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LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
This union of 50 states, some as large and diverse as many independent countries, stretches its lower 48 between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans of North America bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south; Alaska reaches into the Arctic Circle at the continent’s most northwest extremity between Russia and Canada; Hawaii stretches an archipelago of more than 20 volcanic islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean 2000 miles from the mainland. The United States also includes five US territories in the Caribbean and the South Pacific. Each state and territory boasts its own history, culture, architectural styles, cuisine, climate, and landscape.
States and Regions of the United States
Note: To simplify by culture and geography, the map below shows generalized regions; however, as with the arrays of life, these categories are not absolutes. Many states may embody multiple aspects and could be shown in more than one region or perhaps completely independent.
THE NORTHEAST
♦ New England
Massachusetts + Connecticut + Rhode Island + Vermont + New Hampshire + Maine
♦ Mid-Atlantic
♦ Washington DC (Capital) +
Maryland + Delaware + Pennsylvania + New Jersey + New York
THE SOUTH
♦ Upper South
West Virginia + Virginia + North Carolina + Kentucky + Tennessee + Arkansas
♦ The Deep South
Louisiana + Mississippi + Alabama + Georgia + South Carolina
♦ Florida
THE MIDWEST
♦ The Great Lakes
Illinois + Indiana + Ohio + Michigan + Wisconsin + Minnesota
♦ The Great Plains
North Dakota + South Dakota + Nebraska + Kansas + Oklahoma + Iowa + Missouri
WESTERN STATES
♦ Texas
♦ The Southwest
New Mexico + Arizona + Utah + Nevada
♦ Rocky Mountains
Colorado + Wyoming + Montana + Idaho
THE PACIFIC
♦ California
♦ Pacific Northwest
Washington + Oregon
♦ Alaska
♦ Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands: Polynesian Archipelago
INHABITED US TERRITORIES
Caribbean Territories
Puerto Rico + US Virgin Islands
South Pacific Territories
Guam + Northern Mariana Islands + American Samoa
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