BY: RACHEL ROSENCRANS

Northeast Region

Location

Major Cities Washington D.C. New York Boston

Relative location to compass South of Canada West of the Atlantic

Ocean North of the Southeast

Region

Latitude and Longitude of New York City 40 degrees north 73

degrees west

Place

Religions 68.5% are Catholic 4.9% are Jewish 4.2% are Historically

African-American Protestant

Major landforms Appalachian Mountains Valleys Hills

Climate and Weather Patterns Warm summers Very cold winters Average precipitation is

46 inches a year

Major resources Coal Gravel Iron Natural gas Oil Sand Stone Zinc Fruit Vegetables Poultry Cattle

Human-Environmental Interactions

Economic Issues Unemployment, people

are losing their jobs because their companies are losing money

Overpopulation, there are a ton of people that live in this region

How the climate effects settlement The climate is cooler

so most people wouldn't like to live there but they do anyway because of jobs, schools, family, or they are coming from a different continent and not wanting to travel very far.

Movement

Why do people live here? There are jobs because

of the tourism Good schools

How are goods transported? Roads Railways Amtrak Airports Ocean

Region

Major tourist attractions New York City Independence Hall Plymouth Statue of Liberty Empire State Building White House

Economic Impact Brings in tourism and

money for the United States of America

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