Ryan: SS Chap 5 - The Northeast

In states like Maine, New Jersey, and Massachusetts __________ is an important job for their economy because they have long shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean.

• fishing

• farming

• mining

• forestry

The largest group of mountains in the Northeast is the __________.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Sierra Nevada

• Cascade Range

There are many forests in the Northeast because there is lots of __________ all year.

• percipitation (rain)

• people

• wind

• sunshine

A place where boats dock is a __________.

• harbor

• forest

• desert

• mountain

The Northeast's first factories were powered by __________.

• water from rivers

• coal

• steam

• wind power

The __________ is where mountains and plateaus meet a plain.

• fall line

• timber line

• continental shelf

• fault zone

A __________ is a huge sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land.

• glacier

• desert

• volcano

• forest

__________ is the business of raising fish in tanks or ponds.

• Aquaculture

• Agriculture

• Sericulture

• Horticulture

The __________ is the point at which it is too cold for trees to grow.

• timberline

• equator

• canopy

• fall line

*****CHECK***** The most important part of the Swiss economy is __________.

• tourism

• fishing

• oil production

• rice farming