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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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| First submitted | September 22, 2021 |
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1. These states were once independent countries.
Vermont
Texas
Alaska
California
Florida
2. These states have barrier islands on the Atlantic coast.
Maryland
New Jersey
South Carolina
Virginia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New York
North Carolina
3. These states have one (or two) panhandles?
Arkansas
Texas
West Virginia
Nebraska
Maryland
Oklahoma
Florida
Idaho
4. These states have land included in Yellowstone National Park.
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Washington
5. These Midwest states share their names with a major US river.
Missouri
Minnesota
Indiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kansas
Iowa
Ohio
6. These states seceded from the Union and were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Alabama
North Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Maryland
Virginia
Arkansas
Texas
7. These states border one or more of the Great Lakes
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Indiana
8. Traveling Interstate 90 from Chicago to Seattle, you would travel through these states (in addition to Illinois and Washington).
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Minnesota
North Dakota
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
9. These states meet at a spot known as "Four Corners."
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
New Mexico
10. These states share a border with Tennessee.
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Missouri
Mississippi
Arkansas
Georgia
11. Portions of these states lie in the Colorado River watershed.
Nevada
New Mexico
Arizona
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
Colorado
California
12. These are current recognized territories of the United States.
US Virgin Islands
Guam
Panama Canal Zone
American Samoa
Puerto Rico
Northern Mariana Islands
13. These states include the birthplace of a US President.
New Hampshire
Vermont
Arkansas
Nebraska
Hawaii
Delaware
Iowa
Connecticut
14. These states share a land border with Canada.
North Dakota
Idaho
Massachusetts
Alaska
New Hampshire
Montana
Maine
Minnesota
15. These states comprise the region of "New England."
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Maine
Connecticut
New York
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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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Level 94
Sep 23, 2021
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