Northeast Region Quiz

By: Samantha Shapard

Which states are in the Northeast?

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

B. Iowa, Louisiana, California, Maine, and Arizona.

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

A. Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode

Island, and Massachusetts.

• Most of the original 13 colonies are in the Northeast. The states are Delaware (the first state), Pennsylvania (the second state), New Jersey (the third state), Connecticut (the fifth state), Massachusetts (the sixth state), Maryland (the seventh state), New Hampshire (the ninth state), New York (the eleventh state), and Rhode Island (the thirteenth state).

Purple= Northeast states

Northeast United States

The Northeast has both the smallest and largest state

capitals.

A. True

B. False

A. True • Montpelier, Vermont

is the smallest capital, and Boston is the largest in the U.S.A.

Here are the states with their capitals.

• Augusta• Albany• Annapolis• Boston• Concord• Dover• Harrisburg• Hartford• Montpelier• Providence• Trenton

• Maine• New York• Maryland• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• Delaware• Pennsylvania• Connecticut• Vermont• Rhode Island• New Jersey

What is New York sometimes called?

A. The big Banana

B. The big Apple

C.The big Cheese

D.The big Snowman

• New York is called the big apple because of the horse races around New York, New York. The prizes for winning were often called “apples”.

B. The big Apple

What does Maine have a lot of?

A. Lighthouses

B. Canals

C. Neighboring states

D. Maple syrup

A. Lighthouses

• Maine is a state that has a very rugged seashore that makes it very dangerous for ships. Lighthouses help guide the way for safe passages.

What Mountains run through Maryland?

A. The Green MountainsB. The Appalachian MountainsC. The Smokey MountainsD. The Rocky Mountains

B. The Appalachian Mountains

• The Appalachian Mountains run through every state in the eastern United States except Florida.

What landmark can be seen from New York and New Jersey

and is in water?

A. The Eifel Tower

B. The Statue of Liberty

C. Verrazano Narrows Bridge

D. Echo Bridge

B. The Statue of Liberty

• The U.S.A got the Statue of Liberty as a gift from France. Before the twin towers were bombed you could go up into it. New York was afraid the Statue of Liberty would be bombed, and people would be hurt.

What building is the biggest one in New York?

A. The Chrysler Building

B. The Sears Tower

C.The Empire State Building

D.The Division of Wildlife Center

C. The Empire State Building

• At 102 stories tall it was the tallest building in the world for 41 years. It was built in 1931.

What “falls” are the largest on a border?

A.Cachoeira Falls

B.Angel Falls

C.Ruby Falls

D.Niagara Falls

D. Niagara Falls

• At 167 feet tall Niagara Falls is the largest waterfall in the U.S.A. It is on the border of New York and Ontario, Canada.

Chesapeake bay is the largest bay in the U.S.A.

A.True

B.False

A. True

• The word “Chesapeake” comes from the Algoquian Indian root “Chesepiooc”, meaning “Great Shellfish Bay”. This bay is world famous for its oysters.

What island in the Northeast is larger than Rhode Island?

A. Hawaii

B. Cumberland Island

C.Long Island

D.Areal Island

C. Long Island

• Long island is made of sand and rock left behind by glaciers in the last ice age. It is separated from New York by the East River.

What job is very common in the Northeast?

A.Tourism

B.Wheat harvesting

C.Turkey farming

D.Growing bees

A. Tourism

• Every big city in the Northeast gets a lot of tourists visiting historic places, landmarks, and having shopping experiences.

P.S. Sarah & Samantha on Wall St. enjoying a fresh pretzel.

What big cities does the Megalopolis stretch through?

A. New York to Albany to Washington D.C.

B. Boston to Baltimore to Washington D.C.

C.Boston to New York to Baltimore

D.Washington D.C. to Boston to Augusta

B. Boston to Baltimore to Washington D.C.

• The Megalopolis, nicknamed BosWash is a continuous urban area stretching from Washington, DC to Boston, Massachusetts. A majority of the population of the northeast live and work in the Megalopolis.

What types of jobs are found in the megalopolis.

A.Banking

B.Insurance

C.Tourism

D.All of the above

D. All of the above

• The headquarters for the largest banks and insurance companies in the world and the world’s largest stock exchanges are located in the BosWash Megalopolis cities. Most of the jobs in this area come from these companies being located here.

What natural resource changes color and attracts

tourists.

A. Coal

B. Trees

C. Fish

D. Oil

B. Trees

• The hardwood forests in the New England mountains change into beautiful reds, yellows, and golds in the fall season. The pretty colors attract tourists from all around the United States.

In what state was the Declaration of Independence

signed and Liberty Bell housed?

A. Bridgeport, Connecticut

B. New York, New York

C.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

D.Manchester, New Hampshire

C. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• On July 4, 1776 the U.S made the Declaration of Independence. It announced that America was a free country not controlled by the British. The liberty bell was rung during important events when the United States gained independence.

What tea party was the most important one in history?

A. The Massachusetts tea party

B. The French tea party

C.The New York tea party

D.The Boston tea party

D. The Boston tea party

• The Boston tea party isn’t a tea party at all. It happened in 1773 when the colonists threw crates of English tea off of ships in Boston Harbor. They were protesting unfair taxes.

What years was the revolutionary war going on?

A. 1793-1802

B. 1765-1772

C.1775-1783

D.1840-1852

C. 1775-1783

• The revolutionary war happened because the U.S wanted to be freed from the British's grasp.

Although the Northeast is between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes, it has a humid continental climate.

A.True

B.False

A. True• The Northeast has a wide

range of temperature between cold snowy Winters and warm Summers, which is like a continental climate. Most of the winds in the Northeast blow from the west and across land not from the Atlantic Ocean, which is to the east. Moist air from the Atlantic Ocean helps make the weather not as severe as the middle of the United States. Spring and Fall are mild with more rain in the Spring.

What are two Jewish holidays that sound almost exactly the same?

A. Himalayas

Homalays

B. Bas Mitzvah

Bar Mitzvah

C. Was Chichi

Wiz Chichi

D. Natol Do

Natal Do

B. Bas Mitzvah and Bar Mitzvah

• These Jewish festivals celebrate a boy or girl becoming of age. Many people in the northeast are of Jewish faith.

What religion found in eastern Pennsylvania has members

that live a plain and simple life like it was still the 1700’s?

A. Amish

B. Catholic

C. Jewish

D. Mennonite

A. Amish

• The Amish people live a simple life like people did over 300 years ago. They don’t use electricity or cars and dress very simply. They believe that modern technology would separate them from God so they avoid it.

St Patrick’s Day and Columbus Day celebrate the culture of people from

Mexico and Japan.

A. True

B. False

B. False• The answer is Ireland and

Italy. During the Industrial Revolution of the 1800’s in the Northeast, many Irish and Italian people immigrated to the United States looking for a better life. Most of the descendants of these immigrants still live in the Northeast. They celebrate their Irish heritage on St Patrick’s Day in March and their Italian heritage on Columbus Day in October.

What are some popular foods in New England?

A. Blueberry pancakes with maple syrup

B. Baked beans

C. Lobster Tails

D. All of the above

D. All of the above• Maine is the main producer

of blueberries and lobster. Vermont’s maple forests produce the most maple syrup. Baked beans became popular in the 1700’s when Boston had a lot of molasses, which was a main ingredient in baked beans. At the time Boston made rum from sugarcanes imported from the Caribbean and made molasses from the left over sugarcanes.

What is the most popular religion in the Northeast?

A. Jewish

B.Catholic

C.Methodist

D.Baptist

B. Catholic• More people in the

Northeast are of Catholic faith than any other region. Rhode Island has more Catholics than any other state with them 63% of all the people there. Most of the immigrants that came to the Northeast were from Europe and Latin America and catholic is the main religion in those areas.

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Bibliography

• http://.wikipedia.org.

• http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/maps/thematic/appalachian-trail-map.jpg

• Our Fifty States by: Mark H. Bockenhauer and Stephen F. Cunha