1. Regions of the United States and Canada

2. Regional Division
World regions are sub-divided internally to help study and understand the way they work
Regions are divided up by proximity, climate, economy, agriculture, and cultural concentration.
Types of Region
Formal
Functional
Perceptual

3. Sub-regions of the United States
West
Midwest
Northeast
Southeast
Southwest

4. Sub-regions of Canada Northern Canada Prairies Mountains and the West
Central Canada/ Canadian Shield
East Coast
Northern Canada
Prairies

5. Belt Regions
Often times the regions are referred to as ‘Belt Regions’ since they follow lines of latitude
Belt regions are mostly perceptual and functional

6. Sun Belt
Southern, hot weather states that stretch from coast to coast.
Falls between the 37th and 38th parallels.
Most of economy is based off of agriculture that requires dry land or tourism.

7. Bible Belt
Southeastern and mid-western states where strict religious beliefs are followed
Christianity

8. Grain Belt/ America’s Breadbasket
Produces much of the world's grain and soybeans.
Grain Belt/ America’s Breadbasket
A family of four could live for 10 years off the bread produced by one acre of wheat.
In 1997, Kansas's wheat farmers produced enough wheat to make 36.5 billion loaves of bread.

9. Corn Belt Majority of the nation’s corn produced here. Corn used for
Corn and popcorn
Sweeteners
Ethanol gas
Corn Belt

10. Cotton Belt The Cotton Belt, reaching from Virginia to the midwest.
Cotton crops are also found in California
Texas is the top cotton-producing state, harvesting about one-third of the crop each year

11. Rust Belt
The Rust Belt, also known as the Manufacturing Belt has an economy based largely on heavy industry, manufacturing, and associated industries.

12. Other Belt Regions Tornado Alley- area of high risk for tornadoes
Silicon Valley- industrial region of Southern California, foundation point of many tech companies

13. French Canada The part of Canada that still aligns with France
Originally founded as French colonies
Struggles with their identity
Continuously trying to separate from British Canada

14. Activity Be sure you have all of the regions filled out. Regions Map
Color the different directional regions of the US and Canada and label them. On the back, list three characteristics of each region.
Belt Regions Map
Color the different belt regions of the US and Canada and label them.

15. Regions Map
Color the different directional regions of the US and Canada and label them.
Belt Regions Map
Color the different belt regions of the US and Canada and label them.

16. Regions Map
Color the different directional regions of the US and Canada and label them.

17. Belt Regions Map
Color the different belt regions of the US and Canada and make a key representing each belt.