Name that Industry
A network of roads and a system of railroads and airplanes allow the shipping of goods and for people to commute within and outside of New York State. This is a part of the:
A. Manufacturing Indiustry
B. Transportation Industry
C. Media Industry
What is B. The Transportation Industry?
This is the capital of New York State
What is Albany?
A geographer would use this to determine the location and size of the Erie Canal
What is a Physical Map?
The Catskill Mountains
What is an example of physical geography in New York State?
This is a type of source created by someone who was there.
Example: A Diary entry or a letter written about a first hand account, a photograph taken or painting created at the time of the event
What is a primary source?
This world includes banking, money loans, and buying/selling stocks (or parts/shares of different businesses)
A. The Finance Industry
B. The Media Industry
C. The Mining Industry
What is A. The Finance Industry?
Name any two landmarks New York State is known for
Scholar answers may vary
Examples:
What is the Statue of Liberty? What is Niagara Falls? What are the finger lakes? What is the Empire State Building? What are the Adirondack Mountains? What are the Catskill Mountains? What is the New York State Capitol Building? Etc.
A geographer would use this map to determine the relative distance between New York state's major cities
What is a political map?
The Hudson River that runs through New York State
What is an example of physical geography in New York State?
This is the study of landforms and features that naturally occur in a given environment
What is human or natural geography?
New York is known for this industry along with Paris, London, and Milan for this industry that is about the design, creation, modeling, and selling of clothing and accessories.
A. The Advertisement Industry
B. The Manufacturing Industry
C. The Fashion Industry
What is C. The Fashion Industry?
These are the three bodies of water that border New York State
What are Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and the Atlantic Ocean?
An economist would use these map to determine of there is a correlation between the amount of annual rain a place gets and whether there is an agricultural industry in that area
What are product and climate maps?
John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City
What is an example of human-made geography in New York State?
This is a resource written by someone who was not there.
Examples: textbooks, articles written today about something that happened in the past, etc.
What is a secondary source?
Within New York State, industry includes the location, digging and selling of various precious metals, gems, and rocks such as sand, limestone, garnet, and gravel.
A. The Mining Industry
B. The Agricultural Industry
C. The Advertisement Industry
What is A. The Mining Industry?
These are the 5 states that border New York State
Hint: Very Magical Cupid Needs Pants
What are: Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
Geographers and economists would use this map to determine what resources could be gathered from where people settled
What is a product map?
The three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls
What is an example of physical geography in New York State?
This can be a natural or human-made area/site that is deemed worth seeing, experiencing, and protecting
What is a landmark?
This is the largest industry in New York State with 71% of the state's money earned through it. It includes jobs that people do for others such as cab driving, car washing, and restaurant dining
What is the Service Industry?
These are the 5 major cities in New York State that we have studied
Hint: Big Red Socks Are Nice
What are Binghamton, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and New York City?
An economist could use these two maps to determine if garnet can be mined in Buffalo, New York
What are a political map and a product map?
The city of Syracuse, which is in the center of the state
What is an example of human-made geography in New York State?
This is any organized system of constructing, producing, or manufacturing goods
What is an industry?