Lesson 23:
Political Features of theMiddle Atlantic Region
The
MiddleAtlanticRegion
covers fivestatesand ishome tonearly48millionpeople.More than
16million of these people live in NewYork City and its surroundingmetropolitan area. NewYork City
is the largest city in theUnitedStates and the third-largest metropolitan area in theworld.
Each state in theMiddle Atlantic Region has played a significant part in our nation’s history, and
was one of the original 13 colonies. We will use grid coordinates, as we did in theNew England
Region, to locate themajor political features.
ACTIVITY 1:
Grid coordinates for the five states of theMiddleAtlanticRegion are listed below.Use the grid coordi-
nates to locate each state on the regional map on the next page. As you identify each state, write the
name of the state on the regional map.Trace the boundary of each statewith a colored pencil.
GridCoordinates
StateName
1.D,2
NewYork
2. B,3
Pennsylvania
3.C,5
Maryland
4.D,5
Delaware
5.D,4
New Jersey
ACTIVITY 2:
A) Using the grid coordinates listed below, identify the state capitals by writing them at the starred
locations on your regional map. B) As your locate and label the state capitals, write the name of the
state that the capital city belongs to in the blank space below.
StateCapital
StateName
1. Albany at E,2
2.Harrisburg at C,4
3.TrentonD,4
4. AnnapolisC,5
5.Dover D,5
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PENNSVALLEY
Two regions
make up the
northeastern portion of the
United States – the New
England Region and the
Middle Atlantic Region.
These two regions combined
are home tomore than 61
million people, nearly one-
fifth of the population of
the United States.
Middle Atlantic Region
