Answer Key to "Pinelands People and the Environment" quiz

1. iron industry. water, sandy soil, cedar swamps

2. cedar

3. Elizabeth White. Pinelands residents foraged for and found native blueberry plants that grew large, good flavored berries. The best of these plants were used for breeding of commercial varieties of blueberries. The varieties of blueberries that resulted from this process are named for the residents who located the original plants growing in the Pinelands forests.

4. James Still. He earned his reputation as "doctor of the Pines" through his extensive knowledge of the medicinal qualities of many wild plants. The activities he relied upon for sustaining his skill as a healer was gathering wild plants, and the natural resource he used were the plants growing wild in the Pinelands fields and forests.

5. Development of the railroad; an abundant water supply; immigration of people from Italy, Germany and other areas who sought farming as an occupation; the development of Hammonton, Vineland, and Egg Harbor as agricultural communities. Crops that are successfully grown in the Pinelands today include cranberries, blueberries, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, peaches, apples, strawberries and grapes.

6. silica, water, wood, lime (from shellfish shells). Ted Ramp and the Clevenger brothers became well know glass artists in the Pinelands.

7. fishing, hunting, trapping, salt hay farming, boat building, salt mining, and manufacture