1. The United States is a system that can be broken into 5 major parts or regions.

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

3. United States Regions

4. Northeast Region

6. Northeastern States Connecticut http://www.state.ct.us/http://www.state.ct.us/ Delaware http://www.delaware.govhttp://www.delaware.gov Maine http://janus.state.me.ushttp://janus.state.me.us Maryland http://www.state.md.us/http://www.state.md.us/ Massachusetts http://www.state.ma.us/http://www.state.ma.us/ New Hampshire http://www.state.nh.ushttp://www.state.nh.us New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/http://www.state.nj.us/ New York http://www.state.ny.us/http://www.state.ny.us/ Pennsylvania http://www.state.pa.us/http://www.state.pa.us/ Rhode Island http://www.state.ri.us/http://www.state.ri.us/ Vermont http://www.state.vt.ushttp://www.state.vt.us

7. Midwest Region

9. Midwestern Region States Illinois http://www.state.il.us/http://www.state.il.us/ Indiana http://www.state.in.us/http://www.state.in.us/ Iowa http://www.state.ia.us/http://www.state.ia.us/ Kansas http://www.accesskansas/http://www.accesskansas/ Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/http://www.michigan.gov/ Minnesota http://www.state.mn.us/http://www.state.mn.us/ Missouri http://www.state.mo.us/http://www.state.mo.us/ Nebraska http://www.state.ne.us/http://www.state.ne.us/ North Dakota http://discovernd.com/http://discovernd.com/ Ohio http://www.state.oh.us/http://www.state.oh.us/ South Dakota http://www.state.sd.us/http://www.state.sd.us/ Wisconsin http://www.wisconsin.gov/http://www.wisconsin.gov/

10. Southeast Region

12. Southeast Region States Alabama http://www.state.al.us/http://www.state.al.us/ Arkansas http://www.state.ar.us/http://www.state.ar.us/ Florida http://www.state.fl.us/http://www.state.fl.us/ Georgia http://www.state.ga.us/http://www.state.ga.us/ Kentucky http://www.state.ky.us/http://www.state.ky.us/ Louisiana http://www.state.la.us/http://www.state.la.us/ Mississippi http://www.state.mi.us/http://www.state.mi.us/ North Carolina http://www.state.nc.us/http://www.state.nc.us/ South Carolina http://www.state.sc.us/http://www.state.sc.us/ Tennessee http://www.state.tn.us/http://www.state.tn.us/ Virginia http://www.state.va.us/http://www.state.va.us/ West Virginia http://www.state.wv.us/http://www.state.wv.us/

13. Southwest Region

14. Southwest Region States New Mexico http://www.state.nm.us/http://www.state.nm.us/ Arizona http://www.state.az.us/http://www.state.az.us/ Texas http://www.state.tx.us/http://www.state.tx.us/ Oklahoma http://www.state.ok.us/http://www.state.ok.us/

15. West Region

16. Western Region States Alaska http://www.state.ak.us/http://www.state.ak.us/ California http://www.state.ca.us/http://www.state.ca.us/ Colorado http://www.colorado.gov/http://www.colorado.gov/ Hawaii http://www.state.hi.us/http://www.state.hi.us/ Idaho http://www.acessidaho.gov/http://www.acessidaho.gov/ Montana http://www.state.mt.us/http://www.state.mt.us/ Nevada http://silver.state.nv.us/http://silver.state.nv.us/ Utah http://www.utah.gov/http://www.utah.gov/ Washington http://access.state.wa.us/http://access.state.wa.us/ Wyoming http://www.state.wy.us/ http://www.state.wy.us/

17. The 5 Regions Divided Further

18. Review: 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

20. Additional resources REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.nashua.edu/novakc/regions/region.htm http://www.nashua.edu/novakc/regions/region.htm BLANK OUTLINE MAPS OF THE 50 STATES http://www.50states.com/maps/ STATES AND CAPTITALS FLASH CARDS http://www.50states.com/flash/ http://www.50states.com/flash/ GAMES TO LEARN THE STATES AND CAPITALS http://www.quia.com/jg/4.html 50 STATE QUARTERS http://www.usmint.gov/kids/coinNews/50sq/