Jeopardy Land and Water Climate Products & Natural Resources Landmarks Culture Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question for Land and Water What is the most important waterway in the Northeast Region?

$100 Answer for Land and Water The Erie Canal

$200 Question from Land and Water Name the two Great Lakes in the Northeast Region

$200 Answer from Land and Water Lake Erie and Lake Ontario

$300 Question from Land and Water Why is the Erie Canal an Important waterway?

$300 Answer from Land and Water It can transport goods faster and cheaper.

$400 Question from Land and Water How does the land in the lower part of the Northeast Region differ from the upper part of the region?

$400 Answer from Comparing Numbers The lower part of the region has rich soil, but the upper part has rocky soil.

$500 Question from Land and Water Rocks and sand left behind by glaciers formed…

$500 Answer from Land and Water Islands and Capes

$100 Question from Climate Describe winters in the Northeast

$100 Answer from Climate Long and cold with severe storms

$200 Question from Climate What is a Northeaster?

$200 Answer from Climate A one of a kind snowstorm that can bring more than a foot of snow at one time.

$300 Question from Climate During the Winter months, what happens to Lake Erie?

$300 Answer from Climate It can freeze over if it is cold enough

$400 Question from Climate The Northeast region is located halfway between…

$400 Answer from Climate The North Pole and the equator

$500 Question from Climate How does climate affect people, animals, and plants?

$500 Answer from Climate It changes the animals food supply, people have to cope with long winters, and trees lose their leaves.

$100 Question from Products and Natural Resources Vermont is known for…

$100 Answer from Products and Natural Resources Granite quarries & maple syrup

$200 Question from Products and Natural Resources Name three resources in the Northeast region

$200 Answer from Products and Natural Resources Marble, coal, and granite

$300 Question from Products and Natural Resources Name an important industry in the Northeast Region

$300 Answer from Products and Natural Resources Logging Industry

$400 Question from Products and Natural Resources Why is logging an important industry in the Northeast region?

$400 Answer from Products and Natural Resources Trees make fuel, houses, furniture and paper

$500 Question from Products and Natural Resources Name some products manufactured in the Northeast region

$500 Answer from Products and Natural Resources Iron, glass, steel, shampoo, paints and medicine

$100 Question from Landmarks This is our nation’s capital

$100 Answer from Landmarks Washington D.C.

$200 Question from Landmarks Name three government building in the Northeast

$200 Answer from Landmarks The White House, The Capitol, and the Supreme Court

$300 Question from Landmarks Name the landmarks in Philadelphia

$300 Answer from Landmarks Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross’s house, and Ben Franklin’s Post Office

$400 Question from Landmarks Name two reasons to visit New York

$400 Answer from Landmarks To see the Statue of Liberty, the sky scrappers, Ellis Island, or the Empire State building.

$500 Question from Landmarks The tourists who come to see brightly colored leaves in the Northeast region are called…

$500 Answer from Landmarks “Leaf peepers”

$100 Question from Culture Northeasterners eat more of this than any other region

$100 Answer from Culture Ice cream

$200 Question from Culture Name the three foods invented in the Northeast Region

$200 Answer from Culture Buffalo wings, potato chips, and baked beans

$300 Question from Culture Blueberry pie gets it’s main ingredients from what state?

$300 Answer from Culture Maine

$400 Question from Culture This region as well as America is known as the Melting Pot. Why is this?

$400 Answer from Culture Over 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island an d stayed in the Northeast

$500 Question from Culture The Northeast occupies ____% of the population and ____% of the land area

$500 Answer from Culture 17 % of the population and 2% of the land area

Final Jeopardy Name all of the states and capitals in the Northeast Region

Final Jeopardy Answer MaineAugusta Vermont Montpelier New Hampshire Concord Massachusetts Boston Connecticut Hartford Rhode IslandProvidence New York Albany Pennsylvania Harrisburg New Jersey Trenton DelawareDover Maryland Annapolis