Vocabulary Card Match Social Studies



Northeast Region Notes

Lesson 1

• The Northeast is the smallest region in the United States.

• The Northeast has many landforms including mountains, plateaus, and plains.

• The largest group of mountains in the Northeast are the Appalachian Mountains.

• The Appalachian Trail is the longest marked footpath in the world. It stretches from Maine to Alabama.

• The Appalachians were formed millions of years ago and shaped by glaciers. The glaciers rounded the mountains through years of erosion and weathering.

• As glaciers moved south in the Northeast, they dug giant holes in the ground which filled with water and became lakes

• Many people anchor their ships in harbors because they are sheltered and ships are safe from storms

• Many factories were built in the Northeast because of the large amount of rivers.

• Rivers were used to produce power, which helped the textile mills manufacture goods such as shoes, tools, clothes and furniture.

• The Northeast region has many forests because of the large amount of precipitation each year.

• Trees were a valuable resource for Native Americans and European settlers because they were used to build homes, canoes, ships, and for fuel

• The Northeast forests have two kinds of leaves: Needleleaf and Broadleaf.

• Climate affects tourism in the Northeast. Cold weather- ski resorts. Warm weather- beaches.

• The Northeast has 4 seasons.

Lesson 2

• Four natural resources found in the Northeast are: soil, trees, water and rocks and stones.

• Some other natural resources found in the Northeast are coal and foods such as fish, crabs, and lobsters

• Before factories were built, people had to make almost everything they needed themselves

• Some examples of service jobs are firefighters and police, mailmen and teachers

• The area from Boston, Massachusetts to Washington, DC is considered a megalopolis

• The growth of large cities such as New York, Boston and Philadelphia has increased the population in suburbs surrounding these cities.

Lesson 3

• The first people in the Northeast were the Native Americans

• There is a mixture of cultures in the Northeast do to immigration

• Immigrants from around the world come to the Northeast looking for a better life

• Many people show pride in their culture by having festivals

Vocabulary Card Match Social Studies

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|Harbor | |

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| |A safe place along the coast where boats can be docked. |

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|Bay |A part of an ocean or lake that cuts deeply into the land. |

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|Glacier |A huge sheet of ice that slowly moves across the land. |

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|Fall line | |

|[pic] |Where the hard rock of a plateau meet the coastal plain. |

| |Where waterfalls form. |

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|Broadleaf |Having broad leaves. Trees whose leaves change color in the |

|[pic] [pic] |fall |

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|Needleleaf |Having needle-like leaves. Leaves do not change color in the |

|[pic] |fall. |

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|Tourist |People who travel to visit other places |

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|fuel |Something used to produce energy |

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|service |Jobs that help others |

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|industry |All of the businesses that one kind of product or one kind of |

| |service |

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|diverse |Having variety, differences |

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|Suburban |Communities near cities |

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|Urban areas | |

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| |City areas |

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|Megalopolis |A single huge metropolitan area |

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|culture |A people’s history, language, religion, and customs or ways of|

| |doing things |

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