It's Cool to Learn About the United States: Southeast
CHAPTER ONE WELCOME TO THE SOUTHEAST There are many beaches along Florida's coast Would you like to hike through Arkansas's Ozark Mountains Maybe you would prefer to hunt for sea shells along a Florida beach Perhaps U S history is your thing and you would rather visit a famous battle site in
BOUTHEAST Virginia Just be sure you have enough time left over to enjoy a little country music in Tennessee and a steaming bowl of gumbo in Louisiana The Southeast is made up of 12 states Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia In 2009 about 78 320 977 people lived in this region he Nashville Tennessee is known as the home of the country music
to The Potomac River runs through West Virginia Virginia Maryland and Washington DC THE LAY OF THE LAND The geography of the Southeast is as diverse as the peo ple who live there Kentucky is filled with short steep hills and flat highlands called plateaus The Mississippi River flows along its western border The Appalachian Mountains tower over eastern Kentucky as well as West Virginia and Virginia Thick forests and deep caves fill the landscape in this portion of the Southeast In Virginia the James Potomac Rappahannock and York Rivers flow into Chesapeake Bay which empties into the Atlantic Ocean O
BOUTHEAST ACTIVITY STATE CAPITALS Make a copy of this map of the Daited states The southeastern states are yellow Each star represents the location of a state Capital Look at the list to the right of the map and write the names of the capitals next to the stars in the correct states Wes Virginia Kentucky North Carolina Arkansas Tennessee Montgomery Little Rock Tallahassee Atlanta Frankfort baton Rouge Jackson Raleigh Columbia Nashville Richmond Charleston Carolina Alaba ima Mississippi Georgia Louisiana Florida or a vasa safana embaa Sam promura probAA an assano 1 forgos ooyong rings aborava i loosa non foSpin idedlessism forenoa nafng romagnon ot write in S 40fresh impoa lofty ebony lassogle up A pa IHT sus on howcbfroH owner Samson STOP A Don this
