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The first people to live in the Chesapeake Bay were Indians.
Who were the first people to live in the Chesapeake Bay?
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People harvest oysters.
What do people harvest in the Chesapeake Bay?
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A very popular plant was tobacco.
What plant was very popular in early times? It was sometimes used as money.
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The methods of travel in the Chesapeake Bay are ships, canoes, or boats.
What are methods of travel in the Chesapeake Bay?
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Today the Bay is used for canals, ports, fishing, harvesting, and supply ships.
What is the Bay used for today?
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The two wars were The Revolutionary War and the Civil War.
What two wars were held at the Chesapeake Bay?
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The Indians bathed themselves in the Chesapeake Bay.
How did the Indians bathe themselves?
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The water in the Bay is called brackish water.
What is the water in the Bay called?
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There are 200 species of fish in the Chesapeake Bay.
How many species of fish live in the Chesapeake?
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The Indians made their homes with water and clay.
What did the Indians make their home with?
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The Chesapeake Bay is 64,000 square miles.
How big is the Chesapeake Bay?
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It is the Delmarva Peninsula.
What is the name of the peninsula that borders the Chesapeake Bay?
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The Indians traded in the Chesapeake Bay
Where did the Indians trade?
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The name of the bridge is the Chesapeake Bay bridge.
What is the name of the bridge that crosses the Bay?
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300 different kinds of birds live in the Chesapeake Bay.
How many different kinds of birds live in the Chesapeake Bay today?
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