US Geography
These two late additions to the US are also the only two to share zero borders with any other state.
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
The United States celebrate Independence Day each July 4th to commemorate the adoption and signing of this document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is what the "D.C." stands for in Washington, D.C.
What is the District of Columbia?
Noted for its rugged and mountainous terrain, this region of the US is very accurately named.
What are the Rocky Mountains (aka the Rockies)?
If you're looking to get married fast, this Southwestern city is a good place to look. And for a few bucks more Elvis will officiate.
What is Las Vegas?
Depending on who's measuring, the title for longest river in the United States goes to one of these two "M"-named rivers.
What are the Missouri and the Mississippi?
"Brother against brother" is a slogan associated with the American Civil War. Those two sides were more formally known as the Union and this Southern faction.
What is the Confederacy?
This bright spot of NYC tourism has been called "The Crossroads of the World," "The Center of the Universe," and "The Great White Way."
What is Times Square?
FREEZE: What are some other famous places around NYC?
Proving that everything is bigger there, this state in the American Southwest claims four spots in the Top 10 list of Most Populous Cities.
What is Texas?
Bonus: What Texan cities are in the Top 10 list?
Considered a wonder of the natural world, the Grand Canyon exists entirely inside of this state.
What is Arizona?
It's not as terrible as it sounds! This national park in North Dakota is famous for its unique rock formations created by weathering and erosion.
What is the Badlands?
Historians used some colorful language when nicknaming this day when the American stock market crashed on October 24, 1929.
What is Black Tuesday?
Forget shopping--this area of Washington, D.C. is home to monuments for Presidents Washington and Lincoln and the Smithsonian Museums.
What is the National Mall?
FREEZE: What else could I see around D.C.?
About half of the Midwestern states border these five lakes that are pretty great. And it's a cool place to build vacation homes.
What are Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior?
The Statue of Liberty is an iconic monument of the US, but it was originally created in this country and gifted to the US as a sign of friendship in 1885.
Who is France?
Renamed in 1917 to honor a dead president, this highest mountain in the United States officially regained its original name in 2015. *Breaking Dawn fans may have a slight advantage.
What is Denali (formerly Mt. McKinley)?
The Civil Rights Movement in the 1950 and 60s aimed to end descrimination against a person based on this characteristic.
What is race?
These are the names of the five boroughs of New York City.
What are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island?
This US region is home to several major US companies, such as Starbucks, Nike, Boeing, and Google.
What is the Pacific Coast?
A southern state, known as the Sunshine State, is maybe better known for a meme highlighting the strange, unusual, and often illegal activities of this person, aka "The World's Worst Superhero."
Who is Florida Man?
This Southwestern national park is not only the lowest point of the United States, but also one of the hottest, with temperatures reaching as high as 56.7° in 1913. Play it safe and you might just make it out alive.
What is Death Valley?
Surely there's enough land to go around! These five nations each established colonies in areas that would later become part of the United States.
Who are England, France, Russia, the Netherlands, and Spain?
The location of Washington, D.C. was a compromise between these two Founding Fathers of the USA.
Who are Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton?
Bonus: Where was the capitol located before Washington, D.C. and why did it move?
Now enjoyed worldwide, Coca-Cola was first invented and served in this southern capital city in 1886.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
Skibidi rizz or not, Ohio is famous for being the Birthplace of Aviation and the home to these two brothers who engineered the first airplane.
Who are the Wright Brothers?