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GEOGRAPHY PART II

RIVERS

• The Mississippi River – Father of waters

• The Ohio River (Ohio is the tributary of the Mississippi from the east)

• The Hudson River

• The Potomac River

• The Columbia River

• The Colorado River

• The Rio Grande River

• The Missouri River (Missouri is the tributary of the Mississippi from the west)

• The Yukon River

REGIONS

• New England

• The Mid-Atlantic Region

• The South

• The Midwest

• The Southwest

• The Rocky Mrs Region

• The Northwest and Alaska

• California and Hawaii

THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION

States

1. 1.Delaware

2. Maryland

3. New York

4. New Jersey

5. Pennsylvania

6. District of Columbia

7. West Virginia

• The region is relatively small but one in every ten Americans lives there (very densely populated )

• The largest states of the region are: New York and…

• The Largest American cities and ports are located in the region :

• WASHINTGTON D.C. – the national capital located in Maryland on the Potomac river. The design of WASHINGTON D.C Is purely French (There are no skyscrapers there). The city is named after the first president of the United States , George Washington.

• The city was founded in 1791.

• Before Washington D.C. became the capital of the United States , other cities that served as capital include New York, Philadelphia, and Annapolis.

The Capitol( the seat of the American Congress) , the White House, the Pentagon

George Washington – the Father of the Country

• The Lincoln(the nation’s greatest president ) Memorial – a tribute to the nation’s greatest president , the man who :

• led the country through the Civil War

• ended slavery

• preserved the nation

• The Jefferson Memorial

• a tribute to the multitalented man – an architect , an inventor , a diplomat, the author of Declaration of Independence (1776)

• The third President of the United States

• Martin Luther King’s Monument (unveiled on 16 October ,2011) – this memorial was carved in China. It commemorates the life and work of Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr. and his contributions to world peace through non-violent social change. The monument is called “The Stone of Hope”.

• Arlington National Cemetery (John Kennedy is buried there )

• The Smithsonian Institution – the most important national museum

Big ports of the Mid –Atlantic region

• New York (the nation’s financial

• Philadelphia

• Baltiomore

The importance of the region in the past

• The Declaration of Independence and the I.S. Constitution were written and signed there – in Philadelhia

• The region became a sort of gateway to America

Economy of the region

-coal mining –Pennsylvania and West Virginia

-Heavy industry – they produce – iron, glass and steel , chemicals