States

Question 1

Grand Canyon State

Answer 1

Arizona

Question 2

This state’s capital has no highway access. Name the state and capital.

Answer 2

Alaska, Juneau

Question 3

This state has the largest population of all the states in the USA.

Answer 3

California

Question 4

This state contains the “Mile High City”, name the state and city.

Answer 4

Colorado, Denver

Question 5

Which state borders Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi to the north?

Answer 5

Tennessee

Question 6

What are the four states that make up the “Four Corners”?

Answer 6

Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico

Question 7

“Industry” is the motto of which western state that is home to most of the Wasatch Range?

Answer 7

Utah

Question 8

Which state borders California on the north?

Answer 8

Oregon

Question 9

What state produces more gold than any other state?

a) Nevada
b) West Virginia
c) Nebraska
d) Idaho

Answer 9

Nevada

Question 10

Name the 800-mile trail that was established in 1821 to encourage trade between Missouri and what is now New Mexico.

a) Santa Fe Trail
b) Oregon Trail
c) Appalachian Trail

Answer 10

Santa Fe Trail

Question 11

Which of these cities has the coolest average annual temperature?

a) Tulsa
b) Miami
c) Boise

Answer 11

Boise

Question 12

Which of the following states was not part of the Cotton Belt?

a) South Carolina
b) Maryland
c) Georgia

Answer 12

Maryland

Question 13

Which state produces more macadamia nuts?

a) Hawaii
b) Georgia
c) South Carolina

Answer 13

Hawaii

Question 14

Beginning in the 1890s, herds of reindeer, whose present-day numbers are small, were imported from Siberia and released in which state?

a) Alaska
b) Utah
c) Montana

Answer 14

Alaska

Question 15

Which state is not an important source of coal for the U.S.?

a) West Virginia
b) Washington
c) Pennsylvania

Answer 15

Washington

Question 16

The Hawaiian Islands were first colonized by the people of which culture?

a) San
b) Polynesian
c) Maya

Answer 16

Polynesian