Name the state that is mostly a peninsula.

Name the state that is mostly a peninsula.

a. Florida

b. Hawaii

c. Louisiana

Hint: A peninsula is a portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body of land.

Name the 840-acre park that features an Egyptian obelisk, a skating rink, a zoo, and the Metropolitan

Museum of Art.

a. Golden Gate Park

b. Central Park

c. Lincoln Park

Hint: The park is located in Manhattan.

Name the longest cave in the world.

a. Lechuguilla Cave, N.M.

b. Altamira Cave, Spain

c. Mammoth Cave, Ky.

Hint: You can get lost underground right here in the United States.

Name the state that is made up of islands.

a. Alaska

b. Puerto Rico

c. Hawaii

Hint: The word “state” is important.

Name the smallest national park, which measures a mere.02 acres.

a. Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial

b. Acadia

c. Badlands

Hint: The park is located in Pennsylvania.

Name the highest mountain in the U.S.

a. Mount Hood, Ore.

b. Mount McKinley, Alaska

c. Pike’s Peak, Colo.

Hint: It is known locally as Denali, or “the Great One.”

Name the geographic center of the 48 conterminous (connected) states.

a. Smith County, Kans.

b. Butte County, S.D.

c. Falls City, Nebr.

Hint: Don’t include Hawaii and Alaska

Name the southernmost point of the 50 states.

a. Ka Lae, Hawaii

b. Key West, Fla.

c. Brownsville, Texas

Hint: The point is on an island.

Name the place to see the best-preserved prehistoric cliff dwellings in the United States.

a. Joshua Tree, Calif.

b. Congaree, S.C.

c. Mesa Verde, Colo.

Hint: The name means “green table.”

This plantation on the banks of the Potomac River is home to more than a dozen outbuildings, including slave quarters, a kitchen, stables, a greenhouse, four different gardens, and a four-acre working farm.

Name this place.

a. the White House

b. Mount Vernon

c. Monticello

Hint: This site also marks the final resting place of Martha and George Washington.

Name the 6,000 ft mountain that displays the likenesses of four American presidents.

a. Mount Rushmore

b. Monticello

c. Mount Swarthmore

Hint: The 60-foot heads belong to presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.

This feat of nature is 277 miles long and one mile deep, and was formed by the erosion of the Colorado

River. Name it.

a. Royal Gorge

b. Red Rock Canyon

c. Grand Canyon

Hint: This gorge is in Arizona.

Name the only Great Lake that lies entirely within the U.S. borders.

a. Superior

b. Michigan

c. Erie

Hint: This lake is bordered by Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

Name the state that is second in mean elevation to Colorado.

a. Wyoming

b. Montana

c. Utah

Hint: This state is home to Yellowstone National Park.

Which official territory of the United States is located about 1,000 mi east-southeast of Miami, Fla.?

a. Bermuda

b. Haiti

c. Puerto Rico

Hint: The capital of this place is San Juan.

The ocean east of the United States is:

a. the Pacific

b. the Atlantic

c. the Indian

Hint: The Pacific borders California.

The U.S. and its territories cover how many time zones?

a. 4

b. 9

c. 12

Hint: Don’t forget Hawaii, Alaska, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and Guam.

Which of these islands is NOT an island off the eastern coast of the U.S.?

a. Bermuda

b. Nantucket

c. Catalina

Hint: You can take a one-hour boat ride from Long Beach, Calif. to get to this island.

Which geographical area receives the most average rainfall each year?

a. Mt. Washington, New Hampshire

b. Juneau, Alaska

c. Seattle, Washington

Hint: This site is in the eastern part of the U.S.

What share of the world’s land area does the U.S. hold?

a. 6.2%

b. 25%

c. 1%

Hint: Russia is the world’s largest country and covers about 12.5% of the world’s land area.

Which of the following states does not share its name with a U.S. river?

a. Arkansas

b. Nevada

c. Delaware

Hint: The capital of this state is Carson City.

Where is the geographic center of the 50 states?

a. Kansas City, Kans.

b. Jefferson City, Mo.

c. Butte County, S.D.

Hint: Don’t forget to consider Hawaii and Alaska.

If you wanted to stand at the northernmost point of the United States, where would you go?

a. Point Barrow, Alaska

b. Caribou, Maine

c. Hallock, Minn.

Hint: Next stop: North Pole.

What state has the highest average elevation?

a. Alaska

b. Colorado

c. New Mexico

Hint: The Rocky Mountains live here.

There is a spot in the U.S. that lies 282 ft below sea level, the lowest point in all the states. Where is this

spot?

a. Death Valley, Calif.

b. Atlanta, Ga..

c. New Orleans, La.

Hint: This place is landlocked.

What 27-acre island is home to an important place in American immigration history?

a. Alcatraz

b. Ellis Island

c. Bermuda

Hint: This piece of land is owned jointly by New York and New Jersey.

What six states comprise New England?

a. Maine, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York

b. Maine, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware

c. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Hint: The nation’s smallest state is in New England

Which landlocked harbor is one of the largest and best natural harbors in the East Pacific Ocean?

a. Valdez Harbor, Alaska

b. Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii

c. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Hint: This harbor was the site of a surprise attack by the Japanese during WWII.

The Lechuguilla Cave is part of what series of underground chambers?

a. Carlsbad Caverns

b. Luray Caverns

c. Jenolan Caves

Hint: You must travel to southeast New Mexico to visit.

Which of the following territory, colony, or dependency is NOT under U.S. jurisdiction?

a. Guam

b. Puerto Rico

c. Cayman Islands

Hint: A popular vacation spot, this overseas territory consists of three islands.

ADVANCED LEVEL

Name the world’s second largest lake.

a. Superior

b. Champlain

c. Onega

Hint: This lake has a shoreline in the United States and a shoreline in Canada.

Name the river that runs from Otsego Lake to Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

a. Sabine

b. Susquehanna

c. Stikine

Hint: Otsego Lake is in Cooperstown, New York.

Name the place that recorded the highest temperature to date—134˚F—in the United States.

a. Seymour, Texas

b. Volcano Springs, Calif.

c. Death Valley, Calif.

Hint: This spot also boasts the lowest point in the Americas.

At 412 billion gallons, this reservoir is the largest man-made reservoir in the world that is devoted solely to water supply.

a. Quabbin in Massachusetts

b. Lake Mead in Nevada and Arizona

c. Lake Shasta in California

HInt: The towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, and Prescott were evacuated and submerged as part of the process to establish this reservoir.

Name the state that has the most national forests.

a. Oregon

b. Idaho

c. California

Hint: Tahoe National Forest is one of 20 national forests in this state.

Name the five states that are part of the Ring of Fire.

a. Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona

b. Oregon, Washington, California, Alaska, Hawaii

c. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida

Hint: The Ring of Fire is the linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity that coincides in general with the margins of the Pacific Plate.

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Name the state that is due west of the state whose name means “green mountain.”

a. California

b. New York

c. Idaho

Hint: Ethan Allen was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys.

The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the border between which two states?

a. Alabama and Georgia

b. Georgia and South Carolina

c. Mississippi and Alabama

Hint: The northern half of this border is artificially straight.

Name one place found in the U.S. Fall Zone.

a. Bridalveil Falls, Calif.

b. Niagara Falls, N.Y.

c. rapids in Richmond, Va.

Hint: A fall zone, or fall line, is the place where the upland region of continental bedrock and alluvial coastal plain meet—where the waterfalls are.

The gentle hills in the Southeast are known as:

a. Piedmont

b. Baby Appalachians

c. Allegheny Plateau

Hint: This area includes parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.

Name the place to find one of the world’s richest deposits of copper.

a. Cooperstown, N.Y.

b. Butte, Mont.

c. Las Vegas, Nev.

Hint: The name of this city means an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.

The Grand Coulee Dam makes hydroelectricity by using the power of what river?

a. Columbia

b. Colorado

c. Snake

Hint: This river runs through Canada for 465 of its miles.

Which group of mountains are the source of many rivers in the West?

a. the Catskill Mountains

b. the Smokey Mountains

c. the Rocky Mountains

Hint: These mountains form the Continental Divide, separating rivers draining to the Atlantic and Arctic oceans from those draining to the Pacific.

Name the steel-making center of the Southeast.

a. Birmingham, Ala.

b. Atlanta, Ga.

c. Clarksville, Tenn.

Hint: This city’s nickname is “Pittsburgh of the South”

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What are the easternmost and westernmost points in the United States?

a. Provincetown (Cape Cod), Mass. and Eureka Calif.

b. West Quoddy Head, Maine and Cape Wrangell, Alaska

c. Honolulu, Hawaii and Key Largo, Fla.

Hint: Measure from the geographic center of the U.S., including Hawaii and Alaska.

What is the speed limit in the Erie Canal?

a. no speed limit

b. 10 mph

c. 15 mph

Hint: The speed limit matches the travelling speed of a Segway motorized personal transporter.

What geographical and meteorological phenomena are known as the “devil winds”?

a. El Niño

b. Chinook winds

c. Santa Ana winds

Hint: The winds form between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Rocky Mountains.

Lake Ontario is the source for which river?

a. Ohio

b. St. Lawrence

c. Yukon

Hint: This river empties into a gulf of the same name.

How many territories are currently under U.S. jurisdiction?

a. 14

b. 8

c. 2

Hint: All but Palmyra Atoll are unincorporated territories.

What boundary is 1,933 mi. (3,111 km) in length?

a. boundary between Alaska and Canada

b. boundary between the 48 conterminous states (including the Great Lakes) and Canada

c. boundary between the U.S. and Mexico

Hint: If you were to drive from New York to San Francisco, you would travel approximately 2,907 mi.

There are 92 mountain peaks over 14,000 ft tall in the U.S. Where are the majority located?

a. Alaska

b. California

c. Colorado

Hint: Sunshine Peak just makes the cut at 14,001 ft.

Which U.S. river is the longest?

a. Mississippi

b. Missouri

c. Rio Grande

Hint: This river’s start is Lake Itasca.

Which is the only state that does not have land designated as a national park?

a. Texas

b. Delaware

c. Utah

Hint: This state entered the union Dec. 7, 1787.

What are Lion, Lioness, Little Cub, and Big Cub?

a. waterfalls in Hawaii

b. geysers in Yellowstone National Park

c. lakes in Minnesota

Hint: They are found in a volcanic region.

What “line” separates eastward-flowing and westward-flowing waters?

a. Mason-Dixon line

b. longitudinal axis

c. Continental Divide

Hint: It runs through the Rocky Mountains.

State nicknames often reflect a particular characteristic. Which state is dubbed the Land Where the Tall Corn Grows?

a. Iowa

b. Idaho

c. Nebraska

Hint: The most official nickname of this state is the Hawkeye State.

Which U.S. coastline has the greatest length?

a. Gulf coast

b. Atlantic coast

c. Pacific coast

Hint: Don’t forget Alaska and Hawaii!

Which one of these is NOT one of America’s 17 World Heritage Sites?

a. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Ill.

b. Olympic National Park, Wash.

c. Cape Cod National Seashore

Hint: You can sample cranberries while you are here.

Which state has the largest water area?

a. Michigan

b. Alaska

c. Wisconsin

Hint: This state also boasts the highest total land area.

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