Regions of U.S. States

For each region, name the U.S. state in which it is primarily located.

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First submitted	April 1, 2013
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Average score	57.1%
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Region	State
Silicon Valley	California
Puget Sound	Washington
The Big Island	Hawaii
Research Triangle	North Carolina
Aleutian Islands	Alaska
Cape Cod	Massachusetts
The Keys	Florida

Region	State
Black Hills	South Dakota
Pine Barrens	New Jersey
Wasatch Front	Utah
Upper Peninsula	Michigan
Door Peninsula	Wisconsin
The Hamptons	New York
Brazos Valley	Texas

Region	State
Willamette Valley	Oregon
Acadiana	Louisiana
The Poconos	Pennsylvania
Green Mountains	Vermont
Tidewater	Virginia
Bluegrass Region	Kentucky
Front Range	Colorado

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18 Comments

Level 15

May 14, 2013

Haha I knew Puget Sound from Owl City's song Hello Seattle :P

Level 32

May 26, 2025

Puget sound is where most of the biggest cities are in Washington, including Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Olympia, and Bremerton (west shore).

Level 43

Mar 15, 2026

Of the 10 100k+ cities in Washington, 7 are in the Puget sound region, those being Tacoma, Kent, Federal Way, Renton, Bellevue, Seattle, and Everett. Other well known cities in the region are Olympia (State capitals), Redmond, (Home to Microsoft and Nintendo of America) and Kirkland (Yes the Kirkland from Costco)

Level 10

Jul 10, 2015

The first one was obvious for me because I live there

Level 87

Oct 27, 2015

Kinda picky on the spelling of Massachusetts.

Level 69

May 23, 2017

Missed 3, two were California. Actually starting typing it but second guessed myself

Level 70

Oct 3, 2017

Could you walk the boundary of the USA Mainland? try this quiz...here it is

Level 37

Oct 31, 2017

No love for the Green Giant of Connecticut?

The mountain/hilly range that's covered in trees.

Level 46

Oct 22, 2020

I was going to make a SVG map quiz that i would name Regions of the United States but I still dont understand how to do it. I dont understand how SVGs work. Maybe you can make a quiz like that. (by regions, I mean Basin and Ridge, Coastal Range, Interior Lowlands, etc.)

Level 46

Jun 25, 2021

20/24. Great quiz, thank you from The Poconos!

Level 86

Jul 12, 2023

A good and tricky option would be the sandhills region of Nebraska

Level 86

Feb 2, 2026

Oregon mentioned!!!

Level 85

Feb 2, 2026

Would love to see the Northeast Kingdom replace the Green Mountains for that state!

Level 79

Feb 2, 2026

Why 2 for North Carolina? (Insert “too North Carolina comment”).

Level ∞

Feb 3, 2026

Whoops. Replaced one of the North Carolina answers with the Pine Barrens.

Level 73

Feb 4, 2026

He killed 16 czechoslovakians. The guy was an interior decorator

Level 78

Mar 14, 2026

Possibly the best Sopranos episode.

Level 66

Feb 27, 2026

You should add the Arrowhead or the Iron Range for MN