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20 Cards in this Set
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John Smith. He saw tall thick forests, many capes and bays.
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1. Which explorer named New England? What physical features did he see?
(pages 131-135) |
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They could be free to practice their own religion.
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2. Why did the Pilgrams start their own colony in North America?
(pages 131-135) |
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Raw material is a resource in its natural state, such as a mineral, that can be used to manufacture a product.
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3. What is raw material and what is it used for?
(pages 131-135) |
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Ships can carry more goods and are cheaper to use than airplanes or trucks. The ports allow and encourage international trade by allowing ships to enter with goods.
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4. How are ports important to international trade?
(pages 131-135) |
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New Industry brought new jobs and new immigrants/people.
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5. What caused cities in the Northeast to grow?
(pages 138-143) |
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By creating highways, people were able to go (drive) out into other areas both suburban and rural. It also brought more business into the city but not to reside permanently.
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6. How have cars and highways helped change American cities?
(pages 138-143) |
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With job losses comes unemployment. People who live in cities sometimes cannot leave due to transportation. Also when businesses leave the people go to other areas to find jobs effecting taxes.
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7. What can happen when many businesses move away from a city?
(pages 148-153) |
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Ships were used for fishing, travel, and trade, and were colonists link to Europe.
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8. Why were ships important to colonists?
(pages 131-135) |
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Places have grown from small settlements to heavily populated cities. They are important ports/centers for manufacturing and trade.
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9. How have places along the Northeast region's coast grown and changed over time?
(pages 131-135) |
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As cities have grown larger, businesses spread out to the suburbs. The land around cities has been used for highways, malls, and other business.
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10. How has urban sprawl changed cities?
(pages 138-143) |
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They are large, contain a lot of people, businesses, and industry.
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11. How are cities in the Northeast like cities in other parts of the United States?
(pages 138-143) |
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The immigrants made the cities larger and more crowded.
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12. How did the large number of immigrants in the Northeast change the cities there?
(pages 138-143) |
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Harbors, Capes, Ports
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13. What physical features are found along the New England coast?
(pages 131-135) |
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Plenty of natural resources like water, land, trees. Also deep ports for their ships, and bays for fishing.
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14. What resources did the Pilgrims look for when they chose a place for their colony?
(pages 131-135) |
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Because of the location of those cities, they were able to take goods more places, therefore creating more trade.
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15. Why did many cities in the Northeast become centers of trade?
(pages 131-135) |
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The ports link us through international trade, importing, and exporting goods that cannot be grown or made in that country.
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16. How do ports link the United States with other countries?
(pages 131-135) |
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The Pilgrims lived in rural areas, built their own houses and farmed the land. Immigrants came to a city environment, worked in factories, and lived in crowed tenements.
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17. In what ways were these immigrants' lives different from those of the early Pilgrims?
(pages 138-143) |
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Cities of today are overcrowded, more pollution, crime, and less industry. The cities of the past were crowded but not as much as today.
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18. How are cities today different from cities of the past?
(pages 138-143) |
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Crime and traffic have increased, pollution (including water, and air) has increased, and jobs have decreased.
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19. What are some problems in cities that crowding has made worse?
(pages 148-152) |
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People and businesses have moved out of some cities, so there would be fewer people and businesses to tax.
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20. Why are some cities in the Northeast now getting less money from taxes?
(pages 148-152) |
