Geography
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All about Virginia
Interesting Facts
100

Does the United States have volcanoes?

YES! The following states have volcanoes:

  • Alaska: 141.
  • California: 18.
  • Oregon: 17.
  • Washington: 7.
  • Hawaii: 5.
  • Utah: 4.
  • Idaho: 4.
  • New Mexico: 3.
100

How many states are in the United States of America?

50

100

What is the capital of Virginia?

Richmond

100

How many stars are on the US flag?

50

200

How many oceans touch the United States? Can you name them?

2. The Pacific and the Atlantic.

200

Which two states do not touch the mainland?

Alaska and Hawaii

200

Is Virginia a state or a commonwealth?

A commonwealth, but it functions as a state. Other Commonwealths are Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.

200

How many stripes are on the flag?

13. They are for the 13 colonies.

300

How many major deserts touch the United States?

4. They are: Great Basin, Chihuanhuan, Sonoran, Mojave.

300

What is the capital of the United States?

Washington D.C.

300

Which ocean does Virginia touch?

The Atlantic

300

Which state had the first European Settlement in what became the United States?

Virginia

400

Which two countries does the United States touch?

Canada and Mexico

400

Can you name the largest state and the smallest state?

Alaska is the largest state and Rhode Island is the smallest.

400

How many states touch Virginia? Can you name two of them?

5. Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina?

400

Several of the 7 Natural Wonders of North America are in the United States. Can you name one of them?

Grand Canyon, Yosemite National Park, Denali, Niagara Falls, Redwoods, Yellowstone Park

500

Can you name one of the top two longest rivers in the United States?

  • Missouri: 2,540 miles

  • Mississippi: 2,340 miles

500

This state is the furthest north, west, and east. Which one is it?

Alaska!!

500

Name a president that was from Virginia.

1 George Washington. 2 Thomas Jefferson. 3 James Madison. 4 James Monroe. 5 William Henry Harrison. 6 John Tyler. 7 Zachary Taylor. 8 Woodrow Wilson.

500

Name one of the 13 colonies.

1. Massachusetts 2. Rhode Island 3. New Hampshire 4. Connecticut 5. New York 6. New Jersey 7. Pennsylvania 8. Delaware 9. Maryland 10. Virginia 11. North Carolina 12. South Carolina 13. Georgia