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Chapter 9
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The Middle Colonies
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Someone who leaves one country to come and live in another is __________.
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an immigrant
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Which phrase describes the geography of New Jersey and Delaware?
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"flat or gently rolling"
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Benjamin Franklin organized our nation's first __________.
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fire department
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The line that divides the Piedmont and the coastal plain is called __________.
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Fall Line
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The elevation of the Adirondack Mountains ranges from ___________.
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800 to 6,000 feet
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A lawmaking body is known as __________.
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an assembly
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The edge of settlement, beyond which was an area thought of as wilderness, was called the __________.
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frontier
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Benjamin Franklin led the effort to have Philadelphia's streets __________.
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paved
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The Quakers refused to serve in the army or navy because they __________.
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did not believe in killing
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The people of the Middle Colonies used the rapids at the Fall Line to their advantage by __________.
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building water-powered sawmills
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The Allegheny Plateau crosses New York and __________.
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Pennsylvania
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Name a mountain range located west of the Hudson River.
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the Catskill Mountains
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Name a city located on the Allegheny Plateau.
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Elmira
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The Middle Colonies of New York and Pennsylvania stretch across __________.
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the Appalachian Mountains
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Which area of New York is at the lowest elevation?
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the Hudson River Valley
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A book filled with facts about many subjects is called __________.
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an almanac
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The trial of John Peter Zenger was important because it established __________
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freedom of the press
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The Adirondack Mountains are in the __________ corner of New York.
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northeastern
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The Pennsylvania Dutch came to the Middle Colonies from which country?
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Germany
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About how many miles is it from Elmira to Rochester?
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75
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To make the city of Philadelphia safer, Benjamin Franklin fought for __________.
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street lights
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Who started the first lending library in the English colonies?
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Benjamin Franklin
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What is one of the primary beliefs of the Quakers?
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All people are equal.
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William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a __________.
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holy experiment
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The belief that people did not need preachers or churches in order to understand God came from the __________.
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Quakers
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What caused the Scots-Irish to move west into the Appalachian Mountains?
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The best farmland had been taken.
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What was the occupation of most of the colonists in the Middle Colonies?
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farmer
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