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