Chapter 4: Exploring the Northeast

1.     A __________________________ is a protected area of water where ships can dock safety.

• port

• harbor

• glacier

The Northeast has four very different seasons.

• Fall, winter, summer, spring

• Summer, spring, winter, fall

• Spring, summer, fall, and winter

The Northeast has many natural resources including:

• farming, mining stone, fishing, using trees

• mining stone, farming, sky diving, farming

• farming, mining stone, fishing, cattle growing

A __________________________ is a huge, slow-moving mass of ice.

• boulder

• glacier

• Great Lakes

At times, the Northeast’s weather can be extreme, _______________________ or snowstorms with strong winds, sometimes occur.

• tornados

• hurricane

• blizzards

 

A _____________________________ is a large, open pit cut into the ground, from which stone is mined.

• bridge

• quarry

• cave

In 1775, representatives from all but one colony gathered in Pennsylvania where they made the decision to write a _______________________________, or official statement of independence.

• independence

• declaration

• revolution

Why did the English Puritans and Quakers decided to move to the Northeast?

• money

• religious freedom

• land

Which group formed a confederation among tribes fighting in the Northeast?

• British

• Puritans

• Iroquois

Before the 1500, ________________________were the only people living in the Northeast.

• Native Americans

• Europeans

• African American