US Geography
The US is in this hemisphere.
Western Hemisphere
Which state is NOT a part of New England?
a) Rhode Island
b) Virginia
c) New Hampshire
b) Virginia
The State of Florida is bordered by which bodies of water?
a) Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
b) Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
c) Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea
b) Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Old Faithful is a ...
a) volcano
b) national park
c) geyser
c) geyser
Which state in the US has the largest land size?
Alaska
The approximate distance from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean is about...
a) 30,000 miles
b) 500 miles
c) 3,000 miles
c) 3,000 miles
The biggest city in the New England region is:
a) Denver
b) Los Angeles
c) Boston
c) Boston
This is the nickname given to the Great Plains because they grow so much wheat...
America's Breadbasket
You can describe the Grand Canyon as a ...
a) gorge
b) geyser
c) obelisk
a) gorge
Which area of the US gets the most rain?
a) Hawaii
b) the South
c) western Oregon and Washington
c) western Oregon and Washington
a) erosion
b) mind
c) indigenous
a) erosion
The first thing that many immigrants to New York City see is...
the Statue of Liberty
Which is not one of the Great Lakes?
a) Lake Erie
b) Lake Michigan
c) Lake Champlain
c) Lake Champlain
These states were once part of Mexico:
a) Arizona, Florida, New Mexico
b) Nevada, Louisiana, Arizona
c) Arizona, New Mexico, California
c) Arizona, New Mexico, California
Alaska's geography is special because,
a) it's covered in snow all the time
b) 17 of the 20 tallest mountains in the US are there
c) there are no rivers
b) 17 of the 20 tallest mountains in the US are there
This body of water is located below (south) of the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.
the Caribbean Sea
The only mainland American city that isn't a state is...
Washington, DC
This lake borders Chicago...
Lake Michigan
The monument that is carved into a cliff and has four US president's faces is called what?
Mt Rushmore
The Hawaiian islands were formed when...
a) and earthquake erupted under the sea.
b) they fell off the coast of California.
c) volcanoes erupting under the sea.
c) volcanoes erupting under the sea.
A part of a sea or ocean that extends into land is:
a) peninsula
b) bay
c) Gulf Stream
b) bay
The climate of England can be described as:
a) four different seasons
b) constant rain
c) four similar seasons
a) four different seasons
A funnel-shaped cloud containing high winds is a...
a) hurricane
b) tornado
c) blizzard
b) tornado
To dig into the earth in search of minerals or coal is:
a) gorge
b) mine
c) natural resource
b) mine
The state of Hawaii has ________ islands.
a) four
b) twenty-seven
c) more than one hundred
c) more than one hundred