1. Wilbur Zelinsky Perceptual Region Game

2. Regions: Copy the following
Northeast
New England
Middle Atlantic
Country South (Center South)
Deep South (Coastal South)
North
Midwest
Southwest
West
Northwest
Pacific
Gulf
Use the Perceptual Map in your book!

3. Region A Eat grits, fried chicken, and gumbo
Listen jazz and blues music
Most are Catholic or Baptist
Known to be friendly and live a slow paced family centered life
Area has swamps, hurricanes, and is hot and humid
Language is mainly Cajun

4. Region B Famous for cheesesteaks and hotdogs
Home of American Bandstand
Most are Catholic, Amish, Jewish
Has large cities, known to be dirty and overcast, diverse people
Known to be fast talkers

5. Region C Eat wild rice and beef Listen to country and polka music
Mainly Lutheran, Catholic, and Methodist
Know for hard work and value on education
Has lots of lakes, prairies and is cold
Known for no accent

6. Region D Fish chowder, shell fish, lobster
Mostly Roman Catholic and Congregational
Known for hard work and Puritan values, value privacy and individualism
Cold, harsh winters, coastal cool summers
Use words like pop, ice box and have an accent that uses EH sound for the letter R

7. Region E Maple syrup, baked beans, grinder sandwiches
Protestant and Catholic
Hard workers and conservatives
Rural areas (not many cities) environmentally aware

8. Region F Ham and biscuits, peanuts, crab cakes Bluegrass music
Baptist and Protestant
Known for their manners and hospitality to others, traditional and honorable
Beaches and mountains, four seasons
Has a drawl dialect

9. Region G Sweet tea, beans, pork, chicken Bluegrass and country music
Baptist
Manners, slow paced lifestyle, family emphasis
Untapped resources in this area; mountains
Accents with a drawl and known to be slow talkers

10. Region H Steak, potatoes, corn Jewish and Protestants
Amish and German background
Known to be wholesome people
Dumping ground for East Coast trash, lakes, flat land
No accent

11. Region I Mexican food, BBQ, blue corn, steak
Country music, polka, Tejano
Baptist and Catholic
Family first, frontier and rugged people
Wide open spaces, pride over the land, oil
spanglish

12. Region J Beef, lamb, potatoes Country, rock n roll
Mormon, Catholic, Protestant
Conservative, outdoor people
Untapped resources, water, mountains
No accent

13. Region K Chinese, Mexican Many choose no religion (secular)
Diverse mix of ethnicities
Known to be laid back
Dialect of valley talk (air head sounding)

14. Region L Salmon, wine, coffee
Rock n roll, home of alternative and grunge
Diverse people, environmentally aware, rainy weather
People are coffee-a-holics
no major dialect

15. Region A: GULF Eat grits, fired chicken, and gumbo
Listen jazz and blues music
Most are Catholic or Baptist
Known to be friendly and live a slow paced family centered life
Areas has swamps, hurricanes, and is hot and humid
Language is mainly Cajun

16. Region B: Middle Atlantic
Famous for cheesesteaks and hotdogs
Home of American Bandstand
Most are Catholic, Amish, Jewish
Has large cities, known to be dirty and overcast, diverse people
Known to be fast talkers

17. Region C: North Eat wild rice and beef
Listen to country and polka music
Mainly Lutheran, Catholic, and Methodist
Know for hard work and value on education
Has lots of lakes, prairies and is cold
Known for no accent

18. Region D: New England Fish chowder, shell fish, lobster
Mostly Roman Catholic and Congregational
Known for hard work and Puritan values, value privacy and individualism
Cold, harsh winters, coastal cool summers
Use words like pop, ice box and have an accent that uses EH sound for the letter R

19. Region E: Northeast Maple syrup, baked beans grinder sandwiches
Protestant and Catholic
Hard workers and conservatives
Rural areas (not many cities) environmentally aware

20. Region F: Deep South Ham and biscuits, peanuts, crab cakes
Bluegrass music
Baptist and Protestant
Known for their manners and hospitality to others, traditional and honorable
Beaches and mountains, four seasons
Has a drawl dialect

21. Region G: Country South
Sweet tea, beans, pork, chicken
Bluegrass and country music
Baptist
Manners, slow paced lifestyle, family emphasis
Untapped resources in this area; mountains
Accents with a drawl and known to be slow talkers

22. Region H: Midwest Steak, potatoes, corn Jewish and Protestants
Amish and German background
Known to be wholesome people
Dumping ground for East Coast trash, lakes, flat land
No accent

23. Region I: Southwest Mexican food, BBQ, blue corn, steak
Country music, polka, Tejano
Baptist and Catholic
Family first, frontier and rugged people
Wide open spaces, pride over the land, oil
Spanglish

24. Region J: West Beef, lamb, potatoes Country, rock n roll
Mormon, Catholic, Protestant
Conservative, outdoor people
Untapped resources, water, mountains
No accent

25. Region K: Pacific Chinese, Mexican Many choose no religion (secular)
Diverse mix of ethnicities
Known to be laid back
Dialect of valley talk (air head sounding)

26. Region L: Northwest Salmon, wine, coffee
Rock n roll, home of alternative and grunge
Diverse people, environmentally aware, rainy weather
People are coffee-a-holics
no major dialect