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Where does the 50 States Got their Names

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the Spanish Explorer who named Florida?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Juan Ponce de Leon

c)

King Philips

d)

Juan de Onate

2.

What does Florida mean?

a)

Feast of the Flowers

b)

Feast of Vegetables

c)

Grand Feast

d)

Feast of the Feast

3.

Is California named after a fictional island inhabited by female warriors?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

What does Nevada mean?

a)

Snow Cone

b)

Snow white

c)

Snow-covered mountain

d)

Snowy city

5.

The Colorado River was named by Spanish travelers who called it colorado or _________--colored mountain

a)

green-colored mountain

b)

white-colored mountain

c)

blue-colored mountain

d)

red-colored mountain

6.

Montana means

a)

river

b)

ocean

c)

mountain

d)

forest

7.

"Nuevo Mexico" is the Spanish word for New Mexico

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

What does Arizona mean?

a)

a good oak

b)

small spring

c)

river water

d)

a good fortune

9.

Virginia was named in honor of ... and sometimes called Virgin Queen

a)

Queen Elizabeth I

b)

Queen Elizabeth II

c)

Queen Elizabeth II

d)

Queen of Queens

10.

The state of New York was named after the Duke of York and the future King of England

a)

James Dyne

b)

James Ingram

c)

James Taylor

d)

James Stuart

11.

Maryland was named in honor of Queen _______, wife of King Charles I

a)

Henrietta Maria

b)

Maria Maria

c)

Maria Clara

d)

Sta Maria

12.

Is Delaware got its name from the Delaware River and Delaware Bay?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

Is Carolina comes from the Latin word " Philips"?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

Pennsylvania was granted the land to...

a)

William Penn

b)

Penn Sylvia

c)

Penny

d)

Penny Via

15.

Georgia got its name after King George

a)

I of Great Britain

b)

II of Great Britain

c)

III of Great Britain

d)

IV of Great Britain

16.

Washington was named after the first President of the United States

a)

Washington DC

b)

George Washington

c)

King George

d)

King Philip

17.

Was New Jersey named after Jersey, the largest island in British Channel

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

Vermont comes from the French word

a)

Blue Mountain

b)

Green Mountain

c)

Yellow Mountain

d)

Red Mountain

19.

Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Ohio means

a)

Great Sea

b)

Great Wall

c)

Great River

d)

Great Ocean

21.

Why do you think Arkansas and Illinois pronounce differently?

(a)  

22.

Michigan means

a)

big bike

b)

big lake

c)

big mountain

d)

big river

23.

Texas means

a)

Allies

b)

Enemy

c)

Frienemy

d)

War

24.

Nebraska comes from a native Omaha word "flat water"

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

Indiana word means

a)

land of Indians

b)

land of the Spanish

c)

land of the French

d)

mainland

26.

Name at least 15 states in 3 minutes

(a)