<p>PRACTICE TEST 3</p><p>U.S. GEOGRAPHY</p><p>1. WHICH STATE IS CLOSER TO PACIFIC OCEAN - OKLAHOMA</p><p>2. THE ERODED SANDSTONE FEATURES OF THE BADLANDS ARE LOCATED IN WHICH STATE - SOUTH DAKOTA</p><p>3. THE BIG SUR COAST ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS LOCATED IN WHICH STATE - CALIFORNIA</p><p>4. WHICH STATE WAS ONE OF THE ORGINAL 13 COLONIES – MARYLAND </p><p>5. WHICH STATE GROWS MORE RICE –LOUISIANA</p><p>6. THE NORTH PLATTE AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVERS MEET IN WHICH STATE - NEBRASKA</p><p>7. WHICH STATE IS LARGEST IN TERMS OF AREA –ALASKA</p><p>8. THE CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE IS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE OUTER BANKS, SANDY ISLANDS ALONG THE COAST OF WHICH STATE –NORTH CAROLINA</p><p>9. MOST OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK IS LOCATED IN WHICH STATE - WYOMING </p><p>10. WHICH STATE CONTAINS LARGE AREAS OF DESERT – NEVEDA </p><p>11. WHICH STATE HAS A SHORELING ON LAKE ERIE –OHIO</p><p>12. THE HOPI INDIAN RESERVATION IS LOCATED IN WHICH STATE - ARIZONA</p><p>13. WHICH STATE HAS A HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE – SOUTH CAROLINA </p><p>14. WHICH STATE IS LOCATED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER –OR KANSAS </p><p>15. HELLS CANYON, THE DEEPEST GORGE IN THE UNITED STATES, BORDERS IDAHO AND WHICH STATE – OREGON </p><p>1 GEOGRAPHY OF STATE NICKNAMES</p><p>1. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE LAST FRONTIER BECAUSE MUCH OF THE STATE HAS NOT BEEN SETTLED –ALASKA</p><p>2. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE BUCKEYE STATE BECAUSE BUCKEYE T REES GREW ABUNDANTLY THERE – OHIO</p><p>3. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE PELICAN STATE BECAUSE PELICANS ARE NATIVE TO ITS GULF COAST –LOUISIANA</p><p>4. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE PALMETTO STATE BECAUSE THAT KIND OF PALM TREE IS NATIVE TO THE STATE – SOUTH CAROLINA </p><p>5. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE FIRST STATE BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TO RATIFY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION –DELAWARE</p><p>6. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE BECAUSE IT HAS LARGE AMOUNTS OF COPPER, GOLD, AND OTHER MINERAL RESOURCES – MONTANA </p><p>7. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE EMPIRE STATE BECAUSE OF ITS WEALTH AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES –NEW YORK</p><p>8. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE OCEAN STATE BECAUSE OF ITS 400 MILES OF COASTLINE –RHODE ISLAND</p><p>9. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE HEART OF DIXIE BECAUSE OF ITS SOUTHERN CULTURE AND LOCATION SOUTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE – ALABAMA</p><p>10. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE GARDEN STATE BECAUSE ITS MANY FARMS PROVIDE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR NEARBY CITIES – NEW JERSEY </p><p>11. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE KEYSTONE STATE BECAUSE OF ITS CENTRAL POSTION AMONG THE ORGINAL 13 COLONIES –PENNSYLVANIA</p><p>12. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE BAY STATE BECAUSE THE PILGRIMS FOUNDED A COLONY ON ONE OF THE STATE’S MAJOR BAYS – MASSACHUSETTS </p><p>13. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE MOUNT RUSHMORE STATE BECAUSE LARGE SCULTURES OF FOUR PRESIDENTS ARE CARVED ONTO A MOUNTAINSIDE THERE – SOUTH DAKOTA </p><p>14. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT BECAUSE OF ITS VARIEY OF SPECTACULAR PHYSICAL FEATURES, INCLUDING CARLSBAD CAVERNS – NEW MEXICO </p><p>2 15. WHICH STATE IS KNOWN AS THE PINE TREE STATE BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ITS FORESTS AND THE TIMBER INDUSTRY –MAINE</p><p>HISTORIC PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES</p><p>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 </p><p>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?</p><p>3. TO VISIT THE SITE OF JOHN BROW’S RAID ON HARPERS FERRY, YOU WOULD TRAVEL TO WHICH STATE – WEST VIRGINIA </p><p>4. TO VISIT MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK, WHERE UNDERGROUND STREAMS HAVE FORMED MILES OF LIMESTONE CAVES, YOU WOULD TRAVEL TO WHICH STATE –KENTUCKY</p><p>5. TO VISIT THE HOME OF PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN IN INDEPENDENCE, YOU WOULD TRAVEL TO WHICH STATE – MISSOURI </p><p>CONTINENTS</p><p>1. SEVERAL ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS WERE LOCATED IN THE FERTILE CRESCENT REGION ON WHICH CONTINENT? ASIA</p><p>2. HOT DESERTS COVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN PART OF WHICH CONTINENT THAT BORDERS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA? AFRICA</p><p>3. THE LARGEST GROUP OF FRESHWATER LAKES IS ON WHICH CONTINENT? NORTH AMERICA</p><p>4. ON WHICH CONTINENT DO MOST PEOPLE SPEAK EITHER PORTUGUESE OR SPANISH? SOUTH AMERICA</p><p>5. THE GULF STREAM IS AN OCEAN CURRENT THAT FLOWS ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF WHICH CONTINENT? NORTH AMERICA</p><p>3 ODD ITEM OUT: WHICH ANSWER DOES NOT BELONG</p><p>1. WHICH COUNTRY DOES NOT INCLUDE PART OF THE SAHARA – ALGERIA, BOTSWANA, OR LIBYA? BOTSWANA</p><p>2. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT A MAJOR PRODUCER OF PETROLEUM – ALGERIA, FRANCE, OR SUDAN? FRANCE</p><p>3. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT CROSSED BY THE NILE RIVER – NAMIBIA, EGYPT, OR SUDAN? NAMIBIA</p><p>4. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT LANDLOCKED – BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY, OR URUGUAY? URUGUAY</p><p>5. WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT AN ISLAND COUNTRY – MADAGASCAR, BELIZE, OR CUBA? BELIZE</p><p>4</p>