Physical Features
This major eastern mountain range extends from Maine down into Georgia.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This ocean lies off the West Coast of the United States.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This region includes states like New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
What is the Northeast?
This New England state is known as the "Green Mountain State".
What is Vermont?
This is the smallest state in the U.S. by total land area.
What is Rhode Island?
This massive western mountain range stretches through much of the American West, including Wyoming and Colorado.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
This ocean lies off the East Coast of the United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This agricultural region includes Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.
What is the Midwest?
This mitten-shaped state is surrounded by four major lakes.
What is Michigan?
This state is the only one in the nation made up entirely of islands.
What is Hawaii?
This state is home to the Grand Canyon.
What is Arizona?
This large body of water sits directly south of Texas and Florida.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
This state has the largest population in the South region and contains Houston and Dallas.
What is Texas?
This state is home to Chicago and borders Lake Michigan.
What is Illinois?
This state is the largest by land area and is also the northernmost state.
What is Alaska?
Located primarily in Wyoming, this famous national park is known for its dramatic Rocky Mountain scenery, geothermal features, and wildlife.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
Known as the main water highway through the center of the U.S., this major river flows all the way down into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
Name all the states that make up the Mid-Atlantic sub-region.
What are New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
This state contains Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Yosemite National Park.
What is California?
Provide one major geographic reason why early human settlements and major cities developed near water sources like rivers or ocean coasts.
What is access to trade/transportation, freshwater for drinking/agriculture, or fertile soil?
These two states share the record for bordering the highest number of other states (8 states each).
What are Tennessee and Missouri?
These two major rivers act as tributaries, flowing from the east and the west to dump their waters directly into the Mississippi River.
What are the Ohio River and Missouri River?
Name all four states that make up the Southwest sub-region.
What are Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas?
Name the four states that meet at a single geographic point, allowing a person to stand in all four states at the exact same time.
What are Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado?
Name a major physical barrier that historically made moving and traveling westward difficult for early American settlers.
What are the Appalachian Mountains or the Mississippi River?