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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

Population: 281,421,906 Capital: Washington, D.C. Bird: American Eagle

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?

Let ’ s start with a map of the entire U.S.A.

United States Regions

Northeast Region

Midwest Region

Southeast Region

Southwest Region When we test regions, Oklahoma and Texas will be on your southern states quiz and New Mexico and Arizona will be on your western states quiz.

West Region

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