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美国概况 地理区域 Geographical Regions States Included Key Points 1. New England 新英格兰：美国东北的一个地区，由现在的缅因州、新罕布什尔州、佛蒙特州、马萨诸塞州和康涅狄格州和罗得岛州组成 Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut The birthplace of America; The chief center of the American War of Independence; Many famous universities located here, such as Yale, Harvard, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; New Englanders were originally called Yankees(美国佬). 2. The Middle Atlantic States New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland Washington D.C. is located here. The city of New York is the biggest city of the Sate of New York, whose capital city is Albany. Many famous universities like Columbia University and Cornell University are located here; Gettysburg, where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous speech The Address at Gettysburg, is in Pennsylvania. 3. The Midwest Ohio Indiana Michigan Illinois Wisconsin Missouri Iowa Minnesota Kansas Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota America’s most important agricultural area; The country’s leading center of heavy industry; The Great Lakes and the Great Plains; Chicago, the largest industrial and commercial center of the area, and the largest port on the Great Lakes; Detroit, the automobile capital of the world. 4. The South Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas Texas Okalahoma Rich in mineral resources; Containing 90% of the American textile industry; Florida, Atlanta, Huston, Dallas and Birmingham are located here. 5. Intermountain Region Montana蒙大纳 Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Arizona Utah Nevada Idaho The Rockies crossing the region; Yellow Stone National Park and the Grand Canyon大峡谷：美国亚利桑那州西北部科罗拉多河的一个大峡谷 Denver, the capital and biggest city of the State of Colorado Phoenix, the capital and biggest city of the State of Arizona Salt Lake City, the capital city of the State of Utah Las Vegas, the biggest city of the State of Nevada 6. The Pacific States 1) C