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Geography 2 Flashcards

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Allegheny and monongahela junction

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Ohio river

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Largest bay on Atlantic

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Chesapeake

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Eastward flowing rivers fall

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Fall line

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Promote truck farming area

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Atlantic coast plain

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Growth of early industries at fall line

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Hydroelectric power

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Hard coal found near Scranton

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Anthracite

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Largest inland port

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Pittsburg Pennsylvania

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Type of farming suited to poorer soil

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Dairy farming

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Bay accounting for large share of fish

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Chesapeake

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Planned city between Maryland and Virginia

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Washington, D.C.

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Nyc greatest financial center

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Wall Street

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Commercial industry leading the nation

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Insurance

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Largest city in the u.s.

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Nyc

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City of brotherly love

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Philadelphia

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Leading industrial city

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Boston

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Plateau of rolling hills

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Piedmont plateau

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River that separates the green mountains

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Connecticut river

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Naturally hilly compromised of six states first parts of u.s.

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New England

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Waterfalls connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario produces hydroelectric power

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Niagra falls

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Tree that yields sap

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Maple tree

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Rock used in fine architecture

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Marble

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Used largely for pulp and paper

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Lumber

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Major industry of New England

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Tourism

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Famous crop from Maine’s aroostook

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Potatoes

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Technical products

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Electronic equipment

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Chemical capital of the world

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Wilmington Delaware

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Continuous urban area

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Megalopolis

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City dwellers take with them when they move into suburbs

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Tax revenues

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Organization of world nations

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United nation

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