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South Dakota
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  • 1. Which city is the capital of South Dakota?
A) Aberdeen
B) Rapid City
C) Pierre
D) Sioux Falls
  • 2. What is the nickname of South Dakota?
A) The Cornhusker State
B) Mount Rushmore State
C) The Equality State
D) The Sunflower State
  • 3. Which national park is located in South Dakota?
A) Badlands National Park
B) Yosemite National Park
C) Yellowstone National Park
D) Grand Canyon National Park
  • 4. What river forms part of the eastern border of South Dakota?
A) Mississippi River
B) Missouri River
C) Ohio River
D) Colorado River
  • 5. In which year did South Dakota become a state?
A) 1859
B) 1889
C) 1909
D) 1929
  • 6. What is the official state bird of South Dakota?
A) Bald Eagle
B) Ring-necked Pheasant
C) American Goldfinch
D) Western Meadowlark
  • 7. Which famous American author wrote about the town of De Smet in South Dakota?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) Harper Lee
C) Mark Twain
D) Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • 8. What is the highest point in South Dakota?
A) Harney Peak
B) Custer Peak
C) Mount Rushmore
D) Black Elk Peak
  • 9. What is the state flower of South Dakota?
A) Sunflower
B) Purple Coneflower
C) American Pasqueflower
D) Black-Eyed Susan
  • 10. Which famous motorcycle rally takes place annually in Sturgis, South Dakota?
A) Daytona Bike Week
B) Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
C) Biketoberfest
D) Laconia Motorcycle Week
  • 11. What is the South Dakota state motto?
A) Equality Before the Law
B) The Land of Infinite Variety
C) The Star of the North
D) Under God the People Rule
  • 12. Which president's faces are carved into Mount Rushmore?
A) George Washington, Ben Franklin, James Madison, Andrew Jackson
B) Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, James Monroe
C) Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln
  • 13. South Dakota is located in which region of the United States?
A) Northeast
B) West
C) South
D) Midwest
  • 14. Which climatic region does western South Dakota fall under?
A) Tropical
B) Polar
C) Humid continental
D) Semi-arid
  • 15. What major industry is important to South Dakota's economy?
A) Aerospace
B) Entertainment
C) Technology
D) Agriculture
  • 16. Which president ordered the Louisiana Purchase, which included the area of present-day South Dakota?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) James Madison
C) James Monroe
D) Andrew Jackson
  • 17. What is the state gemstone of South Dakota?
A) Rose Quartz
B) Black Hills Gold
C) Topaz
D) Fairburn Agate
  • 18. The Great Sioux Reservation was established by the Treaty of Fort Laramie in what year?
A) 1912
B) 1799
C) 1937
D) 1868
  • 19. What is the state fish of South Dakota?
A) Walleye
B) Catfish
C) Northern Pike
D) Trout
  • 20. Who sculpted the iconic heads at Mount Rushmore?
A) Michelangelo
B) Gutzon Borglum
C) Auguste Rodin
D) Leonardo da Vinci
  • 21. Which university in South Dakota is known as the Coyotes and the Yote?
A) Aberdeen University
B) South Dakota State University
C) University of South Dakota
D) Sioux Falls College
  • 22. What is the state tree of South Dakota?
A) Black Hills Spruce
B) Pine
C) Maple
D) Oak
  • 23. Which famous South Dakotan sculptor created the Crazy Horse Memorial?
A) Gutzon Borglum
B) John Lopez
C) Dale Lamphere
D) Korczak Ziolkowski
  • 24. What is the area of South Dakota in square miles?
A) 52,345
B) 77,116
C) 93,721
D) 64,802
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