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| The East has... | many landforms and bodies of water. |
| The region between the Atlantic Oceans and the | Great Lakes is known as the East. |
| ___ borders the region to the north. | Canada |
| Our nation's capital, Washington D.C., is at the ___. | southern tip. |
| The East includes ___ states in New England. | six |
| The East includes ___ Mid-Atlantic states. | five |
| Some of our nation's oldest cities are in the ___. | New England Region. |
| The nation's largest city, New York, is in the ___. | Mid-Atlantic region |
| ___ states in the East are on the coast. | Nine |
| A ___ is land that borders an ocean. | coast |
| Coastal areas form a landform region called the ___. | coastal plain |
| A coastal plain is ___, level land along a coast. | flat |
| The ___ were formed by the movement of the earth. | Appalachian Mountains |
| Wind, weather, and the water flowing in rivers slowly ___ the Appalachians down. | wore |
| ___ also changed the mountains' shape. | Glaciers |
| A ___ is a sheet of ice that carves out valleys or levels the land with the rocks and dirt it leaves behind. | glacier |
| ___ of the Appalachians is the coastal plain. | East |
| In nothern New England, the coastal plain lies mostly ___. | underwater |
| Rock and sand left from glaciers formed islands with sandy beaches, such as ___. | Long Island |
| A ___ is a point of land that sticks out into the water. | cape |
| More people live on the coastal plain than in the ___. | mountains |
| More cities are built on the coastal plain than in the mountains because... | the land is less rugged and closer to the water. |
| As rivers flow from mountians to the plain, great changes in elevation create ___. | waterfalls |
| Waterfalls made early travel on rivers ___. | difficult |
| People learned to use the water's ___ to power machines in mills and factories. | force |
| Many ___ began to grow on waterways. | cities |
| People built ___ near the best harbors along the Atlantic Coast. | settlements |
| A ___ is a body of water partly surrounded by land but open to the sea. | bay |
| The ___, which reaches into Maryland, is important for shipping. | Chesapeake Bay |
| The Chesapeake Bay supports ___ of plants and animals. | thousands |
| The East lies in the middle ___, about halfway between the North Ple and the equator. | latitudes |
| The East's location gives it four ___. | seasons |
| ___ means without extremes. | Temperate |
| The East has a temperate ___. | climate |
| The East sometimes has storms called ___. | nor easter |
| Noreaters bring strong winds from the ___. | northeast |
| Noreasters also bring... | high ocean waves and heavy snow or rain. |
| ___ affects the plants and animals that can live in a region. | Climate |
| Some trees in the East drop their leaves in ___. | winter |
| When trees drop their leaves, it helps them survive... | the lack of water in the frozen soil. |
| Eastern ___ must cope with both cold winters and changing food supplies. | animals |
| Some animals ___ during the winter. | hibernate |
| Western states have more ___ than eastern states. | minerals |
| The Appalachian Mountains contain ___. | coal |
| Workers mine coal in ___. | Pennsylvania |
| Power plants use coal to make ___. | electricity |
| Forests give us the natural resource of ___. | wood |
| ___ produces more maple syrup than any other state. | Vermont |
| ___ grow in Maine and New Hampshire. | blueberries |
| ___ grow in the Aroostook Valley in Maine. | Potatoes |
| ___ grow in Massachusetts and New Jersey. | Cranberries |
| ___ grow in New York and Vermont. | grasses |
| The farmland of the East is an important natural resource... | because many types of crops are grown. |
| the United States has a ___ economy. | market |
| In a market economy, people are ___ to decide what to make, and how to make it. | free |
| In a ___ economy, the government decides what to make. | command |
| In a command economy, the government sets the ___ for goods. | price |
| In a market economy, business owners keep their ___. | profits |
| ___ is the money left over after a business pays its expenses. | Profit |
| A ___ is any kind of work that one person does for another person as a job. | service |
| In recent years, more and more people have worked in ___. | service businesses |
| Businesses use ___ to get the resources they want. | trade |
| Trade begins when one person ___ what another person wants. | has |
| When people trade a lot, the economy ___. | grows |
| ___ goods is important for trade. | Moving |
| ___ businesses make chemicals, medicines, machinery, and clothing. | New Jersey |
| ___ factory workers make weapons, sewing machines, jet engines, and clocks. | Connecticut |
| ___ are the people and materials needed to make goods or provide services. | Factors of production |
| The four factors of production are... | labor, capital, land and entrepreneurship. |
| An ___ is a person who is willing to take the risk of starting a new business. | entrepeneur |
| The East has a long ___ of successful businesses. | tradition |
| Some of the nation's ___ companies still operate in the East today. | oldest |
| Entrepreneurs take ___ when they start new businesses. | risks |
| Private ownership is important because people own the ___. | factors of production. |
