TEST: Northeast Region

A mountain chain running about 2,000 miles down the eastern coast from Canada through New England to the Southeast

• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Rocky Mountains
• Mount Everest
• Appalachian Mountains

The large body of water to the east of the United States

• Gulf of Mexico
• Great Lakes
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean

Completed in 1825 (took 8 years to build); connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, via the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers in New York

• Boston
• New York City
• St. Lawrence River
• Erie Canal

Is the Northeast region home to the Rocky Mts., or the Appalachian Mts.?

• Rocky
• Appalachian

The Erie Canal is important to the NE Region because...

• it connects the Pacific Ocean to Ohio.
• it's fun to swim across it.
• it is a fake canal
• it connects Lake Erie to the Pacific Ocean

The coast of the NE Region is...

• sandy.
• rocky.
• by the Pacific Ocean.
• in the Gulf of Mexico.

Rivers and Waterfalls produce electricity in the NE Region.

• True 
• False

The mountain range in this picture runs from the northeast to the southeast and is the largest mountain range on the east coast of the United States.

• Appalachian Mountains
• Green Mountains
• Rocky Mountains
• Ozarks

Physical characteristics of the Northeast region include....

• rocky soil
• low mountain ranges
• coastal plains
• all of the above

What shaped most of the Northeast region?

• glaciers
• volcanos
• hurricanes
• tornados