4th Grade Social Studies Test - Chapter 5 Northeast Region

Along the Atlantic coast

Where most north east region states are located

Overfishing

capturing fish faster than they can reproduce

urban

city

commerce

the buying and selling of goods

Suffrage

the right to vote

patent

A government document that lets inventors sell

labor union

A group of workers that try to gain better pay

Sound

A large sea or ocean that separates a mainland and an island

Sachem

A ruler or leader among American Indian groups

sweatshop

A shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions

Canada

Country that borders the north east region

Farming Manufacturing Tourism Fishing

For industries found in the Northeast region

Niagra Falls Mountains Plains Hill

Four Physical features (land forms) in the north east region

Trees Coal Stone Sea Animals

Four natural resources found in the Northeast region

rural

Small towns or farms

Quarry

The place where people dig stone

Growing Electricity Drinking

Three ways that the bodies of water are used in the north east

Wetu

a Native American home made from wood, bark, and grasses

immigrant

a person who comes into a country to live there