Wilbur Zelinsky Perceptual Region Game

Regions: Copy the following• Northeast• New England• Middle Atlantic• Country South (Center South)• Deep South (Coastal South)• North• Midwest• Southwest• West• Northwest• Pacific• Gulf

Use the Perceptual Map in your book!

Region A• Eat grits, fried chicken, and gumbo• Listen jazz and blues music• Most are Catholic or Baptist• Known to be friendly and live a slow paced

family centered life• Area has swamps, hurricanes, and is hot

and humid• Language is mainly Cajun

Region B

• Famous for cheesesteaks and hotdogs• Home of American Bandstand• Most are Catholic, Amish, Jewish• Has large cities, known to be dirty and

overcast, diverse people• Known to be fast talkers

Region C

• Eat wild rice and beef• Listen to country and polka music• Mainly Lutheran, Catholic, and Methodist• Know for hard work and value on

education• Has lots of lakes, prairies and is cold• Known for no accent

Region D

• Fish chowder, shell fish, lobster• Mostly Roman Catholic and

Congregational• Known for hard work and Puritan values,

value privacy and individualism• Cold, harsh winters, coastal cool summers• Use words like pop, ice box and have an

accent that uses EH sound for the letter R

Region E

• Maple syrup, baked beans, grinder sandwiches

• Protestant and Catholic• Hard workers and conservatives• Rural areas (not many cities)

environmentally aware

Region F

• Ham and biscuits, peanuts, crab cakes• Bluegrass music• Baptist and Protestant• Known for their manners and hospitality to

others, traditional and honorable• Beaches and mountains, four seasons• Has a drawl dialect

Region G

• Sweet tea, beans, pork, chicken• Bluegrass and country music• Baptist• Manners, slow paced lifestyle, family

emphasis• Untapped resources in this area;

mountains• Accents with a drawl and known to be slow

talkers

Region H

• Steak, potatoes, corn• Jewish and Protestants• Amish and German background• Known to be wholesome people• Dumping ground for East Coast trash,

lakes, flat land• No accent

Region I

• Mexican food, BBQ, blue corn, steak• Country music, polka, Tejano• Baptist and Catholic• Family first, frontier and rugged people• Wide open spaces, pride over the land, oil• spanglish

Region J

• Beef, lamb, potatoes• Country, rock n roll• Mormon, Catholic, Protestant• Conservative, outdoor people• Untapped resources, water, mountains• No accent

Region K

• Chinese, Mexican• Many choose no religion (secular)• Diverse mix of ethnicities• Known to be laid back• Dialect of valley talk (air head sounding)

Region L

• Salmon, wine, coffee• Rock n roll, home of alternative and

grunge• Diverse people, environmentally aware,

rainy weather• People are coffee-a-holics• no major dialect

Region A: GULF• Eat grits, fired chicken, and gumbo• Listen jazz and blues music• Most are Catholic or Baptist• Known to be friendly and live a slow paced family centered life• Areas has swamps, hurricanes, and is hot and humid• Language is mainly Cajun

Region B: Middle Atlantic• Famous for cheesesteaks and hotdogs• Home of American Bandstand• Most are Catholic, Amish, Jewish• Has large cities, known to be dirty and overcast, diverse people• Known to be fast talkers

Region C: North• Eat wild rice and beef• Listen to country and polka music• Mainly Lutheran, Catholic, and Methodist• Know for hard work and value on education• Has lots of lakes, prairies and is cold• Known for no accent

Region D: New England• Fish chowder, shell fish, lobster• Mostly Roman Catholic and Congregational• Known for hard work and Puritan values, value privacy and

individualism• Cold, harsh winters, coastal cool summers• Use words like pop, ice box and have an accent that uses EH

sound for the letter R

Region E: Northeast• Maple syrup, baked beans grinder sandwiches• Protestant and Catholic• Hard workers and conservatives• Rural areas (not many cities) environmentally aware

Region F: Deep South• Ham and biscuits, peanuts, crab cakes• Bluegrass music• Baptist and Protestant• Known for their manners and hospitality to others, traditional

and honorable• Beaches and mountains, four seasons• Has a drawl dialect

Region G: Country South• Sweet tea, beans, pork, chicken• Bluegrass and country music• Baptist• Manners, slow paced lifestyle, family emphasis• Untapped resources in this area; mountains• Accents with a drawl and known to be slow talkers

Region H: Midwest• Steak, potatoes, corn• Jewish and Protestants• Amish and German background• Known to be wholesome people• Dumping ground for East Coast trash, lakes, flat land• No accent

Region I: Southwest• Mexican food, BBQ, blue corn, steak• Country music, polka, Tejano• Baptist and Catholic• Family first, frontier and rugged people• Wide open spaces, pride over the land, oil• Spanglish

Region J: West• Beef, lamb, potatoes• Country, rock n roll• Mormon, Catholic, Protestant• Conservative, outdoor people• Untapped resources, water, mountains• No accent

Region K: Pacific• Chinese, Mexican• Many choose no religion (secular)• Diverse mix of ethnicities• Known to be laid back• Dialect of valley talk (air head sounding)

Region L: Northwest• Salmon, wine, coffee• Rock n roll, home of alternative and grunge• Diverse people, environmentally aware, rainy weather• People are coffee-a-holics• no major dialect