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U.S. State Geography #1 - Spot the Imposter
Each question lists multiple US states - all but one of which are a correct answer to the question. See if you can identify the imposter for each question.
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1. These states were once independent countries.
California
Vermont
Florida
Alaska
Texas
2. These states have barrier islands on the Atlantic coast.
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Carolina
New York
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Maryland
3. These states have one (or two) panhandles?
Texas
Oklahoma
Florida
Arkansas
West Virginia
Idaho
Maryland
Nebraska
4. These states have land included in Yellowstone National Park.
Washington
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
5. These Midwest states share their names with a major US river.
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
6. These states seceded from the Union and were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Texas
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
Georgia
Arkansas
7. These states border one or more of the Great Lakes
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
8. Traveling Interstate 90 from Chicago to Seattle, you would travel through these states (in addition to Illinois and Washington).
Montana
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Idaho
9. These states meet at a spot known as "Four Corners."
Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
10. These states share a border with Tennessee.
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Missouri
Virginia
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
11. Portions of these states lie in the Colorado River watershed.
Colorado
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Wyoming
Utah
California
Idaho
12. These are current recognized territories of the United States.
Puerto Rico
Northern Mariana Islands
American Samoa
Guam
Panama Canal Zone
US Virgin Islands
13. These states include the birthplace of a US President.
Vermont
Connecticut
Hawaii
New Hampshire
Delaware
Arkansas
Iowa
Nebraska
14. These states share a land border with Canada.
Maine
Montana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Alaska
New Hampshire
Idaho
North Dakota
15. These states comprise the region of "New England."
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York
Maine
Vermont
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FlabberBapper
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Level 77
Sep 23, 2021
Misspelling of New Mexico on 11.
PapaFurchetta
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Sep 23, 2021
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