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Road Trip Across The USA

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

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1.

Which US National Park is known for its geothermal features, including the famous Old Faithful geyser?

a)

Yosemite National Park

b)

Yellowstone National Park

c)

Grand Canyon National Park

d)

Zion National Park

2.

Which US National Park is home to the iconic Half Dome and El Capitan rock formations, and misty Bridal Falls?

a)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

b)

Everglades National Park

c)

Yosemite National Park

d)

Yellowstone National Park

3.

Which US National Park is famous for its vast and colorful canyon, carved by the Colorado River?

a)

Grand Canyon National Park

b)

Zion National Park

c)

Yellowstone National Park

d)

Yosemite National Park

4.

Which US National Park is the most visited park in the system, and is known for its biodiversity and mist-covered mountains?

a)

Everglades National Park

b)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

c)

Zion National Park

d)

Grand Canyon National Park

5.

Which US National Park is a unique subtropical wilderness located in Florida?

a)

Yellowstone National Park

b)

Yosemite National Park

c)

Everglades National Park

d)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

6.

Which US National Park is known for its towering sandstone cliffs and narrow canyons, including The Narrows on the Virgin River?

a)

Grand Canyon National Park

b)

Zion National Park

c)

Yosemite National Park

d)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

7.

Which US battlefield is known for being the turning point of the Civil War?

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Bull Run

d)

Shiloh

8.

Which US National Wildlife Refuge is the largest in the contiguous United States?

a)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska

b)

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Florida

c)

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico

d)

Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada

9.

Which famous US mountain is the highest peak in North America?

a)

Mount Rainier

b)

Mount Whitney

c)

Denali

d)

Mount Elbert

10.

Which US Historic Site is known for its role in the American Revolution and the drafting of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Independence Hall in Philadelphia

b)

Mount Vernon in Virginia

c)

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco

d)

Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kitty Hawk

11.

What state is the setting for the beginning of the movie, "The Wizard of Oz?"

a)

Texas

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Nebraska

d)

Kansas

12.

What type of bear might you see in Yosemite National Park?

a)

Polar Bear

b)

Panda Bear

c)

Black Bear

d)

Grizzly Bear

13.

Which reptile is famously associated with the swamps of Everglades National Park?

a)

Komodo Dragon

b)

Gila Monster

c)

Alligator

d)

Iguana

14.

Mount Rushmore is located in the Black Hills of this state.

a)

North Dakota

b)

North Carolina

c)

New York

d)

South Dakota

15.

Which nocturnal mammal has made Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico famous? (Between 200,000 and 500,000 of them live in the cave during the summer.)

a)

owl

b)

bat

c)

scorpion

d)

javelina

16.

What Missouri city sits on the Mississippi River and is considered the "Gateway to the West?"

(Lewis and Clark set out from this city on their 2-year expedition on May 14, 1804).

It is also known for its ragtime and blues music styles.

a)

Memphis

b)

Kansas City

c)

New Orleans

d)

St. Louis

17.

Cooperstown, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame, is a town located in which state?

a)

Vermont

b)

New Jersey

c)

New Hampshire

d)

New York

18.

What Washington state city is home to The Space Needle observation tower?

a)

Spokane

b)

Seattle

c)

Walla-Walla

d)

Vancouver

19.

What Ohio city is home to "The Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame"?

a)

Cleveland

b)

Columbus

c)

Akron

d)

Toledo

20.

What city is home to the "Country Music Hall of Fame" and "The Grand Old Opry Theater"?

a)

Tulsa, OK

b)

Nashville, TN

c)

Louisville, KY

d)

Amarillo, TX

21.

The infamous prison "Alcatraz" is located off which west coast city in California?

a)

San Simeon

b)

San Francisco

c)

San Diego

d)

San Luis Obisbo

22.

In which state is the Statue of Liberty located?

a)

Connecticut

b)

New York

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Delaware

23.

True or False: Niagara Falls, which provides electric power to 3.8 million homes, is located in both Canada and the United States.

a)

False

b)

True

24.

The Gathering of Nations is the largest powwow in the United States and North America. It is held annually on the fourth weekend in April, on the Powwow Grounds in ___________.

a)

Gallup, NM

b)

Amarillo, TX

c)

Enid, OK

d)

Albuquerque, NM

25.

One of the oldest cities in America, ______________ is famous for its Mardi Gras parades and festive French Quarter.

a)

New Orleans, Louisiana

b)

Saint Augustine, Florida

c)

Santa Fe, New Mexico

d)

Boston, Massachusetts

26.

In which state did this happen? Mount St. Helens volcano exploded in a cataclysmic event on May 18, 1980, killing 57 people and dramatically altering the landscape.

a)

California

b)

Oregon

c)

Hawa'ii

d)

Washington

27.

In which state did this happen? Mothman is a humanoid creature from folklore that is said to have been seen in the Point Pleasant area from November 15, 1966 to December 15, 1967. The creature is said to be a cross between a man and a moth. 

a)

Kentucky

b)

Virginia

c)

West Virginia

d)

Tennessee

28.

What city is famous for the Liberty Bell, delicious cheesteak sandwiches, and the "Rocky" movie franchise?

a)

Brooklyn, NY

b)

Pittsburgh, PA

c)

Philadelphia, PA

d)

Newark, NJ

29.

Per square mile, __________has more shipwrecks than any other state.

a)

Long Island

b)

South Carolina

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Florida

30.

Bonneville Speedway (also known as the Bonneville Salt Flats Race Track) is an area of the Bonneville Salt Flats northeast of Wendover, ______, that is marked out for motor sports. It is particularly noted as the venue for numerous land speed records.

a)

Nevada

b)

New Mexico

c)

Utah

d)

Arizona

31.

This state boasts more than 30 ski slopes.

Some of the well-known resorts include Breckenridge, Keystone, Vail, Winter Park and Aspen Snowmass.

a)

Idaho

b)

Colorado

c)

Montana

d)

Vermont

32.

IN WHAT STATE DID THIS HAPPEN? The Wright Flyer airplane first flew successfully on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, _______.

a)

Ohio

b)

Indiana

c)

North Carolina

d)

South Carolina

33.

IN WHICH STATE?

On December 10, 1869, Territorial Governor John Allen Campbell signed an act of the ________ Territorial Legislature granting women the right to vote, the first U.S. state or territory to grant suffrage to women.

a)

Wyoming

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

North Dakota

d)

Texas

34.

IN WHICH STATE?

"Burning Man" arts and spirituality gathering the Black Rock Desert.

a)

Arizona

b)

California

c)

Utah

d)

Nevada

35.

Wounded Knee Massacre (December 29, 1890) was the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by United States Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern _______.

a)

Nebraska

b)

North Dakota

c)

New Mexico

d)

South Dakota

36.

The __________ was a network of secret routes and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the United States in the early to mid-19th century.

a)

Long Island Railway

b)

New York island Metro

c)

Underground Radio

d)

Underground Railroad

37.

Bluegrass music, characterized by its unique blend of folk, country and blues, originated in which state?

a)

Tennessee

b)

Mississippi

c)

Kentucky

d)

Arkansas

38.

In which state did Arbor Day begin?

Roughly one million trees were planted in __________ on the first Arbor Day.

a)

Iowa

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Maryland

d)

Nebraska

39.

“The First State” — the first of the thirteen original colonies to ratify the Constitution in 1787.

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

New York

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Delaware

40.

This town is known as the Motor City because of its role as a center of the American automobile industry.

a)

Detroit, Michigan

b)

Toledo, Ohio

c)

Pittsburgh, PA

d)

Akron, OH

41.

What was the 50th state to enter the Union?

a)

Alaska

b)

New Mexico

c)

Hawa'ii

d)

Utah

42.

First copper mine in America--which state?

The first copper mine in America was opened by "enterprising" Dutch settlers in the Kittatinny Mountains around 1640. Roadside markers can be found near the abandoned Pahaquarry Copper Mine.

a)

Arizona

b)

Nevada

c)

Montana

d)

New Jersey

43.

In which state was the country's first "oil strike?"

a)

Texas

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Kansas

d)

Pennsylvania

44.

The Cave State

a)

Kentucky

b)

Nevada

c)

Utah

d)

Missouri

45.

Which US State has the most dinosaur bones?

a)

South Dakota

b)

North Dakota

c)

Arizona

d)

Utah

46.

The most popular amusement park in the USA is in this state.

a)

California

b)

Florida

c)

Las Vegas

d)

New York

47.

In the movie "Night at the Museum," which museum serves as the primary setting for the film's story?

a)

The American Museum of Natural History in NY

b)

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.

c)

The Louvre Museum in Paris

d)

The La Brea Tarpits, Los Angeles

48.

_____ is home to the "International UFO Museum and Research Center" located in Roswell. This museum commemorates the infamous 1947 Roswell UFO incident, where an unidentified flying object reportedly crashed near the town.

a)

New Mexico

b)

New Hampshire

c)

New Jersey

d)

Nebraska

49.
  • Shiprock: This towering rock formation, located in the Navajo Nation in northwestern ________, is considered sacred by the Navajo people.

a)

Texas

b)

Arizona

c)

Colorado

d)

New Mexico

50.

In which U.S. state did the discovery of "Sue," the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found, lead to a legal battle over ownership rights?

a)

Texas

b)

North Dakota

c)

South Dakota

d)

Wyoming