1.  New Jersey Geography Study Guide

2. When we don’t have enough rain, farmers _________ their fields. plowfloodimportirrigate

3. When we don’t have enough rain, farmers _________ their fields. irrigate

4. Land that extends out and is almost surrounded by water is a  bay  peninsula  island  sound

5. Land that extends out and is almost surrounded by water is a  peninsula

6. Our rivers and oceans are used to _______ many things from around the world. soundirrigateimportflood

7. Our rivers and oceans are used to _______ many things from around the world. import

8. Someone who studies plants is called a _____________?

10. Water is STORED in a  bay  irrigate  reservoir  sound

11. Water is STORED in a  reservoir

12. A _________ is part of the ocean that reaches into the coastline.

13. A __bay____ is part of the ocean that reaches into the coastline.

14. What is a long stretch of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water?

16. New Jersey’s only straight line boundary is with…

17. New York STATE

18. New Jersey’s only straight line boundary is with… New York STATE Boundaries that are straight lines are…

19. New Jersey’s only straight line boundary is with… New York STATE Boundaries that are straight lines are… Political Boundaries

20. How many faces does New Jersey have?

21. 6

22. What’s the LONGEST face of NJ?

23. Jersey Shore

24. The highest spot in NJ is…

25. High Point

26. The longest and largest lake in NJ is…

27. Lake Hopatcong

28. The Great Pathway stretches between  New York City and Pittsburgh  New York City and Philadelphia  Boston and Washington DC  Long Island and Pittsburgh

29. The Great Pathway stretches between  New York City and Philadelphia

30. Where is the Garden Spot?  Raritan River  Delaware River

31. Where is the Garden Spot?  Delaware River

32. People once thought the _______ was poisonous!

33. People once thought the tomato was poisonous!

34. What are NJ’s 2 most important rivers? (because ships can use them) Raritan Delaware PassaicRockaway Hudson

35. What are NJ’s 2 most important rivers? (because ships can use them) Delaware Hudson

36. NJ’s 2 best known INLAND rivers are… RaritanDelaware PassaicRockaway Hudson

37. NJ’s 2 best known INLAND rivers are… Raritan Passaic

38. Those rivers were named by the…

39. Lenape

40. Colonists called the rivers  rivers  thoroughfares  highways  freeways

41. Colonists called the rivers  thoroughfares

42. The northern most face of NJ is

43. The Mountain Land

44. RVS is in

45. The High Country

46. What covers 1/5 of our state?

47. The Pine Barrens

48. Casinos extended the season of this face

49. The Jersey Shore

50. This face is in the southwest part of the state

51. The Garden Spot