1. United States Geography
 The eastern coast has more plains while the western coast is more mountainous.
The Grand Canyon is one of the famous tourism attractions of the west.

2. 50 States
There are 50 states in total which is also featured as the stars in their
national flag, including Alaska and Hawaii.

3. Population: 314,712,000
It is the 3rd most populous country in the world as of Oct 1, 2012

4. Capital: Washington, DC
Is the place of the white house, where the president lives with his family.
Was known previously as the District of Columbia.

5. Bird: Bald Eagle

6. The United States is broken into
5 major parts or regions.
What is a REGION?
Places that have similar characteristics
that make them different from surrounding
areas.

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

8. Let’s start
with a map
of the entire
United States of America…

10. The United States is broken into 5
regions
Northeast Region
Midwest Region
Southeast Region
Southwest Region
West Region

11. 5 Regions

12. Northeast Region
9 states - The New England states of Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
and the Mid-Atlantic states of New Jersey, New York and
Pennsylvania.

13. Midwest Region
Theodore Roosevelt
National Park is located in
the Badlands of North
Dakota.
Mount Rushmore is famous
for the carved president
heads is located in South
Dakota.
Also called the breadbasket
of America, because of the
plain grasslands
12 states in the north-central and north-eastern United States: Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

14. Southeast Region
States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

15. Southwest Region
States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah.

16. West Region
States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington,
and Wyoming.

17. Time Zone of USA

18. Major Bodies of Water in the United
States

19. Oceans
Atlantic
Pacific
Atlantic
 Served as the highway for explorers, early settlers, and
immigrants.
 Located east of the United States.
Pacific
 An early exploration route.
 Located west of the United States.

20. Rivers
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Columbia
Colorado
Rio
Grande

21. Mississippi River
 Transportation artery for farm and industrial products.
 Links to ports and other parts of the world.
 Flows through the Interior Lowlands into the Gulf of Mexico.
 Part of the longest and most important river system.

22. Missouri River
 Transportation artery for farm and industrial products.
 Links to ports and other parts of the world.
 Flows through the Great Plains, the Interior Lowlands into
the Mississippi River.
 Part of the longest and most important river system.

23. Ohio
River
 Was the Gateway to the west.
 Flows into the Mississippi River.

24. The Columbia River was
explored by Lewis and Clark.

25. The Colorado River was explored by
the Spanish.

26. The Rio Grande River forms
the border with Mexico.

27. Lakes
Grand Canyon
Huron
Ontario
Michigan
Erie
Superior
There are five Great Lakes.
Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along the Great Lakes.
Form part of the border between the United States and
Canada.

28. Gulf
Gulf of
Mexico
Provided the French and Spanish with exploration
routes to Mexico and other parts of America.

29. Top 5
Waterfalls
Niagara Falls
Yosemite Falls
Lower Falls
Bridal Veil
Falls
Vernal Fall
and Nevada
Falls

30. The Atlantic
ocean
served as
the
highway for
explorers,
early
settlers,
and later
immigrants.

31. The Pacific
Ocean was
an early
exploration
route.

32. Thank You
Presented
By
Ponnovium
Anne
Sufia
Pandiarajan
IM&ES Team