🇺🇸 The 50 States

What you’ll learn

1. New EnglandIdentify the New England states with their capitals and a defining landmark for each.New England comprises Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region holds the first colonial settlements, dramatic Atlantic coastlines, the Green and White Mountains, and the smallest state in the union. Its compact geography belies an outsized role in American history, education, and maritime trade.
2. The Mid-AtlanticConnect New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. to their landmarks and capitals.The Mid-Atlantic spans New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, plus the federal District of Columbia. It contains the nation's largest city, the seat of federal government, and the place where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed. Dense population and historic ports define the region.
3. The Deep SouthMatch the Deep South states with their capitals, landmarks, and cultural landmarks.The Deep South includes Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina. The region is defined by warm climate, Gulf and Atlantic coastlines, plantation history, the civil rights movement, and rich musical traditions from jazz to blues. Its landscapes range from cypress swamps to subtropical wetlands.
4. Appalachia & the Upper SouthLocate Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas with their landmarks and capitals.This region threads the Appalachian Mountains through Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas. It encompasses the nation's most-visited national park, the birthplaces of country and bluegrass music, historic battlefields, and the rolling horse country of Kentucky. Forested ridges and river valleys dominate the terrain.
5. The Midwest HeartlandIdentify the eastern Midwest states with their capitals and Great Lakes landmarks.The Great Lakes Midwest covers Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Bordering the world's largest group of freshwater lakes, the region built America's auto and manufacturing might, grew vast farmland, and raised cities like Chicago and Detroit. Its landscapes mix shoreline, prairie, and northern forest.
6. The Great PlainsConnect the Great Plains states to their capitals and signature landscapes.The Great Plains span Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. This is the agricultural core of the country, marked by tallgrass and shortgrass prairie, vast wheat and corn fields, the Missouri River, and dramatic badlands. Carved monuments and pioneer trails define its history.
7. The Mountain WestMatch the Mountain West states with their iconic parks, capitals, and superlatives.The Mountain West includes Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. The Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau dominate, producing the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, towering Fourteeners, desert mesas, and the deserts of the Great Basin. The region holds many of the nation's most spectacular national parks.
8. The Pacific, Alaska & HawaiiIdentify California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii with their landmarks, capitals, and superlatives.The Pacific states are California, Oregon, and Washington, joined by the noncontiguous giants Alaska and Hawaii. The region spans Mediterranean coastline, towering volcanoes, ancient redwoods, the nation's deepest lake, the highest peak in North America, and the only U.S. island state. Together they form the country's western and far-flung frontier.

Questions this course answers

Grounded in trusted sources

• U.S. Census Bureau
• National Park Service (nps.gov)
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Library of Congress

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