| A | B |
| Great Dismal Swamp | wetland on the border between Virginia and North Carolina |
| Coastal Plain | flat land along the coast |
| Florida Peninsula | Florida is almost surrounded by water |
| Okefenokee Swamp | a swamp in southern Georgia and northern Florida |
| Everglades | a million acre wetland at the tip of Florida |
| Appalachian Mountains | old mountains running through the middle of the Southeast |
| Piedmont | a hilly region east of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Cumberland Plateau | in Kentucky and Tennessee |
| Ozark Plateau | in Arkansas |
| Mississippi River | longest river in the United States |
| Chesapeake Bay | in Maryland and Virginia |
| Cumberland Gap | an opening between mountains in the Appalachians |
| Baltimore | colonial port along the Atlantic in Maryland |
| Charleston | colonial port along the Atlantic in South Carolina |
| Savannah | colonial port along the Atlantic in Georgia |
| New Orleans | major Gulf (of Mexico) port in Louisiana |
| Miami | Atlantic port in Florida, one of largest cruise-ship ports in U.S. |
| Myrtle Beach | a favorite vacation spot in South Carolina |
| Atlanta | city in Georgia with main offices of banks and other businesses |
| Charlotte | city in North Carolina with main offices of many banks and other businesses |
| Norfolk | in Virginia, home to military bases and ship building |
| Washington D.C. | many people commute to this city to work for the federal government |
| High Point | furniture is made in this North Carolina city |
| Raleigh | part of the Research Triangle |
| Durham | part of the Research Triangle |
| Chapel Hill | part of the Research Triangle |
| Baltimore | in Maryland, most populated city in the Atlantic Coast states |
| Orlando | in Florida, one of top tourist destinations in the world |
| Key West | the largest city in Florida's Keys |
| Natchez | in Mississippi, end of a famous historic path |
| Huntsville | in Alabama, home of the United States Space and Rocket Center |
| Miami Beach | a big city in Florida |
| Dauphin Island | in Alabama, as parks and wildlfe refuges |
| New Orleans | Birthplace of Jazz |
| Jonesborough | in Tennessee, site of the National Storytelling Festival |
| Nashville | in Tennessee, the Capital of Country Music |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park | most visited national park, on border of Tennessee and North Carolina |
| Crater of Diamonds State Park | in Arkansas, site of the only working diamond mine in the U.S. |
| Mammoth Cave National Park | in Kentucky, protects the longest cave system in the world |