Chap 4

Question 1

Glacier

Answer 1

A huge, slow-moving mass of ice

Question 2

Blizzard

Answer 2

A snowstorm driven by strong, freezing winds

Question 3

Industrial revolution

Answer 3

A period in which new sources of power or use to replace machines powered by hand, allowing people to make more goods faster

Question 4

Confederation

Answer 4

A loosely United group of governments working together

Question 5

Colonist

Answer 5

A person who lives in a colony

Question 6

Port

Answer 6

Hey trading center where ships are loaded and unloaded

Question 7

Primary source

Answer 7

Is a record made by people who took part in or saw an event. For example it might be a letter a diary an interview a drawing or a photograph

Question 8

Revolution

Answer 8

A major sudden change in government or in peoples lives

Question 9

Quarry

Answer 9

A large open pit cut into the ground, from which stone is mined

Question 10

Canal

Answer 10

A waterway Dug across the land

Question 11

Secondary source

Answer 11

Is a record of an event that was made by people who were not there. And encyclopedia in the secondary source other examples are newspapers magazine articles written by people who were not there. Paintings and drawings by artist that did not see the event

Question 12

Megalopolis

Answer 12

A huge urban region formed when two or more metropolitan areas grow together

Question 13

Harbor

Answer 13

He protected area of water we are ships can dock safely

Question 14

Henry Hudson

Answer 14

English explorer of the northern coast

Hudson river is name for him

Question 15

DEG a N a W I D a

Deganawida

Answer 15

Convince five of the largest Iroquois tried to join confederation it became a peace plan

Question 16

George Washington

Answer 16

Leader of the American army during the American Revolution. He became the first president of United States

Question 17

Katherine Lee Bates

Answer 17

Wrote America the beautiful

Question 18

Thomas Edison

Answer 18

Open the worlds first electric power plant in New York City

He invented the lightbulb

Question 19

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 19

He invented the telephone

Question 20

Under the United States become a new country

Answer 20

1783

Question 21

When did England start a new colonies in the north east

Answer 21

During the 1600s English settlers found a colonies in the north east

Question 22

What did the Erie Canal connect

Answer 22

Erica now connects the New York City’s of Buffalo, on Lake Erie and Troy on the Hudson river.
It was a plan to link the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

Question 23

What important physical feature is in the western part of the north east region

Answer 23

The Appalachian Mountains

Question 24

The first factories were powered by

Answer 24

Water power

Question 25

The main reason immigrants came to America was

Answer 25

To make a better life. Some were poor, some were treated badly in their country or had a difficult life and some left because of their race or religion

Question 26

Where the main causes of the American Revolution

Answer 26

Unfair taxes No voice in government Independence from England They wanted the 13 colonies to form their own country

Question 27

Henry Hudson

Answer 27

English explorer of the northern coast Hudson river is name for him

Question 28

DEG a N a W I D a | Deganawida

Answer 28

Convince five of the largest Iroquois tried to join confederation it became a peace plan

Question 29

George Washington

Answer 29

Leader of the American army during the American Revolution. He became the first president of United States

Question 30

Katherine Lee Bates

Answer 30

Wrote America the beautiful

Question 31

Thomas Edison

Answer 31

Open the worlds first electric power plant in New York City He invented the lightbulb

Question 32

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 32

He invented the telephone

Question 33

Under the United States become a new country

Answer 33

1783

Question 34

When did England start a new colonies in the north east

Answer 34

During the 1600s English settlers found a colonies in the north east

Question 35

What did the Erie Canal connect

Answer 35

Erica now connects the New York City's of Buffalo, on Lake Erie and Troy on the Hudson river. It was a plan to link the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

Question 36

What important physical feature is in the western part of the north east region

Answer 36

The Appalachian Mountains

Question 37

The first factories were powered by

Answer 37

Water power

Question 38

The main reason immigrants came to America was

Answer 38

To make a better life. Some were poor, some were treated badly in their country or had a difficult life and some left because of their race or religion

Question 39

Where the main causes of the American Revolution

Answer 39

Unfair taxes No voice in government Independence from England They wanted the 13 colonies to form their own country