New Jersey: Where We Live Presented by Adrienne OKeefe

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New JerseyWhere We Live!Presented by Adrienne
OKeefe
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What Do We Know about New Jersey?
Bordering States Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware
Abbreviation NJ
State Capital Trenton
Bordering Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Nickname Garden State
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Why New Jersey?

• Our state was named by James, Duke of York. He
  wanted to honor Sir George Carteret who was the
  Governor of Jersey, a British island in the
  English Channel.

The Island of Jersey
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Maps!
Largest City Newark Highest Point High Point
(1,803 ft about sea level) Major Rivers
Delaware, Hudson Capital Trenton
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Activity 1 Label the New Jersey Map!
Places to Identify Atlantic CityAtlantic
OceanCamdenDelawareDelaware Bay Delaware
RiverHigh PointJersey CityMarylandNew
Brunswick NewarkNew YorkPatersonPennsylvaniaT
renton
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New Jersey Nature
State Tree Red Oak
State Flower Purple Violet
State Fruit Blueberry
State Shell Knobbed Whelk
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New Jersey Wildlife
State Fish Brook Trout
State Bird Eastern Goldfinch
State Mammal Horse
State insect Honey Bee
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Our State Dinosaur
The Hadrosaurus! Herbivore, or Plant-Eater! Found
in Haddonfield, NJ in 1858! Lived during the
Cretaceous Period, approximately 84 to 71 million
years ago!
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FLAG FACTS!

• Adopted on March 26, 1896

New Jersey was the 3rd state in the USA, founded
in 1787.
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Activity 2 The New Jersey Flag
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What are our Major Industries?
Farming
Petroleum Products
Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
Tourism
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Counties
Atlantic County Bergen County Burlington
County Camden County Cape May County Cumberland
County Essex County Gloucester County Hudson
County Hunterdon County Mercer County Middlesex
County Monmouth County Morris County Ocean
County Passaic County Salem County Somerset
County Sussex County Union County Warren County
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Morris County Where We Live
Our county seat is Morristown. Surrounding towns
include Madison, Morristown, East Hanover,
Parsippany, Florham Park, Morris, Morris Plains,
Randolph, and Rockaway.
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Geography
Cities Philadelphia and New York
The Jersey Shore
Suburbs
Forests Pine Barrens
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Activity 3 New Jersey Experts!

• Jot down your answers to the following questions!
  Test your New Jersey knowledge!

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List the following

• Two of our major industries.
• Three New Jersey counties.
• Two geographical regions in NJ.
• Two forms of NJ Wildlife.

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Name the following

• Our state dinosaur.
• Our state capital.
• The highest point in NJ.
• Our state nickname.
• The largest city in NJ.

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Ultimate Challengeonly for the experts!

• New Jerseys state shell is
• Name three counties in South Jersey
• Our state dinosaur lived during what period?
• Our state was named by
• New Jerseys state fruit is