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States of the North East USA (With Hints) - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 40 times
- The average score is 8 of 9
Answer Stats
| Answer | A bit of a hint | % Correct | |
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| Maine | This name could be shorthand for 'the mainland'. | 100%
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| New England | Connecticut | The state's name comes from the Mohegan word 'quonehtacut', meaning 'place of the long tidal river'. | 95%
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| New York | Charles II gave this to his brother, the Duke of ____. This position is today held by the king or queen's second son. | 95%
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| New Hampshire | Named after a county on the south coast of England, by John Mason. He drew up the first English map of Newfoundland, but he never actually got to New England. | 92%
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| Mid Atlantic | New Jersey | This was named after the largest island in the English Channel. | 92%
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| Rhode Island | It's possible that Dutch captain Adriaen Block saw this region and noticed its red autumnal leaves: he called it 'een rodlich Eylande'. | 92%
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| Massachusetts | Named after the area's original inhabitants. Their name may come in turn from 'muswach8sut' in the Wôpanâak language: 'by the great hill'. | 89%
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| Vermont | A French mariner, Samuel de Champlain, called it (in French) a 'green mountain'. | 86%
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| Pennsylvania | William Penn was a Quaker who founded a colony here. Its name indicates woods belonging to him. | 84%
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