Lecture 6 the United States and__ its Natural conditions 2010.docVIP

Position and Area Position Canada to the north and Mexico to the south The Pacific Ocean on the west and the Atlantic Ocean on the east The 50 states and important cities The fifty states can be grouped into 8 regions: Mainly from east to west 1 The New England Region 6 NE is sometimes called the Birthplace of America. The people of the NE are originally called Yankees. ? ME-Maine ? NH-New Hampshire ? VT-Vermont ? MA-Massachusetts Boston Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT ? RI-Rhode Island the smallest state ? CT-Connecticut Yale 2 The Middle Atlantic Region 6 It is called as the Industrial Northeast ? NY-New York New York City Big Apple Jazz musicians It is the largest city and the chief port of USA. It was first established by Dutch. The Statue of Liberty Wall Street World Trade Center Broadway Rockefeller Center the United Nations Building Central Park ? NJ-New Jersey ? PA-Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the birthplace of the nation—‘the city of brotherly love’ and the seat of the Continental Congress. ? MD-Maryland ? DE-Delaware ? WV-West Virginia 3 The South Region 11 This section is called as ‘Sunny South’ ? VA-Virginia NC-North Carolina ? SC-South Carolina GA-Georgia FA-Florida AL-Alabama ? MS-Mississippi TN-Tennessee ? KY-Kentucky LA-Louisiana ? AR-Arkansas 4 The Midwest Region 8 ? OH-Ohio ? MI-Michigan Detroit is ‘the motor city’ which includes three giants: General motors, Ford and Chrysler. ? IN-Indiana ? IL-Illinois Chicago is the second largest city and the largest industrial city. ? WI-Wisconsin ? MO-Missouri ? IA-Iowa ? MN-Minnesota 5 The Region of the Great Plains 6 ? ND-North Dakota SD-South Dakota NE-Nebraska ? KS-Kansas? OK-Oklahoma ? TX-Texas Houston is the capital of oil and the nickname of it is ‘space city of USA’. 6 The West Region 11 ? MT-Montana WY-Wyoming ? CO-Colorado NM-New Mexico ? ID-Idaho UT-Utah NV-Nevada AZ-Arizona ? WA-Washington OR-Oregon ? CA-California is the large