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Northeast Region
Question | Answer |
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What are the four types of bodies of water in the East? | River, Lake, Ocean, Bay |
What is a flat level land along the coast:? | Coastal Plain |
Big storms that bring strong winds form the Northeast | Nor'easter |
A body of water partly surrounded by land but open to the sea | Bay |
The type of climate in the East | Temperate/Continental |
How does the climate affect the people of the East? | They have warm, humid summers and cold, harsh winters |
What is a point of land that sticks out into the water called? | Cape |
What are the two uses for water of the East for the people? | Power, and shipping |
What are two of the major landforms found in the East? | Mountains and coastal plains |
______________________ is when people are free to decide how to answer the three economic questions of what to make, how to make it and for whom to make it. | Market economy |
Services, knowledge, skills, education and intelligence are all examples of what? | humans resources |
tools, machines, buildings, and oher equipment that a business uses are examples of what? | capital resources |
__________________________ is the money left over after a business pays its expenses. | profit |
What are four major resources in the East that produce a lot of the industry for the region? | forest, syrup, coal, fish/seafood |
What is the tallest building in New York and also a major landmark for the East? | Empire State Building |
What is the major mountain range in the Northeast? | Appalachian Mountains |
What are two types of foods that people in the Northeast like to eat? | lobster and clam chowder |