Geography 2 Flashcards
Allegheny and monongahela junction
Ohio river
Largest bay on Atlantic
Chesapeake
Eastward flowing rivers fall
Fall line
Promote truck farming area
Atlantic coast plain
Growth of early industries at fall line
Hydroelectric power
Hard coal found near Scranton
Anthracite
Largest inland port
Pittsburg Pennsylvania
Type of farming suited to poorer soil
Dairy farming
Bay accounting for large share of fish
Chesapeake
Planned city between Maryland and Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Nyc greatest financial center
Wall Street
Commercial industry leading the nation
Insurance
Largest city in the u.s.
Nyc
City of brotherly love
Philadelphia
Leading industrial city
Boston
Plateau of rolling hills
Piedmont plateau
River that separates the green mountains
Connecticut river
Naturally hilly compromised of six states first parts of u.s.
New England
Waterfalls connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario produces hydroelectric power
Niagra falls
Tree that yields sap
Maple tree
Rock used in fine architecture
Marble
Used largely for pulp and paper
Lumber
Major industry of New England
Tourism
Famous crop from Maine’s aroostook
Potatoes
Technical products
Electronic equipment
Chemical capital of the world
Wilmington Delaware
Continuous urban area
Megalopolis
City dwellers take with them when they move into suburbs
Tax revenues
Organization of world nations
United nation
