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Chapter 4: Exploring the Northeast

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Test Date: _____________________________
Part One: Multiple Choice
1.) A photograph is an example of a primary or secondary source? (p. 132-133)
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2.) What Northeast city had the largest immigration center in the United States
during the 1900s? (p. 129-130) ___________________________________
3.) What is the main reason that immigrants came to the Northeast? (p. 129)
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4.) What person opened the worlds first electric power plant during the
Industrial Revolution? (p. 128) ____________________________________
5.) What year did England start eight colonies in the Northeast? (p. 119)
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6.) What group formed the first confederation in North America? (p. 117)
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7.) Name a product that comes from the Northeast quarries. (p. 113)
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8.) What is a huge, slow-moving mass of ice called? (p. 111) _______________
9.) What are some physical features found in the Northeast? (p. 111)
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10.)

Who was the author of America the Beautiful? (p. 115)

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11.)

Who was an English explorer of the Northeast coast? (p. 118)

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12.)

Who came up with the plan for peace for the Iroquois? (p. 117)
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13.)
Who was the leader of the American army during the American
Revolution? (p. 121)
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Part Two: Timeline
Make sure you read a timeline. See p. 122-123 for review.
Part Three: Short Answer
1.) During the 1800s and early 1900s, what caused Northeastern cities to grow
crowded? (pp. 129) _____________________________________________
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2.) What were three changes that occurred during the Industrial Revolution? (p.
128) _________________________________________________________
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3.) What were one cause and one effect of the American Revolution? (p. 121)
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4.) How might a harbor and a port be related? (p. 111, 119)
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5.) In 1500, why did only Native Americans live in the Northeast? (p. 117)
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6.) What are two ways that glaciers helped shape the Northeast? (p. 111)
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