Quiz 2: U.S. States, Capital Cities, and the Global Traveler
Maryland's capital city is
annapolis
A total of ____ states make up the West Coast of the United States.
3
Denmark india kyoto norway osaka sapporo
Home of North Jutland Museum of Art, Aalborghus Castle, and Lindholm Hoje, the Viking burial ground Home of Hinduism and the Taj Mahal Thousand-year old city that is home of the Golden Pavilion A maritime nation; most of its population lives along the coast or on one of the hundreds of coastal islands Home of Bunraku, which is traditional Japanese puppet theatre The site of the 1972 Winter Olympics, and of an annual ice sculpture festival
Concord is its capital Trenton is its capital Santa Fe is its capital Albany is its capital Raleigh is its capital Bismarck is its capital
New Hampshire new jersey New Mexico new york north carolina north dakota
Montpelier Richmond Olympia Charleston Madison Cheyenne
Vermont Virginia Washington west virginia wisconsin Wyoming
Phoenix is its capital Little Rock is its capital Sacramento is its capital Denver is its capital Hartford is its capital Dover is its capital Tallahassee is its capital
arizona Arkansas California colorado Connecticut delaware
North Carolina would be in the
eastern time zone
Delaware and Maine are side-by-side in the northeastern United States.
false
The state of Washington is located just to the south of Oregon.
false
______ is NOT one of the four major islands of Japan.
kyoto
Who do many historians believe to be the first European to visit North America around AD 1000?
leif ericsson
Click and choose the state that is the farthest north.
montana
_____ is tucked between Sweden and the Norwegian Sea.
norway
Which statement is NOT true?
not: The Hawaiian islands became a U.S. territory in 1922. true: Queen Lili'uokalani abdicated the Hawaiian throne in 1895. There is an effort from Hawaiians to regain the status as a sovereign nation once again.
In 2004, the Census Bureau reported that which city had the largest population at 8.1 million?
nyc
One of the states that touches the northern border of Texas is
oklahoma
Illinois is north of
tennessee
Ohio touches the
the great lakes
Puerto Rico is one of the United States' "dependent areas".
true
The U.S. Census states that 23% of Americans claim to have no religious affiliation.
true
The first state admitted into the Union was Delaware.
true
Oregon shares a border with
washington
You may be on a train and will be required to provide a visa when crossing borders even if:
you don't get off the train