Plays. Also, Wall Street is the financial and banking industry.
What is New York City
Name three types of pollution
What are air, noise, and light pollution
Desribe the 4 distinct season in the Northeast Region
Winters: Harsh, cold, snowy, blizzards
Fall: leaves change color, days getting shorter, cooler weather
Summer: hot, humid
Spring: new life begins, plants, animals out of hibernation
Which state has the largest granite quarries in the United States?
What is Vermont?
The Longest hiking trail in the world is
What is the Appalachian Train
People who visit the regions for our beaches, mountains, leaf peeping, islands, colleges are called
What is a tourist or tourism
Who had been living on the land in the Northeast for thousands of years before the Europeans arrived?
What are the Native People
Name the three communities in the Northeast
What are urban, rural and suburban
Trees are cut down to make ....
What are houses, paper, furniture and fuel?
What are the Appalachian Mountains smaller than they used to be?
What is erosion
People work in factories to making items such as...
What are electronics, steel, chemicals, clothing and candy
Why did the Pilgrims leave England?
What is searching for religious freedom, and to be far away from a ruling King.
Name the natural resource that is renewable
What is water
This is an important resource in the Northeast for fishing, lobstering, and catching shellfish
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
What is the highest peak in the Northeast?
What is Mount Washington
The lower portion of this region is fertile for growing. Farmers in those states grow the following..
What are grain, oats, corn, cabbage and many other fruitsa and vegetables
Why is New York City known as a "Melting Pot?"
What is because people from many different cultures live here
This landmark is known for both their beauty and for being a source of hydropower. It is used to create electricity for people to use in their homes and businesses.
What are Niagara Falls