State Names, Borders, and Maps Quiz

Answer: Texas

Texas is the second largest state landwise. The first is Alaska and the third is California. Other states that border Texas are Arkansas and Louisiana.

Answer: Mississippi

Mississippi is also bordered by Arkansas and Louisiana, but they are across the Mississippi River.

Answer: Michigan

Michigan is shaped like a glove. If you take Interstate 69 in Michigan to Highway 402 to Highway 401 to Highway 403 to Highway QEW in Canada it will take you to Niagara Falls and New York. This is a shorter route to drive than the alternative of driving from Michigan through Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Answer: Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia is home to the largest naval base in the world. It lies on the Chesapeake Bay. Take highway 13 from Norfolk, cross the Chesapeake Bay, and head north to Maryland where Washington D.C. is located.

Answer: Carolina

Since people complained that Virginia doesn't have a direction in front of it, while technically one of the Virginia's does- West Virginia, I changed the question completely, otherwise it would not have been tricky enough. New Hampshire and New York are located on the East coast and New Mexico borders Arizona as well as Texas.

Answer: Colorado

Historic Route 66 goes from Santa Monica, California through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and ends in Chicago, Illinois. The movie "Cars" (2006) is set around this old highway. This route was approximately 2,448 miles long.

Answer: California, North Carolina

I-40 runs from Barstow, California all the way to North Carolina. It goes through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and ends in North Carolina. This interstate is approximately 2,554 miles long.

Answer: 4

New Hampshire, New York, New Mexico, New Jersey are the four states beginning with "New". There are quite a few cities that begin with new like New Orleans. New England is not a state it is just what people call the NE region of the U.S.

Answer: Massachusetts

The states that land border Canada are Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

Answer: Virgin Islands

The Hawaiian Islands are actually a state of the United States of America. The Channel Islands are off the coast of California and include Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, Santa Barbara. The Keys, aka Florida Keys, are off the coast of Florida. The Virgin Islands are half owned by the U.S. the other half are owned by Great Britain.