1. What changes, or modifications, did people make to the environment as result of building the railroad? Use the song to help you explain what people did.

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2. Complete "The Race Between the Canal and Railroad" map by:
   • tracing the route of the canal in blue
   • tracing the route of the railroad in brown
   • identifying and color the three regions of Maryland
   • adding a legend that explains the regions.

   
   

   

   
   

3. Explain who won the race.

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4. Why was Ellicott's Mills a good location for a station?

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5. Identify five natural resources, which were shipped into the Port of Baltimore and identify the continents from which they came.

   Natural resource	Continent
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6. Identify the natural resource in this picture and explain if it is being imported or exported.

   

   1. Natural Resource ____________________

      Imported or Exported _________________

   2. Explain your answer:

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   3. Many people doing many different jobs are required to produce this natural resource. Name five different workers and describe their jobs.

      Worker	Job
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7. Visit the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Preservation Society's web site. Find the route and stops of the Ma and Pa Railroad whose names have physical features, human-made features or natural resources in their name and complete the chart below.

   Stations/Stops	Physical Features	Human-made Features	Natural Resources

   
   

8. Today CSX Transportation is a family of international transportation companies. CSX Corporation was formed on November 1, 1980. Visit the CSX Corporation Web site to answer the following Questions:
   1. How many people in Maryland are employed by the CSX?

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   2. How much money does CSX spend on its payroll?

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   3. In Maryland, where are the CSX service lane and business unit located?

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   4. In Maryland, where are the hump yard, freight yards and coal and ore piers located?

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   5. Where are railroad cars repaired?

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   6. Where are CSX public warehouses located?

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   7. Where are the distribution centers located?

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   8. What major port in Maryland does CSX serve?

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   9. Your teacher will give you a map of Maryland. Complete the legend by adding the commodities for the CSXT map and add three other elements to the map.

9. Sea-Land Service, Inc. is a worldwide leader in container-shipping. Visit the Sea-Land Service web site to answer the following questions and find out what is in the containers and where does it go.
   1. How many containers does Sea-Land Service, Inc. own?

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   2. How many ports does it service?

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   3. How many countries and territories have Sea-Land terminals?

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   4. Where does Sea-Land own the most technologically advanced terminal in the world?

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   5. Where is the world's largest cargo distribution center and container freight station located ?

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   6. Where in the U.S. are Sea-Land's largest and best designed facilities located?

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   7. What is in some of the containers?

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   8. How is Sea-Land Service, Inc. an example of interdependence?

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10. Explain how "Mountain Thunder" got its name.

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11. View from a Train Window

    Now it is your turn to draw a picture of a site which you might see from a train window. Your picture must include two physical and two human characteristics of the place that you might see.

    Write two facts which will explain how the people of this region depend on its physical characteristics and two facts which will explain how the people modified the environment. Share your picture with your teacher who can e-mail it to the Pride education office.

    Even though Pride of Baltimore II can only visit ports located in the Coastal Plain, the staff is very interested in communicating with fourth graders throughout the state. Be sure to let the Pride staff hear from your school.

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