Why is the Midwest in the East?
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Regional naming of the United States is from the viewpoint of the eastern part of the United States.  Thus, the states you named are the Mid-West part of the country from and East Coast perspective.\n\nThe reasons for the East Coast perspective on regional naming is two-fold:\n1) The United States Capitol is on the East Coast\n2) The majority of the population movement in the United States was from east-to-west.
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There is no west line.  East and west are relative terms.  North and south are obsolute terms, because they relate to absolute locations (the North and South poles, respectively).  East and west don't work like that.  They are like right and left--you could turn right infinitely and never reach a maximum state of rightness.
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Its South of Minnesota,  North of Missouri, East of Nebraska, and west of Illinois
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On first glance, answer seems to be west.\nHowever, the data given in the question is insufficient to conclusively say so !!
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I haven't been able to find any research that can tell us if it is definitel y so, but being a New Englander myself I can tell you that the weather is a big factor. The winters are harsh and rather depressing at times. Also there is a belief here that most of the good jobs are being taken in this region and to be able to find a decent job now or to find cheaper housing, you have to move to the apparently economically developing midwest or the southwest.
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Russia stretches all the way from Europe to Asia. The "middle east" is not stricty defined in Geography but basically means those countries stuck in the middle between asia, europe and africa; maybe that's why they are always fighting!
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It is because Easterners were the ones to name the parts of the Country. Note how California isn't part of the South (which really refers to the South Eastern portion of the United States) and the Mid-West is closer to the East Coast than the West Coast. Additionally, California is friggenly huge, it can be considered both South West and North West, depending on which part of the state you're in.
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it is due to the rotaion of the Earth with respect to Sun , \n\nit is visible from east first  not rising , \n\nthe light rays emerges form east.
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Higher latitude...\n\n...altitude is something else.\n\nIt has to do with the seas, and the winds. Check the following link for information:
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Because it was part of the SOUTH (1) During the division which led to the Civil War (it joined a newly created country called the Confederate States of America) and (2) It is part of the distinct culture which makes up the SOUTH.  Historically Virginia had much more in common with the states south and west of it than any state north of it.\n\nAnd besides it's not "up north".  Virginia's actually right in the middle as far as the Mexican/Canadian borders go.  But on the east coast, it's very much in the southern half of the coast.
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Eastern teams usually run more thats why.  More of an uptempo flow rather than the half court set used by most teams in the western conference.
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i think it west... \npeace out:)
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nope because the sun rises in the east and sets in the west :)
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While all the previous answers were of course correct in saying that Europe is in the Northern Hemisphere, there is also another way of dividing our planet into hemispheres, namely Eastern and Western, the dividing lines being the longitude of Greenwich, England and the International Dateline.\nAccording to that division, most of Europe is situated within the Eastern Hemisphere, with the exception of parts of the British Isles and Portugal.
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No there isn't. The term Rocky Mountain West was said as a point of view from the middle of the U.S. The Rockies are to the west from the middle which is why the answer is no.
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the answers given are correct, minor exception that the line crosses the aleutian island chain thus making Alaska the most East and Western state of the US. \n\nFun note...flying in a plane across the Pacific, the pilot will usually announce when they are crossing the Date Line.  Take note on how many people look out the window to see it.
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The Midwestern United States (or Midwest) is a region of the north-central and northeastern United States of America, located entirely inland. The term's etymology is now somewhat archaic, as the region's states were once a part of the Northwest Territory and the region was known as being a part of the "Middle West" of the United States before the Louisiana Purchase.