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Regions • It is home to “Motor City” • Midwest

Regions • It is one of the fastest growing regions of the United States. • South

Regions • Congress created several national parks in this region to help preserve the wilderness • West

Regions • Rich fertile soil made this a good farming region in the past. Today the economy is based more on industry. • South

Regions • Most immigrants entering the U. S. from the 1890 s to the 1940 s arrived at Ellis Island in this region of the country. • Northeast

Regions • Its biggest city is Chicago. • Midwest

Regions • It has a long chain of coastal cities that make up a megalopolis. • West

Regions • It is the most densely populated region of the United States • Northeast

Regions • Engineers built dams and hydroelectric plants in this region to provide water and power to its cities • West

Regions • It is often called the “Heartland” • Midwest because it is the nation’s agricultural center.

Regions • The forty-niners were looking for gold in this region • West

Regions • It is nicknamed the “Sunbelt” – its • South warm climate attracts people to the region.

Physical Features • a fertile, hilly area between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains • Piedmont

Physical Features • State that is • Alaska located on the North American continent but is not part of the contiguous U. S.

Physical Features • Deep valleys with steep sides that have worn through rock • canyon

Physical Features • A high ridge of the Rocky Mountains that determines the direction that rivers flow in North America • Continental Divide

Physical Features • Oldest mountains in • Appalachian North America Mountains that run from eastern Canada to Alabama

Physical Features • The river that flows 2, 300 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico • Mississippi River

Physical Features • Area of the United States that has a tropical climate • Southern Florida

Physical Features • A major source of hydroelectric power for both Canada and the United States • Niagara Falls

Physical Features • The vast prairie • Great Plains located west of the Mississippi River

Physical Features • An almost continuous line of settlement of the Atlantic coastal cities and their suburbs • megalopolis

Physical Features • A group of mountain ranges that run side by side • cordillera

Physical Features • The mountain range • Rocky Mountains that begins in Alaska and runs south to New Mexico

Cities • Center for goods and people going to and from Central and South America • Miami, Florida

Cities • The largest city in the Midwest • Chicago, Illinois

Cities • Cheap electricity attracted many manufacturing industries to this city • Portland, Oregon

Cities • “Motor City USA” • Detroit, Michigan

Cities • Birthplace of Jazz • New Orleans, Louisiana

Cities • Located in the Silicon Valleyhome to the computer industry • San Jose, California

Cities • Home to 20 colleges and universities and many historical sites • Boston, Massachusetts

Cities • Home to the • Washington D. C. nation’s leaders and diplomats

Cities • Hosted the 1996 Olympics – home to Coca Cola • Atlanta, Georgia

Cities • The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed in this city • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cities • Located on the Mississippi River and is considered the “Gateway to the West” • St. Louis, Missouri

Cities • Home to the United Nations • New York City