Grow 16-18
What is the capital of the only state bordered on the south by Arkansas and through which the 40 degree N line of latitude passes?
Jefferson City, Missisouri
How many states begin with the letter "R"? List them.
1. Rhode Island
How many states begin with the letter "W"? What are their names?
4. Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Locate the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Eastern Canada. Now, write a definition of a gulf.
A large arm of a body of water partly surrounded by land
The forty-eight states that touch one another are called contiguous. Name the states that are not part of the contiguous United States.
Alaska and Hawaii
What is the city located on the Chesapeake Bay that is the capital of Maryland?
Annapolis
What is the city located approximately 45 miles east of the Oregon border, that is a capital city?
Boise, Idaho
From which direction does the sun rise in Los Angeles, California?
East
Which is not a province in Canada: British Columbia, Ontario, Edmonton, Manitoba?
Edmonton
Name the four states and their capital cities that begin with the same letters?
Hawaii and Honolulu, Delaware and Dover, Indianas, and Indianapolis, Oklahoma and Oklahoma City.
Which of the following is not a state: Idaho, Houston, New Mexico, Colorado?
Houston
If it is dawn in the Eastern United States, what is it in the Western United States? Why?
In darkness shortly after midnight because of the earth's rotation.
Which of the following states would not be part of the Northwestern United States: Washington, California, Iowa, Oregon?
Iowa and California
What is the name given to a narrow body of land that connects two larger areas of land?
Isthmus
What is the only state with a one syllable name?
Maine
What city is the capital of Alabama and was the first capital of Confederacy?
Montgomery
Which state has a capital named Raleigh?
North Carolina
Which state usually has the coldest year-round weather and why: Tennessee, Oregon, Arizona, Georgia?
Oregon because it is the farthest one away from the equator.
What is the capital of the county with the largest land area in the Western Hemisphere?
Ottawa
What three countries have the largest land areas in the world and on what continents can they be found?
Russia(asia+europe) China(asia) canada(north america)
What separates the Mexican Mainland from the Baja Peninsula?
The gulf of California
Two states begin with the letter "V." What are their names?
Vermont and Virginia
What is the name of the westernmost state in the contiguous states?
Washington
Which of the following is not a city: Dallas St, Paul, Cincinnati, Washington?
Washington