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READING B
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vastcountryis traditionally divided
four geographical regions: the
the South.the Midwest. and the
eachwith its own distinctive cultural
Although there are no
boundaries, people within a
tend to sharecommon values, have
economic concerns, and their relato the land. to local hislory. and
alsoshows some similarities.
whole o[ New England (Maine,
Hampshire, Vermont, MassachuConnecticut.and Rhode Island) and
mid-Atlantic states (Pennsylvania,
York, New Jersey, Delaware, and
together can be regarded as a
section of the United States: the
Together with the District of
it comprises eleven states. It
this region that the early settlers
occupied, and thus this is the foundation
on which America was built. Although the
Northeast constitutes only one-fifteenth
of the total land area of the country, more
than a quarter of the whole population
lives there. Comparedwith other regions.
it is more urban, more industrial, and culturally more sophisticated. Above all,
New Englanders are Yankees, people who
characterize themselves as economical,
reserved, and dedicated to hard work.
These are t)?ical qualities they inherited
from their Puritan forefathers. Outside
the US people tend to think of all
Americans as Yankees, reflecting New
England's great influence on the nation as
a whole.
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are the tobacco and cotton states, with
Washington on the border between North
and South. Regional idenrlty has been the
strongest in the Southern stales of
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississlppi, Tennessee
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region's economy. Finally, the Pacific
Northwest comprises the states of
Washington, Oregon, and California. This
region is also very rich in natural beauty,
there are mountains, foress, and rugged
coastlines.Lumber and fishingare important in all three states. The state of
California is unique in itself: it is the most
populous of all states, it has the most
developedeconomy, and the biggest number of Asian and Hispanic immigrants in
the US.
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