Land
A tower with a bright light at the top called a beacon
a nonliving material that is found in the earth
What is a mineral?
another name for village chief
a boat powered by a steam engine
What is a steamboat?
areas in or near cities
What is urban?
huge sheets of ice
What are glaciers?
a place where stone is dug, cut, or blasted out of the earth
What is a quarry?
a place to live made with poles covered with tree bark or reed mats
What is a wetus?
factories that were dirty, crowded, and unsafe were known as this
What is a sweatshop?
areas that have fewer people.. also known for farms
What is rural?
Land that is almost surrounded on all sides by water.
What is a peninsula?
when people catch fish faster than the natural processes can replace them
What is overfishing?
The colonies gain independence from which country?
What is Great Britain?
the right to make and sell an invention
the buying and selling of goods
What is commerce?
water that separates a mainland and an island
What is a sound?
wet marshy areas where cranberries grow
What is a bog?
The first location of the United States capital
What is New York City?
a workers group that tries to gain better pay and working conditions
What is a labor union?
the number of people in an area of land
What is population density?
One of the busiest vacations spots in the Northeast is located in this state.
What is New Jersey?
Another name for visitor to a place
What is a tourist?
The right to vote
What is suffrage?
What event took place at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory that called for people wanting reform?
What is a fire?
This street is home to the world's leading financial companies and banks
What is Wall Street?