1. Which State Is Closer to Pacific Ocean - Oklahoma

PRACTICE TEST 3

U.S. GEOGRAPHY

1. WHICH STATE IS CLOSER TO PACIFIC OCEAN - OKLAHOMA

2. THE ERODED SANDSTONE FEATURES OF THE BADLANDS ARE LOCATED IN WHICH STATE - SOUTH DAKOTA

3. THE BIG SUR COAST ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS LOCATED IN WHICH STATE - CALIFORNIA

4. WHICH STATE WAS ONE OF THE ORGINAL 13 COLONIES – MARYLAND

5. WHICH STATE GROWS MORE RICE –LOUISIANA

6. THE NORTH PLATTE AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVERS MEET IN WHICH STATE - NEBRASKA

7. WHICH STATE IS LARGEST IN TERMS OF AREA –ALASKA

8. THE CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE IS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE OUTER BANKS, SANDY ISLANDS ALONG THE COAST OF WHICH STATE –NORTH CAROLINA

9. MOST OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK IS LOCATED IN WHICH STATE - WYOMING

10. WHICH STATE CONTAINS LARGE AREAS OF DESERT – NEVEDA

11. WHICH STATE HAS A SHORELING ON LAKE ERIE –OHIO

12. THE HOPI INDIAN RESERVATION IS LOCATED IN WHICH STATE - ARIZONA

13. WHICH STATE HAS A HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE – SOUTH CAROLINA

14. WHICH STATE IS LOCATED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER –OR KANSAS

15. HELLS CANYON, THE DEEPEST GORGE IN THE UNITED STATES, BORDERS IDAHO AND WHICH STATE – OREGON

1 GEOGRAPHY OF STATE NICKNAMES

1. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE LAST FRONTIER BECAUSE MUCH OF THE STATE HAS NOT BEEN SETTLED –ALASKA

2. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE BUCKEYE STATE BECAUSE BUCKEYE T REES GREW ABUNDANTLY THERE – OHIO

3. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE PELICAN STATE BECAUSE PELICANS ARE NATIVE TO ITS GULF COAST –LOUISIANA

4. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE PALMETTO STATE BECAUSE THAT KIND OF PALM TREE IS NATIVE TO THE STATE – SOUTH CAROLINA

5. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE FIRST STATE BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TO RATIFY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION –DELAWARE

6. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE BECAUSE IT HAS LARGE AMOUNTS OF COPPER, GOLD, AND OTHER MINERAL RESOURCES – MONTANA

7. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE EMPIRE STATE BECAUSE OF ITS WEALTH AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES –NEW YORK

8. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE OCEAN STATE BECAUSE OF ITS 400 MILES OF COASTLINE –RHODE ISLAND

9. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE HEART OF DIXIE BECAUSE OF ITS SOUTHERN CULTURE AND LOCATION SOUTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE – ALABAMA

10. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE GARDEN STATE BECAUSE ITS MANY FARMS PROVIDE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR NEARBY CITIES – NEW JERSEY

11. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE KEYSTONE STATE BECAUSE OF ITS CENTRAL POSTION AMONG THE ORGINAL 13 COLONIES –PENNSYLVANIA

12. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE BAY STATE BECAUSE THE PILGRIMS FOUNDED A COLONY ON ONE OF THE STATE’S MAJOR BAYS – MASSACHUSETTS

13. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE MOUNT RUSHMORE STATE BECAUSE LARGE SCULTURES OF FOUR PRESIDENTS ARE CARVED ONTO A MOUNTAINSIDE THERE – SOUTH DAKOTA

14. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT BECAUSE OF ITS VARIEY OF SPECTACULAR PHYSICAL FEATURES, INCLUDING CARLSBAD CAVERNS – NEW MEXICO

2 15. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE PINE TREE STATE BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ITS FORESTS AND THE TIMBER INDUSTRY –MAINE

HISTORIC PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES

1. TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT, WHERE ULYSSES S. GRANT AND DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER STUDIED, YOU WOULD TRAVEL TO WHICH STATE – NEW YORK

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 –IOWA?

3. TO VISIT THE SITE OF JOHN BROW’S RAID ON HARPERS FERRY, YOU WOULD TRAVEL TO WHICH STATE – WEST VIRGINIA

4. TO VISIT MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK, WHERE UNDERGROUND STREAMS HAVE FORMED MILES OF LIMESTONE CAVES, YOU WOULD TRAVEL TO WHICH STATE –KENTUCKY

5. TO VISIT THE HOME OF PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN IN INDEPENDENCE, YOU WOULD TRAVEL TO WHICH STATE – MISSOURI

CONTINENTS

1. SEVERAL ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS WERE LOCATED IN THE FERTILE CRESCENT REGION ON WHICH CONTINENT? ASIA

2. HOT DESERTS COVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN PART OF WHICH CONTINENT THAT BORDERS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA? AFRICA

3. THE LARGEST GROUP OF FRESHWATER LAKES IS ON WHICH CONTINENT? NORTH AMERICA

4. ON WHICH CONTINENT DO MOST PEOPLE SPEAK EITHER PORTUGUESE OR SPANISH? SOUTH AMERICA

5. THE GULF STREAM IS AN OCEAN CURRENT THAT FLOWS ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF WHICH CONTINENT? NORTH AMERICA

3 ODD ITEM OUT: WHICH ANSWER DOES NOT BELONG

1. WHICH COUNTRY DOES NOT INCLUDE PART OF THE SAHARA – ALGERIA, BOTSWANA, OR LIBYA? BOTSWANA

2. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT A MAJOR PRODUCER OF PETROLEUM – ALGERIA, FRANCE, OR SUDAN? FRANCE

3. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT CROSSED BY THE NILE RIVER – NAMIBIA, EGYPT, OR SUDAN? NAMIBIA

4. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT LANDLOCKED – BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY, OR URUGUAY? URUGUAY

5. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT AN ISLAND COUNTRY – MADAGASCAR, BELIZE, OR CUBA? BELIZE