4th grade SS Ch5 L1

lighthouse

A tower with a bright light at the top called a beacon, that shines to guide ships at sea during the night.

lakes and ponds

As glaciers began to melt, what formed?

winter sports

Heavy winter snowfall in the Green Mountains and White Mountains make them popular for ...

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How many of the 11 northeastern states among the smallest states in the country?

settlers

In the 1600 and 1700s rivers in the Northeast region were the main transportation route for the ...

Atlantic coast

Long and jagged as bays carve into the land.

easternmost point in the nation, Quoddy Head State Park

Maine is known for its rugged beauty and as the home to ...

rivers

Many cities in the Northeast region, such as New York City and Baltimore, were built at the mouths of ...

Appalachian Mountains

Oldest mountains on Earth located in the Northeast region

northeast region

Smallest region of the United States.

Massachusetts

Some of the ships that travel along the Atlantic coast dock at one of the harbors in ...

mountain ranges

The Appalachian Mountain Range is made up on several smaller ...... including White Mountains in New Hampshire, Green Mountains in Vermont, Catskill Mountains in New York, and Allegheny Mountains in Pennsylvania.

Atlantic Ocean

The _____________________ borders all states in the Northeast except for two: Pennsylvania and Vermont.

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware.

The northeast is made up of 11 states. What are the states in the northeast region?

transportation

What are the rivers of the Northeast region used for?

glaciers

What caused the carving of the Adirondack Mountains, and other mountain ranges throughout the Northeast region?

Most of the states in the Northeast region touch the Atlantic Ocean.

What is one thing most Northeastern states have in common?

They are important ports for people that traveled to/from Europe and to move goods in and out of the region.

What is the purpose of having a city built at the mouth of rivers?

Lake Erie and Lake Ontario

Which two Great Lakes border the Northeast region?

Pennsylvania and Vermont

Which two states of the Northeast are NOT bordered by the Atlantic Ocean?

Islands

________________ lie just off the coast in many states including Maine.

huge slow moving sheets of ice

glaciers are ...

peninsula

land that is almost surrounded on all sides by water

Green Mountains

run north and south through Vermont.

White Mountains

tallest mountain ranges in the Northeast; location in the path of storms often causes high winds on the mountain.

sound

water that separates a mainland and an island