U.S. Geography 1

Earthquakes are a concern in which Midwestern state near the town of New Madrid, which also has dealt with Mississippi River flooding near St. Louis?

• Missouri

• Ohio

• Michigan

• Wisconsin

What state is known as the Sunflower State?

• Kansas

• Hawai'i

• Florida

• Montana

The U2 album Joshua Tree was named for a plant and national park found in which US state?

• Michigan

• Vermont

• California

• Rhode Island

Which U.S. state has exactly two representatives serving it in the House of Representatives?

• Wyoming

• Maine

• Indiana

• South Carolina

Which U.S. state is home to the cities of Dayton, Akron, and Canton?

• Ohio

• Kentucky

• New Hampshire

• Arizona

Which of the lower 48 US states was once known as “Indian Territory”?

• Oklahoma

• Utah

• Texas

• New Jersey

Silicon Valley is a famous technology region located in and around Palo Alto in which state?

• Rhode Island

• Georgia

• Wyoming

• California

Which state is not also the name of a river that flows through or past it?

• Mississippi

• Tennessee

• Missouri

• New Hampshire

Which U.S. state is divided into parishes instead of counties and traces its legal system to the Napoleonic Code?

• Texas

• Louisiana

• South Carolina

• Illinois

Which city is generally considered to be the center of the U.S. country music industry?

• Boston

• New Orleans

• Nashville

• Seattle