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1. Maine Mountainous (Green Very cold and Farming Boston (Capital Baxter State Park (Hiking and Camping) Paul Revere (Important silversmith and hero
2. New Hampshire Mountains of Vermont) snowy in Lumber Industry and largest city in Maine’s woods of the Revolution)
3. Vermont Natural harbours winter Fishing and Canning Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket Puritans (First settlers) Pilgrims (important
4. Massachusetts Thousands of islands Summers are (Oysters, Lobsters) oldest (Massachusetts summer resorts) Puritan group)
NORTH EAST 5. Rhode Island (Coast of Maine) very short Centre of American underground The Old State House (The Declaration of the North East is the Place where the American
(New England) 6. Connecticut The Appalachian Trail Insurance Industry railway in the US) Independence) Revolution began
(From Maine to Georgia) (Hartford, Cambridge Faneuil Hall (The Cradle of Liberty) Thanksgiving is associated with Pilgrims being
CAPITAL CITIES Connecticut) (Harvard Harvard University (Cambridge) fed by native people
1. Augusta Marble and granite University) Hartford, Connecticut is the Centre of New Englanders are known as Yankees due to
2. Concord quarrying (Vermont) America’s insurance Industry Yankee Doddle
3. Montpellier Newbury St Ivy League (Elite Universities)
4. Boston Stata Centre (Computer Science and Artificial
5. Providence Intelligence laboratory)
6. Hartford MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
1. New York Appalachian region Cold winters Coal Mining (West New York City Capitol Building Pittsburgh (Known as the centre of American’s
2. Pennsylvania Mountains ranges: Temperate (the Virginia) Washington D.C. New York Boroughs steel industry and Harley Davidson Motorcycle
3. New Jersey -Catskill and Adirondack four seasons Quilting (Appalachian Philadelphia -Manhattan (Centre of American finance, plant)
4. Delaware (New York) are clearly Handicraft) (Major city of advertising, theatre, fashion), Brooklyn, Irish and Jews (First Settlers)
5. Maryland -Allegheny and Pocono marked) Dairy farming Pennsylvania) Queens, Bronx Quakers (First Settlers in Philadelphia)
6. Washington D.C. (Pennsylvania) Winemaking Manhattan (NYC) Lake Placid (1932, 1980 Winter Olympics) Immigrant towns (Little Italy and Chinatown)
Important rivers: Coal and Iron mining Brooklyn Bridge (connect Manhattan with Important Buildings of Manhattan: Chrysler
CAPITAL CITIES Hudson and Delaware Steel making Brooklyn) Building, Empire State Building, Rockefeller
Tourism The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Island) Centre, RCA Building, United Nations Building
NORTH EAST 1. Albany
High-Tech Industry Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (famous for its Philadelphia (The home of the first democratic
(The Mid-Atlantic) 2. Harrisburg
Maple Syrup Making crabs) societies, the place where the Constitution
3. Trenton
Handicrafts Niagara Falls was written and the Independence was
4. Dover
(Appalachians) Erie Canal declared)
5. Annapolis
Wall Street Area (NYC) Benjamin Franklyn (helped write the
Fulton Fish Market declaration of Independence)
Fifth Avenue (Gucci, Tiffany’s, Macy’s) The Fifth Avenue divides Manhattan into
The Theatre District (Times square, Broadway Lower and Upper Manhattan
plays, Central Park, Theatres) The Dutch bought Manhattan from the Indians
Museum Mile (The Metropolitan Museum The Financial Districts Wall St is in Manhattan
among others, American Museum of Natural Macy’s is the world largest store
History, Museum of Modern Art aka the giant D.C. means District of Columbia
snail) Amish (Important Christian group and mostly
Harlem (Largely black neighbourhood, top farmers)
jazz musicians like Duke Ellington or Art The Founding Fathers (The Americans who
Tatum, gospel music, soul) established the form of the US government at
Washington D.C. (White House, Supreme the Federal Constitutional Convention in
Court, Senate, House of Representatives, The Philadelphia)
Washington Monument, The Lincoln
Memorial)
Wall St Bull
Greenwich Village & The East Village
(Residential area, New York’s punk scene,
hippies)
REGIONS STATES RELIEF CLIMATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES MAJOR CITIES IMPORTANT PLACES MISCELLANEOUS
1. West Virginia Sub-regions: Lowland Hot & Humid Lumber Industry New Orleans Disneyworld, Magic Kingdom (Orlando, Largest geographical Region in the US
2. Kentucky South, Upland South with Long Fine Furniture Miami (Florida) Florida) North Carolina (Centre of American’s Tobacco
3. Tennessee Mississippi Valley Summers and Making Atlanta (Georgia) Little Havana (Miami) Industry)
4. North Carolina Mountains Areas Short Mild Cotton growing Orlando (famous Graceland (Elvis’ Mansion in Memphis) Nashville, Tennessee (Centre of country music
5. South Carolina (Appalachians and Ozark Winters Tobacco growing for its amusement Jazz Clubs (New Orleans) and home to many country music stars)
6. Mississippi Mountains) Coasts hit by Textile Industry parks) Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Centre Important Hispanic and Afro-American
7. Alabama Gulf of Mexico hurricanes Fruit Growing (Florida) population
8. Georgia Important rivers: Hurricane Area Manufacturing Palm Beach (Wealthy people, polo) Slavery was the basis of South’s Economy
9. Florida Savannah, Alabama, The Industries St. Augustine (Founded by Spaniards, oldest Civil War in 1861 (Between The North and The
10. Louisiana Tennessee and the Furniture making and city in the US) South)
11. Arkansas Mississippi Paper Industry Fort Lauderdale and Daytona Beach (place for Abraham Lincoln (abolish slavery after the
(Alabama) college students to go on vacation) War)
CAPITAL CITIES Agriculture The Florida Keys (Coral and Limestone Islands Elvis Presley (Born in Tupelo, Mississippi)
Chemical Industry with a underwater park) Atlanta (Invention of air-conditioning, world’s
1. Charleston
High Tech Industry Miami, Florida (Hispanic influence) second largest airport)
2. Frankfort
Everglades National Park (swamp land in Festivals (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage
3. Nashville
Florida) Festival, Mardi Gras is the most important and
4. Raleigh
5. Columbia Key West (The most southern US town, closer equates to Pancake day in Britain)
to Havana than to Miami, Ernest Hemingway Mississippi River was known as “Father of
THE SOUTHEAST 6. Jackson
lived here) Waters by Native Americans”
7. Montgomery
8. Atlanta Steamboat (successful means of transport,
9. Tallahassee uses steam for power and it sails along the
10. Baton Rouge Southwest river)
11. Little Rock Mississippi Queen (Touristic attraction,
famous steamboat)
Tobacco and Cotton were the main crops
during slavery
Hillbillies (disapproving, rural people)
Black slaves were brought by the Dutch
Acadians(moved from Acadia, Canada to
Louisiana forced by the British, they speak
French)
The Cajuns (French cooking, famous for their
fine cuisine)
New Orleans has the largest port in the US
Louisiana Purchase (The French bought
Louisiana for a very cheap price and expanded
US territory)
Atlanta is where Martin Luther King,
important activist who improved relationships
between black and whites
Coca-Cola and CNN centres are in Atlanta
Segregation and Ku-Klux-Klan movement
Famous writers (Toni Morrison, Maya
Angelou)
REGIONS STATES RELIEF CLIMATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES MAJOR CITIES IMPORTANT PLACES MISCELLANEOUS
1. Ohio Allegheny Mountains Icy winters Agriculture (wheat, Chicago (major Big Bay State Park The Bread Basket (name given to the Midwest
2. Michigan Rolling Hills Hot humid soybeans, oats, rye, city of Illinois) St. Lawrence Seaway (Inland waterway due to its nature-favoured land and wealth)
3. Indiana The Black Hills summers barley) Detroit (Michigan) between Canada and the US, used by large Scandinavian Immigrants settled in the North
4. Illinois Three smaller regions: Windy Corn farming St Louis (Missouri) ships to transport goods) of The Midwest
5. Wisconsin Great lakes Area, Great Meat Packing Indianapolis National Parks due to the lakes The Midwest is known as the centre of
6. Missouri plain Area, Interior (Chicago) (Capital of The Loop (Chicago’s downtown area) American agriculture and industry
7. Iowa Lowlands Stock exchange Indiana) Chicago’s important buildings (John Hancock Corn Belt (the most important crop of US)
8. Minnesota Great Lakes Area: (Chicago) Columbus (Capital Tower, Big John, Standard Oil Building and Minnesota is known as the city of ten thou.
9. Kansas Superior, Michigan, Huron, Grain storage of Ohio) The Sears Tower which is the world’s tallest lakes
THE MIDWEST 10. Nebraska Ontario (The largest Manufacturing Milwaukee building) Chicago is known as the most-American city
11. South Dakota concentration of Fresh Industry (largest city in University of Michigan Detroit (home to the American automobile
12. North Dakota Water in the World) Iron ore mining Wisconsin) Ohio State University industry)
1. Columbus Important rivers: Steel making Kansas City Mount Rushmore National Monument (South Mark Twain was born in St Louis, (author of
2. Lansing The Missouri, The Ohio, Service Industries Omaha (largest Dakota) shows the faces of four important “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
3. Indianapolis The Illinois, The Wisconsin (Insurance, banking, city in Nebraska) America Presidents St Louis is known as the “Gateway to the East”
4. Springfield and The Wabash) communications) Minneapolis Crazy Horse Monument (South Dakota) is the because of its positions between the
5. Madison Tourism (largest city in Sioux Indian leader on horseback Mississippi and the Missouri
6. Jefferson City Automobile Industry Minnesota) Smith Centre, Kansas (US geographic centre) Great Plains (place of the struggle between
7. Des Moines (Ford, General the Indian tribes and the US army)
8. St Paul Motors, Chrysler) Buffalo (The most useful hunting animal for
9. Topeka the Indians)
10. Lincoln Assembly line (perfected by Henry Ford)
11. Pierre
12. Bismarck
1. Texas Rocky Mountains Low humidity Mineral Industry Houston (the most Houston is home of one of the NASA space Wild Wild West (name given to the Southwest
2. Oklahoma Southern part of the Great High Livestock populated city in centres in the past due to the Cowboys’ gunfights)
3. New Mexico Plains Temperatures Cotton growing Texas) San Antonio ( Christian missions by Spanish Huge Dams (Hoover Dam)
4. Arizona Colorado Plateau (in the Drier areas Wheat growing Dallas (Texas) who try to convert Indians to Catholicism) Population of Indians, Hispanics and Anglos
5. Nevada west of the Rocky Plenty of Sheep raising Austin (Texas Las Vegas, aka “the Sin City” and the centre Native Americans (Comanches, Apaches,
1. Austin Mountains) rainfall Cattle raising capital City) of gambling in America Navajos, Cherokees)
2. Oklahoma City The Grand Canyon (Carved Oil drilling and Santa Fe (New Saguaro National Monument (desert trails) Texas and the gulf (oil off shore platforms)
3. Santa Fe by the Colorado River) refining Mexico Capital Valley Navajo Tribal Park Texas is the birthplace of the hamburger
4. Phoenix Important Rivers: City) White Sands National Monument Dallas is known as “the city of hate”,
5. Carson City Rio Grande, Colorado Phoenix (Arizona The Carlsbad Caverns JFKennedy was killed in Dallas
THE SOUTHWEST River Capital City) The Painted Desert The first cowboys were from Mexico
San Antonio The Grand Canyon, Arizona Texas is the largest state of the unified
(Texas) Lake Havasu territory
Las Vegas Arizona and New Mexico (Indian The original London Bridge is in Arizona
(Nevada) reservations) Wetback (immigrants who came to the
Arizona (major producer of cooper) Southwest by swimming)
Sandra Cisneros wrote about immigrants
coming to the Southwest
REGIONS STATES RELIEF CLIMATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES MAJOR CITIES IMPORTANT PLACES MISCELLANEOUS
1. Idaho Flat level land (plateau Wet Area Farming Denver (Colorado) Yellowstone Park, Wyoming (famous for its Least populated states in the nation
2. Wyoming area) Humid Potato growing Salt Lake City animal species, forests and geysers in Denver refused to be the host city of 1970
3. Montana Plains Cold in the Cattle raising (Utah) constant activity) Olympic Games due to environment
4. Colorado Deserts west Mineral industry Aspen (popular ski resort and wealthy town) preservation
5. Utah The Rocky Mountains Mild in the Sheep raising Jackson Hole Valley Denver is known as the “Mile High City” for its
(earth’s youngest summer Fishing The Great Salt Lake (Utah) contains and level above the sea
THE ROCKY CAPITAL CITIES
mountains) Hunting estimated 6 million tons of salt) Wyoming and Colorado (important oil-
MOUNTAIN 1. Boise High valleys Skiing (sky resorts) Utah is nicknamed “The Mormon State” producing states)
REGION 2. Cheyenne Glaciers Outdoor activities Idaho is famous for its potatoes
3. Helena Icy lakes Colorado is called the “Ski Country”
4. Denver Shallow lakes The Wyoming Basin divides The Rocky
5. Salt Lake City Mountains
Famous for gold seeking
Area for hiking, climbing, camping
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich is a famous
novel about people living in the region
Important native tribes (Sioux and Chippewa)
1. California Mountainous, ranges Mild climate Media and movie San Francisco San Francisco Bridges (Golden Gate and Bay There are isolated volcanoes in the Cascade
2. Oregon (Cascade Range, Sierra Very dry to the industry (California) Bridge which is known as “The Statue of mountains
3. Washington Nevada, Costal Range) east Oil Industry Los Angeles Liberty of the West) The Pacific Region is part of the Ring of Fire
4. Alaska Fertile valleys Rainy in Paper Industry (California) Olympic Rain Forest (rainfall forest in Alaska is nicknamed “the Last Frontier”
5. Hawaii Highest peak: Mount Washington Winemaking Hollywood Washington) Alaska is the biggest state of the US
McKinley (Alaska) and Oregon (California) (California) Mount Mazama (Oregon famous volcano) Native people from Alaska are known as
CAPITAL CITIES Second highest peak: Mining Seattle (major city Mount Rainier, Washington (active volcano Eskimos
1. Sacramento Mount Whitney (Sierra Fur trade of Washington) and highest peak of the cascade range) First non-native people from Alaska came
2. Salem Nevada) Whaling Mount Mauna Loa, Hawaii (famous active from Russia
3. Olimpia Rugged coastlines Sealing volcano) Alaska contains the Aleutian Islands
4. Juneau Glaciers Tropical fruit growing Pantages Theatre (Hollywood) Hawaii is known as the “Aloha state”
5. Honolulu Important Rivers: Sugar making Mann’s Chinese (cement courtyard with Pidgin is spoken in Hawaii (a combinations of
The Sacramento, the San Fishing Industry footprint and handprint of stars) languages)
Joaquin, the Columbia and (Salmon and seafood Asian-American Museum The St Andreas fault is located in San Francisco
THE PACIFIC the Willamette (Yukon in Los Angeles is the second largest city in the
in the Puget Sound) and originates many earthquakes
REGION Alaska) US Seattle is nicknamed “the Esmerald City” or
Los Angeles is famous for TV industry and “the Jewel of the Pacific Northwest”
stars (Hollywood, Beverly Hills) Many people from Seattle are Asians
Silicon Valley in the east of San Francisco is Seattle is known as the “most liveable city”
known as the computer centre industry The Pacific Regions contains the lowest point
Alcatraz in San Francisco in the continent and is called the Death Valley
Space Needle in Seattle (building with a which is a desert in the south of California
rotating restaurant at the top) Redwood trees (Sequoias)grow in northern
The Yukon River in Alaska became famous as California (2000 years old)
a source of gold Italians, Mexicans and Asians are the major
Juneau is the Capital city of Alaska but the ethnic groups
most populated and important is Anchorage California is the most populated state of the
Hawaii has the Pearl Harbour naval base The Lewis and Clark Expedition (first to cross
(attacked by the Japanese during WWII) the western portion of the US)
SYSTEM OF THE INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS MISCELLANEOUS
GOVERNMENT
Form of Government: Congress (it is the legislative branch School Boards: have control over a New Year’s Day Democratic and Republicans are the main
Representative and it’s made up by the House of school district King, Jr Day (Martin Luther King birth in political parties
THE Democracy Representatives and the Senate) Superintendent: the person in January) 50 states (48 in the unified territory)
UNITED Branches of power:
-Legislative
The White House (it is the executive
branch ruled by the President, it
charge of all the schools in a district
(they have the role of hiring
Presidents’ Day (George Washington and
Abraham Lincoln birthdays celebrated
Population: 320 million
Historically there were only 13 states when
STATES -Executive contains several departments such principals and teachers for each together) The Independence was declared
-Judicial as: Defence, Justice, Agriculture, school) Memorial Day (Americans soldiers killed in Flag: 13 stripes symbolizing the 13 British
OF Federalism, Principle Commerce, Labour, Health, among PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) the war) Colonies and 50 stars for the 50 states
of limited others) parents take part in making decision Independence Day (July 4th)
AMERICA Government: Each The Supreme Court (it is the judicial about how the school is run Labour Day (honours the American
state possess its own branch and it is divided between the worker)
power state and the federal court) Columbus Day (Columbus’ Arrival in the
Americas)
Halloween (October 31th)
Thanksgiving
Christmas