50 states
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1. What is the capital city of Arkansas? ____________________________

2. What state borders Arkansas on the north? _______________________________

3. What two states make up most of Arkansas' eastern border? _______________________________ and _______________________________

4. What state makes up most of Arkansas' southern border? _______________________________

5. What state borders Arkansas on the southwest? ___________________________

6. What state makes up most of Arkansas' western border? ______________________________________

7. What is the name of the river that forms Arkansas' eastern border? _________________________________________________

8. What is the name of the large city on the Texas-Arkansas border? ___________________________________________________

9. What is the National Park in central Arkansas? ___________________________________________________

10. What is the name of the highest point in Arkansas? ____________________________________

1. What is the capital of California? ____________________

2. What ocean borders California on the west? ______________________

3. Which country borders southern California? ______________________

4. What state borders California on the north? ________________________

5. What 2 states border California on the east? _______________________ and _______________________

6. What is the name of the National Park located east of San Francisco? ______________________

7. The lowest point in the USA is in a valley in south-eastern California. What is the name of this valley? ______________________

8. Name two mountain ranges in California. _____________________________ and _____________________________

9. What is the largest city in northern California? ______________________

10. What is the largest city in southern California? _____________________________

1. What is the capital of Florida? ____________________________

2. What ocean borders Florida on the east? ______________________________

3. Which large body of water borders Florida on the west? ______________________________

4. What 2 states border Florida on the north? _______________________ and _________________________

5. What is the name of the large lake in south central Florida? _______________________________

6. What is the name of the National Park located in southwestern Florida? ______________________________

7. What is the name of the series of islands off the coast of south Florida? ______________________________

8. Name Florida's southernmost city. _____________________

9. What is the name of the large river that runs through northern Florida?

10. The oldest city in the USA is on the northeastern coast of Florida. It was named for a saint. What is its name? _____________________________

1. What is the capital city of Hawaii? ____________________________

2. In which ocean is Hawaii located? _______________________________

3. The Hawaiian Islands are the projecting tops of an undersea mountain range. How many major islands are there in the state of Hawaii? (There are also many smaller ones not shown on the map above.) ___________________________

4. What is the name of Hawaii's largest island? Captain James Cook was killed on this island in 1779. ___________________________

5. Which of the major islands is farthest north? ___________________________

6. The city of Kaunakakai is on which island? ____________________________________

7. The cities of Honolulu and Kaneohe are on which island? ______________________________________

8. The city of Kahului is on which island? _________________________

9. Which of the major islands is farthest west? _______________________________

10. The tallest point on Hawaii is a volcano that is 13,796 feet tall. What is its name? _______________________________

1. What is the capital of Montana? ____________________________

2. What country borders Montana on the north? ___________________________

3. What two states border Montana on the east? _________________________ and _________________________

4. What two states border Montana on the south? _________________________ and _________________________

5. What state borders Montana on the west? _______________________

6. What Montana river runs through Miles City? ___________________________

7. Montana is the only state in the USA that has a triple divide, where water can flow into the Pacific, the Atlantic, or Hudson Bay. This divide is located at Triple Divide Peak, located in a National Park in northwestern Montana. What is the name of this Park? _____________________________

8. What is the name of the large lake in northwestern Montana? _____________________________

9. In 1876, Crazy Horse led Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the defeat of Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his cavalry troops at Little Bighorn, in Montana's Bighorn Mountains. This area is also rich in dinosaur fossils. Which Montana city is roughly north of this area? _____________________________

10. The tallest mountain in Montana is 12,799 feet tall, and is in the Absaroka Range. What is its name? ______________________

1. What is the capital of New York State? ____________________

2. Two of the Great Lakes border New York. What are they? ______________________ and ______________________

3. Which country borders New York? _________________

4. Which ocean borders New York? _________________

5. What is the name of the biggest river in New York state? ______________________

6. Name two mountain ranges in New York. ______________________ and ______________________

7. Name a large waterfall in western New York. ______________________

8. Name the 2 states that border New York to the south. ______________________ and ______________________

9. Name the 3 states that border New York to the east. ______________________, ______________________ and ______________________

10. What is the name of the huge city at the southeastern corner of New York? ______________________

1. Washington, D.C., is the capital city of what? ________________________________

2. What state borders Washington, D.C., on the north, east, and southeast? _______________________________

3. What state borders Washington, D.C., on the southwest? _______________________________

4. What river borders Washington, D.C., on the southwest? _____________________________________

5. The White House is the residence and office of the President of the USA. Is the White House north, south, east, or west from the Washington Monument? _____________________________________

6. Congress (the Senate and the House of Representatives) meets in the Capitol. Is the Capitol northeast, northwest, southeast, or southwest from the White House? ______________________________________

7. The Lincoln Memorial honors President Abraham Lincoln. What Virginia city is west of the Lincoln Memorial, just across the Potomac River? _________________________________________________

8. The Washington Monument was built to honor George Washington. Is the Washington Monument north, south, east, or west from the Capitol? ____________________________________

9. What is the name of the river that runs through eastern Washington, D.C.? ______________________________________

10. In which part of the USA is Washington, D.C., located: north, south, east, or west? _____________________________________________

1. What is the capital city of Oklahoma? ________________________________

2. What two states border Oklahoma on the north? _______________________________ and _______________________________

3. What two states border Oklahoma on the east? _______________________________ and _______________________________

4. What state borders Oklahoma on the south? _______________________________

5. Oklahoma is made up of a large rectangle and a long "panhandle" on the northwest. What state borders the western end of Oklahoma's panhandle? ___________________________

6. What is the name of the river that forms most of Oklahoma's southern border (except on the panhandle)? ______________________________________

7. What is the name of the river that flows by Tulsa? _________________________________________________

8. What is the name of the large lake on the Oklahoma-Texas border? ___________________________________________________

9. What is the large river that flows across most of Oklahoma and into Eufaula Lake? ___________________________________________________

10. The tallest point in Oklahoma is Black Mesa. In what part of Oklahoma is it: northeast, northwest, southeast, or southwest? ____________________________________

1. What is the capital of the state of Texas? ____________________

2. Which large body of water borders Texas on the southeast? _________________

3. What river forms Texas' border on the southwest? _________________

4. Which country borders Texas on the southwest? _________________

5. In which city is the Alamo located? ______________________

6. Which US state borders Texas to the west? ______________________

7. Which US state makes up most of Texas' northern border? ______________________

8. Which US state makes up most of Texas' eastern border? ______________________

9. Which US state borders Texas at its far northeastern corner? ______________________

10. What is the name of the National Park in southwestern Texas? ______________________

1. What is the capital of Rhode Island? ____________________________

2. Rhode Island is in which part of the USA: northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest? ___________________________

3. Which ocean forms the southern border of Rhode Island? ______________________________________

4. What state borders Rhode Island to the north and east? _________________________

5. What state borders Rhode Island to the west? ___________________________

6. Rhode Island is the smallest state in size in the USA. About how many miles long is Rhode Island (from north to south)? ___________________________

7. What is the name of the large bay along which the cities of Warwick and Providence are located? ________________________________________

8. What Rhode Island island is located far south of the rest of Rhode Island? __________________________________

9. On which island is the city of Newport located? _______________________________

10. What is the nickname of Rhode Island? ____________________________________