- 1. The Mackinac Bridge connects the Upper and Lower Peninulas of which state?
A) West Virginia
B) Michigan
- 2. Hurricanes have caused widespread damage in which state?
A) Texas
B) Iowa
- 3. Which state is located west of the Mississippi River?
A) Maryland
B) Colorado
- 4. Which state has a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico?
A) Delaware
B) Alabama
- 5. Which state produces more peanuts?
A) Georgia
B) Utah
- 6. The Big Sur region is located along the coast of which state?
A) California
B) New Jersey
- 7. Forests cover approximately 60% of which state?
A) Arizona
B) Virginia
- 8. Which state is made up of eight main islands?
A) Hawaii
B) Ohio
- 9. Which state averages more inches of rainfall per year?
A) Nevada
B) Delaware
- 10. Lake Superior borders Michigan, Minnesota, and which other state?
A) Wisconsin
B) Missouri
- 11. Brownsville, a border city on the Rio Grande, is located in which state?
A) Utah
B) Texas
- 12. The city of Harrisburg, which lies on the Susquehanna River, is located in which eastern state?
A) Pennsylvania
B) Kansas
- 13. Wall, a town famous for its huge drug store and tourist stop, is located just north of Badlands National Park in which state?
A) South Dakota
B) West Virginia
- 14. The city of Pasco is located on the Columbia River not for from the Ice Harbor Dam in which state?
A) Washington
B) Georgia
- 15. Pacagoula, a city nearly destroyed by Hurrican Katrina, lies on the Gulf Coast of which state?
A) Mississippi
B) Iowa
- 16. The town of Luray, famous for its nearby caverns, is located in the Shenandoah Valley in which state?
A) Virgina
B) Arizona
- 17. Newark is the largest city and an industrial center in which mid-Atlantic state?
A) Vermont
B) New Jersey
- 18. Juneau is the capital of which large state where herds of reindeer can be found?
A) Alaska
B) Maine
- 19. The city of Moab, located on the Colorado River, is the gateway to the Arches National Park in which state?
A) Connecticut
B) Utah
- 20. Lumbering is an important economic activity in Missoula, a city located south of the Flathead Indian Reservation in which state?
A) Montana
B) Arkansas
- 21. Fort McHenry, which was attacked during the War of 1812, is located on an arm of the Chesapeake Bay in which state?
A) Maryland
B) South Dakota
- 22. The home of President Harry S. Truman is located in Independence in which state?
A) Missouri
B) West Virginia
- 23. Slater Mill, America's first successful water-powered cotton mill, is located north of Providence in which state?
A) Rhode Island
B) Idaho
- 24. Which state is home the the Country Music Hall of Fame, located in the city nicknamed Music City USA?
A) Nevada
B) Tennessee
- 25. Bandelier National Monument, site of ancient rock paintings, is located south of Los Alamos in which state?
A) New Mexico
B) Oregon
- 26. The Five Civilized Tribes Museum, which contains artifacts from the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes, is located in which state?
A) Connecticut
B) Oklahoma
- 27. A national historic trail from Selma to Montgomery commemorates the route of a civil rights march led by Martin Luther King, Jr., is in which state?
A) Wisconsin
B) Alabama
- 28. Kings Mountain, site of an important American victory in the Revolutionary War, is located in the Piedmont region of which state?
A) Indiana
B) South Carolina
- 29. Harlem, a neighborhood that developed as a cultural center for African American music and literature in the early 1900s, is located on the East River in which state?
A) New York
B) California
- 30. Virginia City, which became a boomtown after silver was discovered at the Comstock Lode in the mid-1800s, is located in which state?
A) Vermont
B) Nevada
- 31. Tugela Falls, one of the highest waterfalls in the world, is located in the Drakensberg Mountains on which continent? Africa
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- 32. The majority of the world's proven oil reserves are found near the Persian Gulf in the southwestern part of which continent? Africa
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- 33. Which continent has the least vegetation? Africa
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- 34. The Beaufort Sea and the Mosquito Coast are located along the coastlines of which continent? Africa
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- 35. Which continent has the most speakers of Celtic languages, such as Welsh and Gaelic? Africa
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- 36. The Guiana Highlands and the Pantanal region are located on which continent? Africa
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- 37. The Laptev and East Siberian Seas are located along the northern coast of which continent? Africa
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- 38. The Greater Antilles and the Queen Elizabeth Islands are part of which continent? Africa
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- 39. Niger, a country with one of the world's fastest growing populations, is located in the northwestern part of which continent? Africa
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- 40. Melbourne and Sydney are two of the largest cities on which continent? Africa
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