PINELANDS PEOPLE AND INDUSTRIES QUIZ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directions:
After reviewing and discussing the fact sheets for Pinelands Prehistory and History , the Pinelands National Reserve , Pinelands Industries, and Pinelands People, answer each of the following statements by circling either TRUE or FALSE: |
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True/False 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Lenape Indians were the first people to live in the Pinelands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
True/False 2. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Settlers from Long Island and New England built small fishing villages along the southern New Jersey coast. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
True/False 3. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wood was the most important natural resource for early Pinelands industries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
True/False 4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Today iron-making is an important Pinelands industry. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
True/False 5. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cranberry and blueberry farmers depend on the water supply of the large Cohansey aquifer for their crops. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
True/False 6. | People of New Jersey's Pinelands live in the counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Ocean | |||||||||||||||||||||
True/False 7. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Batsto was a major farming community in the 1800's | ||||||||||||||||||||||
True/False 8. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Recreation--hiking, canoeing, swimming, fishing, camping--is a major Pinelands industry today. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
True/False 9. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In 1878, the New Jersey legislature ruled against exporting (sending) Pinelands water to Philadelphia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
True/False 10. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
People from many different countries have settled in the Pinelands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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