The United States Southeast region

1. SOUTHEAST REGION

2.  The Southeastern United States is the
eastern portion of the Southern United
States, and the southern portion of the
Eastern United States.

3. HISTORY
Picking cotton in southeastern United States, early twentieth century
 Origins: settlement of the region by British
colonists in the seventeenth century, mostly
in coastal regions.
 eighteenth century: large groups
of Scots and Ulster-Scots settled
in Appalachia.
 1700: African slaves were brought.

5. ECONOMY
 manufacturing base
 high technology industries
 the financial sector.
 Tourism

6. High technology industries
 Alabama
 Mississippi
 Georgia
 South Carolina
 Tennessee

7. Tourism
Palm Beach; Florida

8. EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION: These include the oldest public universities in the country:
 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
 College of William & Mary and University of Georgia
 The University of Florida,
 Auburn University,
 the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).
 the University of Virginia.

9.  There are also a number of well-known private institutions, including Georgetown
University and Howard University (in Washington D.C.), etc.
Howard University

10. CULTURE

11. RELIGION
 Evangelical Protestantism
 Catholic
 Jewish
 Buddhism
 Hinduism

12. LITERATURE
FAMOUS WRITERS
 William Faulkner
 Tennessee Williams
 Mark Twain
 Margaret Mitchell
 Harper Lee
 Flannery O'Connor

13. CLIMATE
 Tropical monsoon climate
 A humid subtropical climate
 The tropical air masses cause significant hurricanes such as Hurricane Andrew
(1992) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) wreaking havoc and causing significant
damage to coastal areas.

14. Hurricane Andrew (1992)

15. Hurricane Katrina (2005)

16. MOUNTAINS

18. RIVERS AND LAKES

19. Mississippi river