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Do You Know Missouri?

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the state tree?
a)
Flowering Dogwood
b)
Flowering Catstone
c)
Walnut
d)
Lebanon Cedar
2.
What do the bears symbolize on the state seal?
a)
Missouri's status and growth
b)
strength and citizen bravery
c)
Just wanted to show the Cubs what a real bear looks like
d)
Dangers of westward expansion
3.
What is the state bird?
a)
Cardinal
b)
Blue Bird
c)
Blue Jay
d)
Bald Eagle
4.
How many stars are on the state seal?
a)
50
b)
35
c)
24
d)
16
5.
What is the state insect?
a)
Grasshopper
b)
Honey Bee
c)
Missouri Monarch Butterfly
d)
Queen Bee
6.
What is the state flower?
a)
Flowering Dogwood
b)
Hawthorne
c)
Crysanthemum
d)
Tulip
7.
What is Missouri's Capital city?
a)
Van Buren City
b)
Columbia City
c)
Jefferson City
d)
Kansas City
8.
What year did Missouri OFFICIALLY become a state? 
a)
2017
b)
1803
c)
1820
d)
1821
9.
What is the MOTO of Missouri?
a)
The cave state
b)
Where the rivers run
c)
Let the will of the people be the supreme law
d)
Show-me state
10.
What continent do you live on?
a)
South America 
b)
United States of America 
c)
North America 
d)
Africa 
11.
What state do you live in? 
a)
United States 
b)
Missouri 
c)
Arkansas 
d)
Mississippi 
12.
What is one river that is in Missouri?
a)
Nile River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Clear Creek River
d)
North Platte River
13.
Which state is marked with *
a)
Oklahoma
b)
Arkansas
c)
Missouri
d)
Kentucky
14.
Which one of these people are from Missouri and was famous?
a)
Yogi Bear
b)
Beyonce
c)
Mark Twain
d)
Donald Trump
15.
Why is it important that we learn about our Missouri history?
a)
To play games better
b)
To know about the region we live in 
c)
To understand how to drive a car
d)
To make money
16.

What symbol is the "Gateway to the West"?

a)

St. Louis Zoo

b)

St. Louis Arch

c)

Missouri River

d)

St. Louis Cardnials

17.

What color are the 3 stripes on the Missouri Flag?

a)

Red, White and Green

b)

White, Blue and Orange

c)

Blue, Red and White

d)

Red, Black and White

18.

The Missouri state song is?

a)

A nice meldoy

b)

Missouri Waltz

c)

Hooray for Missouri

d)

Dixieland

19.

What is this a picture of?

a)

Missouri's state capital

b)

Gateway Arch

c)

Seal of Missouri

20.

Where is this located?

a)

Kansas City

b)

Jefferson City

c)

St. Louis

d)

Independence

21.

What number state was Missouri admitted to the Union as?

a)

24th

b)

10th

c)

14th

d)

40th

22.

Approximately, how many people live in Missouri

a)

550,000

b)

1,000,000

c)

3,400,000

d)

6,000,000

e)

11,200,000

23.

What U.S. president was from Missouri?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Harry Truman

e)

Abraham Lincoln

24.

From the following, who was NOT a famous Missourian?

a)

Mark Twain

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

George Washington Carver

e)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

25.
Which scientists from Missouri created 300 uses for peanuts?
a)
George Washington Carver
b)
Laura Ingals Wilder
c)
Thomas Hart Benton
26.
Who is also known as "Mark Twain"? 
a)
Samuel Clemens
b)
Harry Truman
c)
George Washington Carver
27.

What is the name of the river that follows Missouri's eastern border?

a)

Missouri River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Ozark River

28.

What is the name of the river that runs through (west to east) Missouri?

a)

Missouri River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Ozark River

29.

How many states border Missouri?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

9

d)

8

30.

What is the nickname of Missouri?

a)

Sunflower State

b)

Peek-a-boo State

c)

State Park State

d)

Show Me State

31.
Which stripe on state flag represents purity?
a)
White
b)
Red
c)
Blue
d)
Grizzly Bears
32.

What is the state animal of Missouri?

a)

mule

b)

catfish

c)

Bluebird

d)

Fox

33.

The red stripe on the flag stands for?

a)

Valor (bravery)

b)

goodness

c)

fairness

d)

love

34.

The blue strips stands for?

a)

bravery

b)

justice (fairness)

c)

love

d)

Missouri River

35.

The governor of Missouri in 2020 is.......

a)

Mike Parsons

b)

Mike Pompeyo

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Mike Kehoe

36.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
37.
The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.
a)
permitted, prohibited
b)
prohibited, permitted or allowed
c)
sometimes prohibited, never allowed
d)
cheap, expensive
38.

What problem did it cause when Missouri wanted to become a state?

a)

No problem, everyone loved the idea!

b)

There were not enough people to become a state

c)

Some states did not want Missouri to become a state

d)

There would be an unbalance between free and slave states

39.
What does "Missouri" mean?
a)
Land of mighty rivers
b)
Show me
c)
Land of large canoes
d)
Muddy Waters
40.
What is the largest city in Missouri according to the latest census?
a)
Springfield
b)
Kansas City
c)
St. Louis
d)
Jefferson City
41.

Pick the Missouri flag.

a)
b)
c)
d)
42.

The land of Missouri was sold to the United States by

a)

France

b)

England

c)

India

d)

China

43.

What is the highest point in Missouri?

a)

Cedar Hill

b)

Mt. Ozark

c)

Carrenton Heights

d)

Cahokia Mounds

e)

Mt. Taum Sauk

44.

When were the Olympics held in St. Louis?

a)

Never

b)

1840

c)

1904

d)

1944

e)

1968

45.

What was the name of the first French settlement in Missouri?

a)

Ste. Genevieve

b)

Missouri City

c)

Kansas City

46.

Pick all the Native American groups that were found in Missouri.

a)

Missouri

b)

Dakota

c)

Osage

47.

What is Missouri's state dessert?

a)

pie

b)

ice cream

c)

cake

d)

cookies

48.

In the middle of the Missouri state flag is the state _____.

a)

rock

b)

map

c)

seal

d)

capitol

49.

What is the abbreviation of Missouri?

a)

MO

b)

MI

c)

MS

d)

MU

50.

One nickname of Missouri is

a)

the Sunflower State

b)

the Wheat State

c)

the Happy State

d)

the Cave State

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