Social Studies
The Northeast
Unit 3 Study Guide
In the Northeast, many large cities grew around harbors and bays.
All states in this region share precipitation.
Glaciers created holes that filled with water and became large lakes.
Timber in Maine is used in the paper industry.
Over three million people in the Northeast work in the retail service
industry.
Suburban areas developed because people wanted to have more space.
Tapping maple syrup trees was part of the Iroquois culture.
Immigrants who came into the United States had to enter through Ellis
Island.
A replica of America’s first submarine is located at the U.S. Navy
Submarine Force Museum in Connecticut.
Tourists are visitors who travel to explore other places.
A large moving sheet of ice is a glacier.
Fall lines are present where land falls in a sharp plunge to lower land.
An area where the ocean is partly surrounded by land is called a bay.
Fuel is a resource used to make energy.
Service jobs are the jobs that people do to help others.
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Very large cities that overlap each other form a megalopolis.
Industry means all the businesses that make the same kind of product.
A community near a large city is called a suburban area.
The urban center is in a city.
A person’s history, language, religion, and customers are part of their
culture.
Northeast States and Capitals
Hartford
Connecticut
Dover
Delaware
Augusta
Maine
Annapolis
Maryland
Boston
Massachusetts
Concord
New Hampshire
Trenton
New Jersey
Albany
New York
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Providence
Rhode Island
Montpelier
Vermont
Answer Key: Unit 3
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. D
9. B
1. Tourists
2. Glacier
3. Fall lines
4. Bay
5. Fuel
6. Service
7. Megalopolis
8. Industry
9. Surburban
10.
Urban
11.
Culture