1. Fasten your seatbelts we’re off on a cross country road trip!

2. We’re headed across the U.S.A.

3. The United States of America

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

5. 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?

6. Compass Rose A compass rose helps us give a name to the regions

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

8. United States Regions

9. Northeast Region Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland

10. Midwest Region Ohio Michigan Indiana Wisconsin Illinois Missouri Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas

11. Southeast Region West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana

12. Southwest Region Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona

13. West Region Alaska Hawaii Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah Idaho Washington Oregon Nevada California

14. 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