EL Q2 Benchmark

__ (50) states make up the United States.

• Fifty

• Fourty

• Fifty-one

• Sixty

​ ​ (a)   is the capital of the United States.

• Washington, D.C.
• New York City
• Hollywood, California

Two oceans border the United States. The ​ (a)   on the east coast and the ​ (b)   on the west coast.

• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Indian
• Gulf of Mexico

Match the state name with the correct abbreviation.

• Georgia

• GA

• Texas

• VA

• California

• NY

• Virginia

• CA

• New York

• TX

b

c

d

e

f

g

a

Great Basin

Northwest

Southwest

Great Plains

Plateau

Eastern Woodlands

Southeast

Which regions had access to the Atlantic Ocean?

• Northeast and Southeast

• Northwest and Great Basin

• Southwest and Northeast

• Plateau and Great Basin

Prince Henry started a school to teach 

• culinary arts
• navigation skills
• mathematics
• scientific method

Match the following explorers with the correct description.

• America is named after this explorer.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Viking explorer who made these voyages nearly five hundred years before Christopher Columbus.

• Christopher Columbus

• Italian sailor who sailed for Spain and is credited with discovering America.

• Leif Ericson

• English sailor discovered Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island on the North American coast

• John Cabot

• First explorer to travel around the world.

• Amerigo Vespucci

Draw a circle around the state that is SOUTH of Virginia.

These states border the Gulf of Mexico; ​ (a)   ​ (b)   Mississippi, and ​ (c)  

• Florida,
• Texas,
• Louisiana
• Kentucky
• Georgia