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100
This city is historically known for producing a lot of steel.
What is Pittsburg?
100
List all the New England States.
What are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island?
100
List all the Middle Atlantic States.
What are New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland?
100
What is the name for a big, slow-moving piece of ice?
What is a glacier?
100
The Iroquois tribes formed a ______________ to prevent fighting among themselves.
What is a confederation?
200
New Hampshire is the country's leading state in production of granite and _________.
What is marble?
200
What is the largest city in New England?
What is Boston, MA?
200
This Middle Atlantic city is the largest city in the United States.
What is New York City?
200
These were built across land to connect waterways.
What are canals?
200
The American Revolution began because colonists wanted what?
What is independence?
300
The huge rise in manufacturing during the 1800's is known as the ____________ Revolution.
What is Industrial?
300
This is the smallest state in New England.
What is Rhode Island?
300
Millions of immigrants passed through this island off the coast of New York City when first arriving in the United States in the 1800s.
What is Ellis Island?
300
These bodies of water are protected and ships can dock in them.
What are harbors?
300
This person was the leader of the american Army during the American Revolution.
Who is George Washington?
400
Vermont is a major producer of _____________, which is made from sap.
What is maple syrup?
400
Many New England cities have _____________, where they discuss community issues.
What are town meetings?
400
Cities in the Middle Atlantic States have experienced ___________, or growth.
What is urban sprawl?
400
True or False: There are no mountains in the Northeast.
What is False? The Appalachian Mountains extend into the Northeast region.
400
These types of factories were the first to use machines powered by water.
What are textile mills?
500
List 3 crops that are grown in the Northeast.
What are potatoes, blueberries, cranberries, flowers, shrubs, corn, other vegetables?
500
New Englanders show pride in their history by doing what?
What is preserving historic buildings?
500
The Middle Atlantic States are home to a very large Amish and Mennonite community known as what.
What is The Pennsylvania Dutch Country?
500
True or False: The Northeast is the smallest region in the United States.
What is True?
500
This person created the first electric power plant, which replaced steam as a major power source.
Who is Thomas Edison?