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The area in which sandy soils milder winters and proximity to markets promote truck farming

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Atlantic coastal plain

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The largest bay on the Atlantic coast actually an estuary which divides Maryland into two sections

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Chesapeake bay

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The nations largest inland port situated at the junction of three rivers

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Pittsburg Pennsylvania

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The planned city located between Maryland and Virginia but not a part of either state which is also the U.S. Capital

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Washington, D.C.

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The largest city in the United States and a national center of trading, manufacturing, communication, education, finance, and culture

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New York City

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The important river formed at Pittsburgh from the junction of allegheny and Monongahela

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Ohio river

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The reason for the growth of early industries at the fall line and in New England

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Hydroelectric power

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The type of farming suited to a poorer soil a short growing season hilly land and nearness to markets

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Dairy farming

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The area of New York City that because of its stock exchanges many banks and commercial offices is the worlds greatest financial center

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Wall Street

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The city of brotherly love the regions second largest city a great port and manufacturing center which boasts a rich historical heritage

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Philadelphia pa

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The boundary at which eastward flowing rivers fall over the edge of the Piedmont onto the Atlantic coastal plain

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Fall line

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Hard coal found near Scranton and Wilkes-barre in Pennsylvania which heats well but is difficult to mine

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Anthracite

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The area which together with the coastal waters off cape cod accounts for a large share of the nations catch of fish and shellfish

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Chesapeake bay

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The commercial industry in which the states of New York and Connecticut leD the nations

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Insurance

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A major port of New England a leading industry city of fishing, printing, and finance and a major center of learning

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Boston Massachusetts

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A plateau of rolling hills crossed by rivers that lies between the Atlantic coastal plain and the Appalachians

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Piedmont plateau

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Waterfalls on the river connecting lake ever and Ontario which produce much power for the area

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Niagara Falls

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Once the responsible for the growth of shipbuilding in the northeast the resource that is now used largely for paper and pulp

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Lumber

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The area in which traditional industries have declined the most but are being replaced by new industries

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New England

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The name for a continuous urban area where one metropolitan area merges with the next

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Megalopolis

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The river that separates the green mountains and the white mountains and in whose valley tobacco is being grown

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Connecticut river

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The tree that grows in the northern part of this region and yields a sap used for sugar syrup and candy

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Maple tree

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A major industry of New England due to the beautiful sights

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Tourism

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Technical products manufacturer in the northeast such as computers

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Electronic equipment

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That which city dwellers take with them when they move

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Tax revenues

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The naturally beautiful hilly comprised of 6 states

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New England

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A hard rock used in architecture

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Marble

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The crop for which maines aroostook valley is famous

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Potatoes

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The chemical capital of the world

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Wilmington Delaware

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An organization of world nations with headquarters in New York

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United Nations