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