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1 How many metres above sea level is the lowest point in Massachusetts?

2 What does the following picture show?  Cape Cod Bay, a leading tourist destination in Massachusetts. Tourism is of growing importance to the state's economy.   USS Constitution fires a salute during its annual Fourth of July turnaround cruise   Massachusetts State House facing Boston Common   Part of the "Big Dig" construction project; this portion is over the Charles River.

3 Members of the ________ movement, they emphasized the importance of the natural world to humanity.

4 What is the largest city of Massachusetts?

5 How long is Massachusetts?

6 Which is the largest metropolitan area in Massachusetts?

7 Massachusetts is the most populous of the six New England states (which include ________ and Massachusetts' border states except New York).

8 There is a growing Brazilian population in the Boston area (especially in ________) and also an abundant population of Brazilians thrive in Cape Cod especially in Barnstable, Falmouth, and Yarmouth.

9 ________, White-tailed Deer, Raccoon, and Wild Turkey are now found in suburbs of major cities and are increasing in population.

10 What does the following picture show?  Bostonian Black Francis was the lead singer of both The Pixies and Frank Black and the Catholics   Massachusetts population density map   Bostonian Black Francis was the lead singer of both The Pixies and Frank Black and the Catholics   TD Garden in Boston is home to the Boston Celtics of the NBA.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Lowell Technological Institute in Massachusetts almost went bankrupt during both World Wars due to the increased demand for soldiers and textiles?
  • the Grandfather's House mentioned in the song "Over the River and Through the Woods" is a real house on the Mystic River in Medford, Massachusetts?
  • the Endicott Pear Tree, located in Danvers, Massachusetts, is thought to be the oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America?
  • the Elisha Williams House is different from other Federal style houses in Hudson, New York, because Williams came to Hudson from Connecticut instead of Massachusetts?
  • the first Pilgrim settlement in Massachusetts was on the site of a former Patuxet Indian village, all of whose residents had died in epidemics before the Pilgrims arrived?
  • the home of Massachusetts abolitionist Roger Hooker Leavitt was a sanctuary for escaped slaves and is now included in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom?
  • when sailors more than 320 kilometers (199 mi) off the coast of Massachusetts felt the 1755 Cape Ann earthquake, they thought their ship had run aground?
  • there are stories of Metacomet, sachem of the Wampanoag Indians, meeting with allies near Bear's Den Falls to plan attacks on Massachusetts towns during King Philip's War?
  • the world's first successful demonstration of laser surgery was held at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Melrose, Massachusetts?
  • the urn atop Charles Bulfinch's grave in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts, U.S. once stood at the center of Franklin Place, Boston?
  • during 2002 and 2003, professional wrestler Justin McIsaac would make three-hour drives from New Hampshire to Massachusetts so he could compete in Yankee Pro Wrestling?
  • Eastern Bank is the largest independent, mutually owned bank in New England, and the largest community bank in Massachusetts?
  • Bridge Island Meadows is an inaccessible nature reserve on the floodplains of the Charles River in Massachusetts?
  • philanthropist Harriet Nevins left an animal shelter, a fountain, and a John LaFarge stained glass window to the people of Massachusetts?
  • Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, was founded by Jonas Gilman Clark in 1887?
  • Pythagoras, Kepler, and Galileo reside in a subway station under Cambridge, Massachusetts?
  • Rachel Wall was the first American-born female pirate, and the last woman to be hanged in Massachusetts?
  • architect H. Neill Wilson designed massive summer cottages in Massachusetts' Berkshire County, including Shadowbrook where Andrew Carnegie died?
  • Wonderland Greyhound Park in Revere, Massachusetts features over Template:Unit mile of underground piping which heats the race track on cold and wet days?
  • Schwartz Communications, the largest PR agency in Massachusetts, started by making campaigns for baby food before specializing on counseling pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies?
  • child actor Johnny Washbrook, though educated at two London art academies, spent his later adult years as a banker in Massachusetts?
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