PRACTICE TEST 3
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
1. WHICH STATE IS CLOSER TO PACIFICOCEAN - GEORGIA OR OKLAHOMA?
2. THE ERODED SANDSTONE FEATURES OF THE BADLANDS ARE LOCATED IN WHICH STATE - LOUISIANA OR SOUTH DAKOTA?
3. THE BIG SUR COASTON THE PACIFICOCEAN IS LOCATED IN WHICH STATE -
ALASKA OR CALIFORNIA?
4. WHICH STATE WAS ONE OF THE ORGINAL 13 COLONIES – MARYLAND OR FLORIDA?
5. WHICH STATE GROWS MORE RICE – PENNSYLVANIA OR LOUISIANA?
6. THE NORTH PLATTE AND SOUTHPLATTERIVERS MEET IN WHICH STATE -
MONTANA OR NEBRASKA?
7. WHICH STATE IS LARGEST IN TERMS OF AREA – TEXAS OR ALASKA?
8. THE CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE IS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE OUTER BANKS, SANDY ISLANDS ALONG THE COAST OF WHICH STATE – OREGON OR NORTH CAROLINA?
9. MOST OF YELLOWSTONENATIONAL PARK IS LOCATED IN WHICH STATE -
WYOMING OR WASHINGTON
10. WHICH STATE CONTAINS LARGE AREAS OF DESERT – NEVEDA OR KANSAS?
11. WHICH STATE HAS A SHORELING ON LAKE ERIE – IOWA OR OHIO?
12. THE HOPI INDIAN RESERVATION IS LOCATED IN WHICH STATE -
ARKANSAS OR ARIZONA?
13. WHICH STATE HAS A HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE – SOUTH CAROLINA OR SOUTH DAKOTA?
- WHICH STATE IS LOCATED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER – ALABAMA OR KANSAS?
- HELLSCANYON, THE DEEPEST GORGE IN THE UNITED STATES, BORDERS IDAHO AND WHICH STATE – OREGON OR NEBRASKA?
GEOGRAPHY OF STATE NICKNAMES
1. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE LAST FRONTIER BECAUSE MUCH OF THE STATE HAS NOT BEEN SETTLED – COLORADO OR ALASKA?
2. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE BUCKEYESTATE BECAUSE BUCKEYE T REES GREW ABUNDANTLY THERE – OHIO OR UTAH?
3. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE PELICANSTATE BECAUSE PELICANS ARE NATIVE TO ITS GULFCOAST – MARYLAND OR LOUISIANA?
4. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE PALMETTOSTATE BECAUSE THAT KIND OF PALM TREE IS NATIVE TO THE STATE – SOUTH CAROLINA OR DELAWARE?
5. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE FIRSTSTATE BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TO RATIFY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION – WEST VIRGINIA OR DELAWARE?
- WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE TREASURESTATE BECAUSE IT HAS LARGE AMOUNTS OF COPPER, GOLD, AND OTHER MINERAL RESOURCES – MONTANA OR ALABAMA?
7. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE EMPIRESTATE BECAUSE OF ITS WEALTH AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES – MICHIGAN OR NEW YORK?
8. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE OCEANSTATE BECAUSE OF ITS 400 MILES OF COASTLINE – PENNSYLVANIA OR RHODEISLAND?
9. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE HEART OF DIXIE BECAUSE OF ITS SOUTHERN CULTURE AND LOCATION SOUTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE – ALABAMA OR NEVADA?
10. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE GARDENSTATE BECAUSE ITS MANY FARMS PROVIDE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR NEARBY CITIES – NEW JERSEY OR NORTH CAROLINA?
11. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE KEYSTONESTATE BECAUSE OF ITS CENTRAL POSTION AMONG THE ORGINAL 13 COLONIES – NEW HAMPSHIRE OR PENNSYLVANIA?
12. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE BAYSTATE BECAUSE THE PILGRIMS FOUNDED A COLONY ON ONE OF THE STATE’S MAJOR BAYS – MASSACHUSETTS OR MAINE?
13. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE MOUNT RUSHMORE STATE BECAUSE LARGE SCULTURES OF FOUR PRESIDENTS ARE CARVED ONTO A MOUNTAINSIDE THERE – SOUTH DAKOTA OR MINNESOTA?
14. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT BECAUSE OF ITS VARIEY OF SPECTACULAR PHYSICAL FEATURES, INCLUDING CARLSBAD CAVERNS – NEW MEXICO OR INDIANA?
15. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE PINETREESTATE BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ITS FORESTS AND THE TIMBER INDUSTRY – CONNECTICUT OR MAINE?
HISTORIC PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES
1. TO VISIT THE UNITED STATESMILITARYACADEMY AT WEST POINT, WHERE ULYSSES S. GRANT AND DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER STUDIED, YOU WOULD TRAVEL TO WHICH STATE – NEW YORK OR MONTANA?
2. TO VISIT THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, NEAR THE SITE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER WHERE LEWIS AND CLARK MET WITH INDIANS, YOU WOULD TRAVE TO WHICH STATE – TEXAS OR IOWA?
3. TO VISIT THE SITE OF JOHN BROW’S RAIDON HARPERS FERRY, YOU WOULD TRAVEL TO WHICH STATE – WEST VIRGINIA OR OKLAHOMA?
4. TO VISITMAMMOTHCAVENATIONAL PARK, WHERE UNDERGROUND STREAMS HAVE FORMED MILES OF LIMESTONECAVES, YOU WOULD TRAVEL TO WHICH STATE – SOUTH DAKOTA OR KENTUCKY?
5. TO VISIT THE HOME OF PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN IN INDEPENDENCE, YOU WOULD TRAVEL TO WHICH STATE – MISSOURI OR ILLINOIS?
CONTINENTS
1. SEVERAL ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS WERE LOCATED IN THE FERTILE CRESCENT REGION ON WHICH CONTINENT?
2. HOT DESERTS COVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN PART OF WHICH CONTINENT THAT BORDERS THE MEDITERRANEANSEA?
3. THE LARGEST GROUP OF FRESHWATER LAKES IS ON WHICH CONTINENT?
4. ON WHICH CONTINENT DO MOST PEOPLE SPEAK EITHER PORTUGUESE OR SPANISH?
- THE GULF STREAM IS AN OCEAN CURRENT THAT FLOWS ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF WHICH CONTINENT?
ODD ITEM OUT: WHICH ANSWER DOES NOT BELONG
1. WHICH COUNTRY DOES NOT INCLUDE PART OF THE SAHARA – ALGERIA, BOTSWANA, OR LIBYA?
2. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT A MAJOR PRODUCER OF PETROLEUM – ALGERIA, FRANCE, OR SUDAN?
3. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT CROSSED BY THE NILERIVER – NAMIBIA, EGYPT, OR SUDAN?
4. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT LANDLOCKED – BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY, OR URUGUAY?
5. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT AN ISLAND COUNTRY – MADAGASCAR, BELIZE, OR CUBA?
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