US Geography
This state has the longest coastline in America
Alaska
What is the capital of Maryland?
Annapolis
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
1776
The national bird of the United States
This US city is known as the “Windy City”
Chicago
This state contains the most northernmost point in the lower 48
Minnesota
The only capital that shares its name with the state
Oklahoma City
This purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
The number of stripes on the US flag
13
This US state is home to the city where Elvis Presley was born
Mississippi
This desert covers much of Nevada and parts of Utah and California
The Great Basin Desert
The capital located at the highest elevation in the US (Located in the Southwest)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This conflict between 1861–1865 remains the deadliest war in US history
Civil War
The branch of government that creates laws
This US state is the leading producer of maple syrup
Vermont
This mountain range forms the natural border between Tennessee and North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains
This capital city sits at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers
Topeka
This 1930s program created jobs and infrastructure during the Great Depression
The New Deal
The branch of government that interprets laws
The Judicial Branch
This US national park is famous for its giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree on Earth by volume
Sequoia National Park
This US lake is the deepest in the nation, formed inside a collapsed volcano
Crater Lake
This city was the first capital of the US from 1790-1800 while DC was being built up
Philadelphia
This famous 1800s trail stretched from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest and was used by thousands of settlers heading west
The Oregon Trail
This amendment abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude
The 13th Amendment
This US island territory in the Pacific is the westernmost point of the United States
Guam