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Lesson 26:
Political Features of the Southeast Region
Our third major region in the United States is called the Southeast Region. There are a total of
twelve states that make up this region. Nearly 77 million people live in this area. The distances this
region covers are huge! Traveling north and south, the land covers about 1,200miles. Traveling east
andwest, the land also covers about 1,200miles.
ACTIVITY 1:
Let’s take a tour around the Southeast Region to learn where the states are located. A) Refer to the
regional map on the next page to identify the grid coordinates of each state. If a state name appears
acrossmore than one grid coordinate, use the first letter of the state to determine its specific location.
Write the grid coordinate next to the state name below.B) As you locate the state, outline its boundary
using a different colored pencil or marker.
Grid
State
Grid
State
Grid
State
Coordinate Name
Coordinate Name
Coordinate Name
1.
Florida
5.
SouthCarolina
0
9.
Tennessee
2.
Louisiana
6.
NorthCarolina 10.
Georgia
3.
Kentucky
7.
Arkansas
11.
Virginia
4.
West Virginia 8.
Alabama
12.
Mississippi
ACTIVITY 2:
State capitals are represented by starred symbols on your regional map. A) Use the starred symbols
to locate each state’s capital.Write the grid coordinate next to the state capitals listed below. B) Don’t
forget towrite in the name of the state for each city in the blank space below.
State
Grid
Capital
Coordinate StateName
0
1.Montgomery
0
2. LittleRock
0
3.Columbia
0
4. Atlanta
0
5. BatonRouge
0
6. Frankfort
0
7.Tallahassee
0
8. Jackson
0
9.Nashville
10.Richmond
11.Raleigh
12.Charleston
The
Everglades
is named the
“river of grass.” It
is a vast wetland
ecosys-
tem
. A system is an order-
ly process. An ecosystem is
a special environment of
living things that support
each other andwork
together to survive. There
is no other wetland in the
world like the Everglades
ecosystem.
Southeast Region
