1. By: Yesh Vempati Ria Wadhawan Daniel Yoon Information about the region in various aspects…

2.  Alabama  Arkansas  Florida  Georgia  Kentucky  Louisiana  Mississippi  North Carolina  South Carolina  Tennessee  Virginia  West Virginia http://historiayculturab2010.blogspot.com/2011/02/v- behaviorurldefaultvml-o.html

3. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/c ountrys/namerica/usstates/lgcolor/uscol or.htm Great Smoky Mountains Appalachian Mountains Coastal Plains Blue Ridge Mountains Everglades National Park Mississippi River

4.  Georgia +15.6% -Total Population: 9,727,566  Florida +15.1% -Total Population: 18,900,773  North Carolina +15.6% -Total Population: 9,565,781  Virginia +11.6% -Total Population:8,037,736 http://wapedia.mobi/thumb/d920507/en/fixed/470/302/Map_of_the_So uthern_United_States_modern_definition.png?format=jpg

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County.svg AFRICAN AMERICAN HISPANIC/SPANISH FRENCH ITALIAN MEXICAN ENGLISH AMERICAN INDIAN IRISH GERMAN

6.  Alabama: 2.9%  Arkansas: 4.0 %  Florida: 18.7%  Georgia: 9.1%  Kentucky: 2.8%  Louisiana: 3.1 %  Mississippi: 1.9%  North Carolina: 6.8%  South Carolina: 4.4%  Tennessee: 4.1%  Virginia: 10.1%  West Virginia: 1.3% http://www.123rf.com/photo_4332305_crowd-scene--a-large- group-of-many-diverse-symbol-people-isolated-on-white.html

7.  July 28, 1896  2 nd Biggest City in Florida  15+ Miles of Beaches  Vacation Spot  Business Hub http://www.alexshay.com/miami-real-estate.asp

8.  Disney World- Orlando, Florida http://wdw2.wdpromedia.com/media/wdw_nextgen/CoreCatalog/WaltDisneyWorld/en_US/Media/Int ernetMediaType/Attraction/TheMagicCarpetsOfAladdin/CARPETS_1_998.jpg?t=2009-12-11T15:51:20

9.  Great Smoky Mountains- North Carolina http://www.happytellus.com/img/great- smoky-mountains/smoky-vista_636.jpg http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/great-smoky- mountains-national-park-gatlinburg-tn213.jpg

10.  Kennedy Space Center- Florida http://thedestinationcenter.com/images/touri mages/91208100_1248810374.jpg http://trekhound.com/wp- content/uploads/2010/01/Kennedy-Space- Center-Bus.jpg

11. Gatorade was supposed to be only for the University of Florida football team. The name Gatorade came from the college mascot, the “gators”. http://www.discountool.com/cgi-tool/store/html/pages/Gatorade.shtml

12. In Vicksburg, Mississippi the Coca-Cola we know was first bottled for retail in 1894 in a candy store. http://alessandraajraldi.com/2009/09/coca-cola-light-and-coca-cola-zero-whats-the- difference/ http://mediacrushllc.com/2011/coca-cola-social-media/

13. Krispy Kreme donuts are from North Carolina. http://woldcnews.com/DCnews/joemadison/krispy-kreme- vs-prince-william-county/ http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/01/let- no-good-doughnut-go-unpunished-anti-abortion- group-protests-krispy-cremes-freedom-of-choice- doughnut-giveaway

14. KFC is from Corbin, Kentucky. http://www.blackwood.caerphilly.sch.uk/departments/busine ss.htm http://www.infobarrel.com/Printable_Coupons%3A_KFC_Coupon_Savings

15.  Hushpuppies  Fried Catfish  She Crab Soup http://whatscookingamerica.net/Bread/Hushpup pies.htm http://whatscookingamerica.net/Seafood /FriedCatfish.htm http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Chowder/SheCrabSoup.htm

16.  New Orleans- Jazz  Wasn’t “invented”  Many Contributions  Many Variations from Many Places  Home of Jazz http://historiayculturab2010.blogspot.com/2011/02/v- behaviorurldefaultvml-o.html

17.  Displaced Thousands of People  Over 2/3 of New Orleans Population, now, less than 60%  29% Smaller  44% Less Kids  New Orleans Has a Long Way to go http://evanstextbook.wikispaces.com/Hurricane+Katrina

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