Geography

State Facts

100

Which state is located on a peninsula?

1. Maine

2. Hawaii

3. Florida

3. Florida

200

What is the biggest city in New England?

a) Salt Lake City

B) Boston

C) Denver

B) Boston

300

Which is the only mainland American city that isn’t in a state?

a) Washington, D.C.

b) Honolulu

c) Anchorage

a) Washington, D.C.

400

Which state is not part of New England?

1.  Massachusetts

2. Rhode Island

3. Virginia

3. Virginia

500

Which states were once part of Mexico?

a) California, New Mexico, Arizona

b) Oregon, New Mexico, Arizona

c) Nevada, Louisiana, Arizona

a) California, New Mexico, Arizona

Random

100

Which best describes the climate of New England?

A. constant rain

B. four different seasons

C. four similar seasons

B. four different seasons

200

 In which hemisphere is the United States?

A. Eastern

B. American

C. Western

C. Western

300

How many islands make up the state of Hawaii?

A. One

B. Four

C. more than one hundred

C. more than one hundred

400

Which body of water is located south of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico?

1. the Chesapeake Bay

2. the Atlantic Ocean

3. the Caribbean Sea

3. the Caribbean Sea

500

 What nickname was given to the Great Plains because so much wheat is grown there?

1. America’s Breadbasket

2. the Great Plains

3. Wheatsville

1. America’s Breadbasket

Landmarks

100

What is the first thing that many immigrants to New York City see?
A. the mayor
B. Statue of Liberty
C. Golden Gate Bridge

B. Statue Of Liberty 

200

What is the name of the sculpture with the face of four presidents carved into a cliff?

A.  the Washington Monument

B. Mount Rushmore

C. Yosemite

B. Mount Rushmore

300

What is Old Faithful?

A. a national park

B. a mountain

C. a geyser

C. A Geyser

400

What is the Grand Canyon?

a) a geyser

b) an obelisk

c) a gorge

C. A gorge

500

Walt Disney World is located in what state. 

A. Texas

B. Florida

C. South Carolina

B. Florida 

Vocabulary

100

a steep, narrow canyon

Gorge

200

a warm ocean current that begins in the Gulf of Mexico and travels north along the coast of Florida all the way to Newfoundland in Canada

Gulf Stream

300

something from nature that is useful to humans

natural resource

400

a natural physical feature on Earth’s surface

landform

500

the carrying away of soil and rock by water, ice, or wind

erosion

State Capitals

100

North Carolina's Capital

A. Raleigh 

B. Atlanta

C. Denver

A. Raleigh

200

California's Capital 

A. Springfield

B. Sacramento

C. Topeka

B. Sacramento 

300

Massachusetts' Capital

A. Honolulu

B. Phoenix

C. Boston 

C. Boston

400

Georgia's Capital 

A. Austin

B. Atlanta

C. Albany

B. Atlanta

500

New York's capital

A. Honolulu

B.  Albany

C. Boston

B. Albany