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| Know the 5 themes of geography | Region, Human/Environment Interactons, Location, Movement, Place |
| Know the difference between weather and climate | Weather describes the airat a certain time and place. Climate is a pattern of weather over many years. is |
| Give an example of a renewable resource and a non-renewable resource | Trees, soil,water are renewable resources because we can replace them. Minerals and fuels are two non-renewable resources because there is a limited supply and once we use it up it will be gone forever. |
| Know the name of the footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine. | Appalachian Trail |
| What happens when water reaches the fall line. | Flowing water wears away the softer rock much faster than the hard rock and caused waterfalls to form. |
| What are the two main types of trees found in the Northeast region | Broadleaf and needleleaf |
| Define "aquaculture" | Fish farming |
| What state is the Cranberry Capital of America | Massachusettes |
| Why did whaling in the Northeast decrease in the 1850s | People learned to make kerosene and it was easier and less riskier to produce than whale oil. |
| What major change occurred when power driven tools replaced hand tools | Goods could be made faster and in greater number, which started Industrial Revolution. |
| What group of people invented lacrosse | the Iroquois Indians |
| What is the name of the building in which Iroquios lived | Longhouse |
| Name two tribes who were members of the Iroquois Confederacy | Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Tuscarora, Seneca |
| Describe the Boston Tea Party | A group of people who were mad at the British for taxing them on the tea that they don't want, threw all the tea that was sent from England into the Boston Harbor |
| When did the American Revolution begin | 1775 |
| Which battles were the beginning of the Revolution | Battle of Concord and Lexington |
| How many original colonies became an independent country | 13 |
| Who was the leader of the colonial army | George Washington |
| Where did the immigrants first land when coming to the US | Ellis Island, 1 mile off the coast of NY |
| What is tenement | a poorly build apt. building |
| What is a Megalopolis | A group of cities so close together that they can be thought of as one huge community |
| What is a suburb | A community just outside a city |
