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Fasten your seatbelts we’re off on a cross country road trip!. We’re headed across the U.S.A. The United States of America. The United States is a SYSTEM that can be broken into 5 major parts or regions. What is a REGION?.
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Fasten your seatbelts we’re off on a cross country road trip!
The United States is a SYSTEM that can be broken into 5 major parts or regions.
What is a REGION? • places that have similar characteristics that make them different from surrounding areas • What are some things that might define a region?
Compass Rose • A compass rose helps us give a name to the regions
Let’s start with a map of the entire U.S.A.
NortheastRegion Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland
Midwest Region Ohio Michigan Indiana Wisconsin Illinois Missouri Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas
Southeast Region West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana
Southwest Region Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona
West Region Alaska Hawaii Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah Idaho Washington Oregon Nevada California
The United States is a SYSTEM that can be broken into 5 major parts or regions. • Northeast Region • Midwest Region • Southeast Region • Southwest Region • West Region