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E F G H I

 

a. Andrew Carnegie

c. John Rockefeller

b. George Westinghouse

d. Charles Duryea

This Pennsylvanian successfully applied the gasoline engine to a four-wheeled vehicle in 1893, who is he?

Charles Duryea

a. Float c. erupt

b. Melt d. sink

A dormant volcano is not likely to

erupt

a. Pittsburgh c. York

b. Erie d. Scranton

The glass industry was launched in this area because of its abundance of sand and cheap fuels, necessary to make glass?

Pittsburgh

This man was responsible for the growth of the steel industry in Pennsylvania.

a. Henry J. Heinzb. Andrew Carnegiec. Charles Halld. John Wanamaker

Andrew Carnegie

There are 5 separate landform regions in Pennsylvania. The region along the Delaware River, near Philadelphia that only rises to a high elevation of 26 feet above sea level is called...

a. Atlantic Coastal Plainc. Ridge and Valleyb. The Piedmontd. The Lake Erie Plain

Atlantic Coastal Plain

This Pennsylvania area was the site of one of the bloodiest battles in the American Civil War.

a. Valley Forgeb. Yorkc. Gettysburgd. Wyoming

Gettysburg

This man is responsible for setting up the National Forest system and was a Governor of Pennsylvania for two terms

a. John Wanamakerb. Frank W. Woolworthc. Gifford Pinchotd. Theodore Roosevelt

Gifford Pinchot

The Sahara is the largest _________ in Africa.

a. savannab. riverc. desertd. chaparral

desert

The capital of the state of Pennsylvania is...

a. Harrisburg b. Philadelphiac. Pittsburghd. Nanticoke

Harrisburg

What country was persuaded by Ben Franklin to help the colonists by sending money and soldiers in fighting the British?

a. Franceb. Mexicoc. Germanyd. Sweden

France

The place where county government is headquartered is referred to as a...

a. County Fair b. County Governmentc. County Capitald. County Seat

County Seat

The stone surfaced road, built around 1800, in Pennsylvania, charged travelers a sum of money that they paid at a pike, or a gate within the road. This is a...a. Taxb. tollc. Tokend. surcharge

toll

This is the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services...

a. Manufacturingb. Capitalismc. Industryd. Economics

Economics

William Penn obtained Pennsylvania through a land grant from the king in 1681 because the king borrowed a large sum of money from which member of the Penn family?

a. Penn's brotherb. Penn's unclec. Penn's fatherd. Penn himself

Penn’s father

Wagons were able to cross rivers in the 1800's by floating the wagon on a large raft called a

a. Prairie Schoonerb. Railroadsc. Canalsd. Ferryboats

Ferryboats

Which was one of the major weaknesses that the colonial government had under the Articles of Confederation? a. Rapid taxationb. No central governmentc. Power to go to ward. Regulation of trade

No central government

President Abraham Lincoln's speech in Pennsylvania given to dedicate a

cemetery is called the...

a. Slavery Reviewb. Declaration of Independence

c. Gettysburg Addressd. Allentown Anthem

Gettysburg Address

The world's first oil well was drilled in 1859 in Titusville, Pennsylvania. This area is called

a. Gettysburgb. Petroleum Parkc. Oil Slickd. Oil Creek

Oil Creek

This city in Pennsylvania suffered a tragic flood in 1889 that saw the first disaster relief

centers set up in the U.S. 

Johnstown

List FOUR of the six states that border Pennsylvania

New YorkNew JerseyDelawareMaryland

West VirginiaOhio

List the TWO types of coal mined in Pennsylvania

Anthracite (hard coal) and

Bituminous (soft coal)

What is Apartheid?

Policy of strict racial segregation

What is the Pacific “Ring of Fire”

Ring of volcanoes/volcanic

mountains surrounding the Pacific Ocean

What is the worlds biggest country?

Russia

How were the formations of the Himalaya Mountains different

from the formation of the islands of Japan?

Himalaya Mountains – colliding plates

Japan Islands – volcanic activity