Chapter 6
Section 3
Page 145
1. What are the four subregions of the
United States?
2. What are the two regions of the Northeast
and what states make up each region? What
percent of the nation’s land area is the
Northeast, and what percentage of the U.S.
population lives in the Northeast?
3. Why are parts of the Middle Atlantic states
referred to as the “rust belt”?
4. Define megalopolis and tell where the
United States’ first megalopolis developed.
What is the name of this first megalopolis?
5. Name the 12 states that make up the
Midwest subregion. How much of the
nation’s land does it occupy and what
percentage of the nation’s population live
there?
6. What is the Midwest’s nickname and why
has the Midwest earned this nickname?
7. What major cities in the Midwest
developed along rivers, and what cities
developed near rivers?
8. Name the 16 states which make up the
South subregion. Along with the Southwest,
what is the nickname of this subregion and
why is it given this nickname?
9. What is the financial, trade, and
transportation center of The New South, and
what are the six rapidly growing metropolitan
areas of the new south?
10. Name the 13 states of the West
subregion. Which state is the nation’s most
populous state and why is it so heavily
populated?
1. The four subregions of the United States
are the Northeast, the Midwest, the South,
and the West.
2. New England is made up of Maine,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
The Middle Atlantic States are Pennsylvania,
New York, and New Jersey.
The area is about 5% of the nation and the
population is about 20% of the nation.
3. The “rust belt” is known because of its
declining and abandoned traditional
industries. Most of these industries moved to
the “sunbelt” in the South and West.
4. A megalopolis is a region which has several
large cities and surrounding areas which have
grown together. The first megalopolis
developed in the Northeast and is called
“BosWash.”
5. The twelve states of the Midwest are
Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska,
North Dakota, and South Dakota.
The Midwest takes up 20% of the nation’s
area and contains almost 25% of the nation’s
population.
6. The Midwest’s nickname is the nation’s
“breadbasket.” It has earned this nickname
because fertile soil, adequate rainfall, and a
favorable climate make it possible for
Midwesterners to produce more food and
feed more people than farmers in any
comparable area in the world.
7. Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and
Milwaukee developed near the Great Lakes.
Cincinnati, St. Louis, Minneapolis, St. Paul,
Kansas City, and Omaha developed along
rivers.
8. The 16 states of the South are Maryland,
Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The nickname for this area is the “sunbelt”
because of the area’s climate.
9. The financial, trade, and transportation
center of The New South is Atlanta, Georgia.
The six metropolitan areas are Miami, TampaSt. Petersburg, New Orleans, Houston, DallasFort Worth, and San Antonio.
10. The West’s 13 states are Alaska, Hawaii,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming,
Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado,
Arizona, and New Mexico.
The most populous state in the U.S. is
California because the state has excellent
farmland, good harbors, and a mild climate.