The USA:

Regions

Done by Olena Biletska

 US REGIONS: THE NORTHEAST
• The Northeast, also known as New England, is very historical. There are many old
buildings and universities there, like Harvard, Yale or Princeton (Ivy League).

• In 1620, the Pilgrims, Puritan Separatists from England, established Plymouth Colony, the
second successful English settlement in America, following the Jamestown Settlement in
Virginia founded in 1607. Ten years later, more Puritans established Massachusetts Bay
Colony north of Plymouth Colony.
 US REGIONS: THE
NORTHWEST
• The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic
region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to
the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east.

• Though no official boundary exists, the

most common conception includes the
U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and
Idaho. Some broader conceptions reach
north into Alaska and Yukon, south into
northern California, and east into
western Montana.
 US REGIONS: THE
NORTHWEST
• The Pacific Northwest is very green with lots of
forests, lakes, rivers, and mountains.

• The Pacific Northwest has been occupied by a

diverse array of indigenous peoples for millennia.

• The region's largest metropolitan areas are Greater

Seattle, Washington, with 4 million people; Metro
Vancouver, British Columbia, with 2.64 million
people; and Greater Portland, Oregon, with 2.5
million people.
 US REGIONS: THE
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST
• When people say “The South”, they really mean the southeast. There are a lot of
farms there and they get a lot of hurricanes.
• The people are often more conservative and religious than on the coasts.

• The South is home to some of the

most racially diverse areas in the
United States, including strong
European (especially English,
Scots-Irish, Scottish, Irish, French,
and Spanish), African, and Native
American components.
 US REGIONS: THE SOUTH
• A melting pot of cultures and
people known for having developed
its own distinct culture, with
different customs, fashion,
architecture, musical styles, and
cuisines, distinguishing it in many
ways from other areas of the
United States.
 US REGIONS: THE SOUTH
• Enslavement, primarily of Africans and African
Americans, was prevalent in the USA from its founding
in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South.

• The rapid expansion of the cotton industry in the Deep

South after the invention of the cotton gin greatly
increased demand for slave labor, and the Southern
states continued as slave societies.
• By 1850, the newly rich, cotton-growing South was
threatening to secede from the Union, and tensions
continued to rise.

• During 1860 and 1861, eleven Southern states seceded Gordon, a slave from
Louisiana, 1863. The scars
from the Union, forming the Confederate States of are a result of a whipping by
his overseer.
America.
 US REGIONS: THE SOUTHWEST
• The Southwest has deserts, mountains, and beaches. There are often earthquakes
and fires there.

• Much of the area had been a part of New Spain and Mexico until the United States
acquired the area through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and the smaller
Gadsden Purchase in 1854.
 US REGIONS: THE SOUTHWEST
• The Colorado Plateau is bordered to the south
by the Mogollon Rim and the Sonoran Desert,
to the west by the Mojave Desert, and to the
east by the Rocky Mountains, the Rio Grande
Rift valley, and the Llano Estacado.

• The Plateau is characterized by a series of

plateaus and ⃰mesas interspersed with canyons.
The most dramatic example is the Grand
Canyon

⃰Mesa /ˈmeɪsə/: an isolated flat-topped hill with

steep sides, as found in arid and semi-arid areas of
the US; столова гора

Sand Dunes in Death Valley, Mojave Desert

 US REGIONS: MIDWEST
• The Midwestern is one of four census regions of the United States ⃰⃰Census Bureau.

• In the early 1800s easterners moved there in search of better farmland, and soon
Europeans (mostly Germans, Swedes and Norwegians)

• The region's fertile soil made it possible for farmers to produce abundant harvests of
cereal crops such as wheat, oats, and corn. The region was soon known as the nation's
"breadbasket."

• Large sections of this area make up the

United States' Corn Belt

⃰The Census Bureau region definition is

"widely used for data collection and analysis"
 US REGIONS: MIDWEST
Chicago is the most populous Chicago and its suburbs, together called

city in the American Midwest Chicagoland, form the largest metropolitan area

and the third most populous with 10 million people, making it the fourth largest

in the United States. metropolitan area in North America, after Greater

Mexico City, the New York Metropolitan Area, and
Greater Los Angeles.
 US REGIONS: MIDWEST

• Most of the Midwest is flat with the Mississippi River as a regional lifeline.
Midwesterners are praised as being open, friendly, and straightforward.

• Economically the region is balanced between heavy industry and agriculture.

• Finance and services such as

medicine and education are
becoming increasingly
important.

• Its central location makes it a

transportation crossroads for
river boats, railroads, autos,
trucks, and airplanes.
US REGIONS: WHAT ARE THEY
LIKE?
 Comprehension Questions
1. This region is also known as New England and is very historical.
Northeast
2. There are a lot of farms there and they get a lot of hurricanes.
Southeast
3. Here belong the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming,
Montana, and Southeast Alaska.
Northwest
4. It has deserts, mountains, and beaches. There are often earthquakes
and fires there.
Southwest
5. It’s flat with the Mississippi River as a regional lifeline.
Midwest
6. It is a transportation crossroads for river boats, railroads, autos,
trucks, and airplanes. Midwest

7. It’s got top-ranking universities and colleges like Harvard, Yale,

Northeast
Princeton, Dartmouth, Wellesley Amherst etc.
 Comprehension Questions
8. The Colorado Plateau, the Sonoran Desert, the Mojave Desert, the
Rocky Mountains, the Rio Grande Rift valley, the Llano Estacado, the
Southwest
Grand Canyon are located here.

9. It grew wealthy by raising and selling cotton and tobacco.

Southeast
10. It is very green with lots of forests, lakes, rivers, and mountains.
Northwest
11. Las Vegas, the most famous gambling venue, is located here.
Southwest
12. Enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, was
prevalent from 1776 until 1865 in this region.
Southeast

13. This region is called the nation’s breadbasket and Chicago is its most
populous city
Midwest
THE USA:
REGIONS

QUESTIONS?