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U.S GEOGRAPHY
Question | Answer |
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WITH A FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM, THE RED RIVER NO LONGER FLOWS INTO THIS RIVER, JUST INTO THE ATCHAFALAYA | MISSISSIPPI |
WASHINGTON SAID A GREAT CITY WOULD STAND WHERE THE CUYAHOGA MET LAKE ERIE; JUDGE FOR YOURSELF HERE | CLEVELAND |
WE'RE SURE THE BERKSHIRES ARE A CHAIN OF HILLS CENTERED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THIS STATE | MASSACHUSETTS |
MANY OREGON TRAIL TREKKERS SET OUT FROM THIS MISSOURI CITY, THE TRAIL'S EASTERN TERMINUS | INDEPENDENCE |
THESE LARGEST CITIES OF MICHIGAN & IOWA WERE BOTH GIVEN FRENCH NAMES | DETROIT & DES MOINES |
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL MONUMENT NEAR PALM SPRINGS IN THIS STATE WAS MADE A NATIONAL PARK IN 1994 | CALIFORNIA |
THE RIO GRANDE FORMS PART OF THE BORDER BETWEEN THESE 2 U.S. STATES | TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO |
OF THE NON-STATE U.S. TERRITORIES, AREAS, AND DISTRICTS, THE ONLY ONE THAT IS LARGER IN AREA THAN THE SMALLEST STATE | PUERTO RICO |
OF THE USA'S 50 TALLEST PEAKS, ALL ARE IN ALASKA, COLORADO, & CALIFORNIA EXCEPT THIS ONE | MT. RANIER (WA) |
WITH A COMMON NICKNAME THAT REFERS TO ITS SIZE, THIS IS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE U.S. | HAWAII (BIG ISLAND) |
IT'S THE WESTERNMOST STATE TO BORDER ANY OF THE GREAT LAKES | MINNESOTA |
IT'S THE ONLY U.S. STATE THAT TOUCHES 2 OCEANS | ALASKA |
PHOENIX LIKES ON A RIVER NAMED FOR THIS SUBSTANCE FOUND IN THE NAME OF ANOTHER STATE CAPITAL | SALT |
THE 2 STATES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MISSISSIPPI | LOUISIANA & MINNESOTA |
KAUAI CHANNEL SEPARATES THE ISLAND OF KAUAI FROM THIS MOST POPULOUS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS | OAHU |
LOCATED ON THE COLORADO RIVER, IT'S THE USA'S LARGEST MAN-MADE LAKE | LAKE MEAD |
RANCHERS FORMED THE TERRITORY OF CIMARRON IN 1887; IT LASTED UNTIL 1890 WHEN IT BECAME THIS STATE'S WESTERN PANHANDLE | OKLAHOMA |
AUSTIN IS THE SEAT OF THIS COUNTY, NAMED FOR THE LT. COLONEL WHO COMMANDED THE TEXANS AT THE ALAMO | TRAVIS |
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER, LIKE THE QUINNIPIAC AND SAUGATUCK RIVERS, FLOWS INTO THIS SOUND | LONG ISLAND SOUND |
IF THEY'D DECIDED TO CALL THIS TOWN SHAWMUT, THE NATIVE NAME FOR THE AREA, WE'D HAVE SHAWMUT BAKED BEANS | BOSTON |
THE SALT LAKE VALLEY WAS ONCE A PART OF THE BASIN OF THIS ANCIENT LAKE | LAKE BONNEVILLE |
IN 1942, PEOPLE FROM THE MANHATTAN PROJECT SET UP SHOP AT A BOYS' RANCH SCHOOL IN THIS NM COMMUNITY | LOS ALAMOS |
THOUGH DELAWARE IS THE DIAMOND STATE, THE CRATER OF DIAMONDS IS IN THIS STATE | ARKANSAS |
WISONSIN IS BORDERED BY THESE 2 OF THE 5 GREAT LAKES | MICHIGAN & SUPERIOR |
OF HAWAII'S 8 MAIN ISLANDS, THIS ONE RECEIVES THE LION'S SHARE OF THE TOURIST DOLLARS | OAHU |
WHEN THE RUSSIANS OWNED ALASKA, THEY REFERRED TO THIS TALL PEAK AS BOLSHAYA GORA | MT. MCKINLEY |
THIS RIVER BEGINS IN COLORADO AND EMPTIES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO NEAR BROWNSVILLE, TX | RIO GRANDE |
FLORIDA'S PANHANDLE BORDERS THESE 2 STATES | ALABAMA & GEORGIA |
THIS LARGE LAKE ON THE NY-VT BORDER IS VERMONT'S LOWEST POINT | LAKE CHAMPLAIN |
LOUISIANA'S LOWEST POINT IS 8' BELOW SEA LEVEL IN THIS CITY | NEW ORLEANS |
THE WRIGLEY FAMILY OWNS MUCH OF THIS RESORT ISLAND 22 MILES OFF THE COAST OF LOS ANGELES | CATALINA |
THIS ISLAND, A NYC BOROUGH, IS SEPARATED FROM NJ BY 2 NARROW CHANNELS; THE KILL VAN KULL AND THE ARTHUR KILL | STATEN ISLAND |
THE WESTERN PART OF THIS STATE'S PANHANDLE IS THE HIGH PLAINS, OR ILANO ESTACADO, "STAKED PLAINS" | TEXAS |
THIS RIVER JOINS THE COLUMBIA NEAR PASCO, WA A LITTLE MORE THAN 1,000 MILES FROM ITS SOURCE IN WYOMING | SNAKE RIVER |
THE BORDERS OF 5 UTAH COUNTIES LIE WITHIN THIS LAKE | GREAT SALT LAKE |
MAPMAKERS NAMED THIS COLORADO MOUNTAIN AFTER ITS 1806 DISCOVERER, WHO HAD CALLED IT GRAND PEAK | PIKES PEAK |
THIS RIVER FLOWS THROUGH 3 STATE CAPITALS: BISMARCK, PIERRE, AND JEFFERSON CITY | MISSOURI RIVER |
IT'S THE ONLY U.S. STATE LYING ON THE TROPIC OF CANCER | HAWAII |
THIS NORTHWESTERN CAPITAL'S NAME IS DERIVED FROM THE HEBREW SHALOM, MEANING "PEACE" | SALEM, OR |
THIS ISLAND FORMS THE EASTERNMOST PART OF NEW YORK STATE | LONG ISLAND |
THE CHICAGO RIVER FLOWS OUT OF THIS GREAT LAKE; THE KALAMAZOO RIVER FLOWS IN | LAKE MICHIGAN |
THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP COVERS NEARLY 700 SQUARE MILES IN THESE 2 STATES | FLORIDA & GEORGIA |
YOU'LL FIND THE BLACK & FUNERAL MOUNTAINS IN THIS "MOURNFUL" REGION OF CALIFORNIA | DEATH VALLEY |
THE "MOUNTAIN STATE" | WEST VIRGINIA |
2 CAPES IN NC THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED NATIONAL SEASHORES | HATTERAS & LOOKOUT |
LARGE SHIPS CAN SAIL OVER 100 MILES INLAND TO WASHINGTON, D.C. ON THIS RIVER | POTOMAC |
STREAMS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THIS STATE FLOW INTO LAKE MICHIGAN AND GREEN BAY | WISCONSIN |
IN 1833 THIS "HOLY" NW OHIO PORT AROSE FROM THE CONSOLIDATION OF PORT LAWRENCE AND VISTULA VILLAGES | TOLEDO |
THE EASTERNMOST PART OF RHODE ISLAND CAN'T BE REACHED BY LAND WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THIS STATE | MASSACHUSETTS |
IDAHO'S CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY | BOISE |
THE ONLY U.S. MOUNTAIN WHOSE PEAK EXCEEDS 20,000 FEET | MT. MCKINLEY |
IT'S BOTH THE FARTHEST NORTH AND THE FARTHEST WEST OF THE GREAT LAKES | SUPERIOR |
THIS VAST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERT IS A CHIEF SOURCE OF BORON, WHICH IS USED IN NUCLEAR REACTORS | MOJAVE DESERT |
IN THE U.S., THIS SOCIETY SPONSORS THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY BEE | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY |
CALIFORNIA'S HIGHEST PEAK, IT WAS NAMED FOR THE GEOLOGIST WHO WAS CHIEF OF THE EXPEDITION THAT FOUND IT IN 1864 | MT. WHITNEY |
CALIFORNIA'S COUNTRY MUSIC CAPITAL | BAKERSFIELD |
VIRGINIA'S RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FLOWS INTO THIS BAY | CHESAPEAKE BAY |
THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS FOUNDED IN 1819 FROM 2 TOWNS: EAST ALABAMA AND NEW PHILADELPHIA | MONTGOMERY |
THIS RIVER CARVED THE BLACK CANYON AS WELL AS THE GRAND CANYON | COLORADO RIVER |
MOUNT RUSHMORE CAN BE FOUND IN THIS STATE | SOUTH DAKOTA |
THE LOWEST POINT IN THE U.S. | DEATH VALLEY |
IN HAWAII, MAUNA KEA MEANS "WHITE MOUNTAIN" AND THIS VOLCANO'S NAME MEANS "LONG MOUNTAIN" | MAUNA LOA |
THIS RIVER'S DRAINAGE AREA COVERS ABOUT 1.25 MILLON SQUARE MILES IN 31 STATES | MISSISSIPPI |
THE HIGHEST PEAKS IN THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE OF THE APPALACHIAN SYSTEM LIE IN NORTH CAROLINA | BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS |
CAPE MENDOCINO IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IS THE WESTERNMOST POINT OF THIS STATE | CALIFORNIA |
THE 2 MAIN BRANCES OF THIS INLET IN WASHINGTON STATE ARE HOOD CANAL AND ADMIRALTY INLET | PUGET SOUND |
HALEAKALA ON THIS "VALLEY ISLAND" OF HAWAII HAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST DORMANT VOCANIC CRATER | MAUI |
ABOUT 75% OF ALL HAWAIIANS LIVE ON THIS ISLAND | OAHU |
THE NY STATE BARGE CANAL SYSTEM CONNECTS THE GREAT LAKES WITH THE ATLANTIC VIA THIS RIVER | HUDSON RIVER |
THIS MOUNTAIN SYSTEM STRETCHES ABOUT 1,500 MILES FROM ALABAMA TO CANADA'S GASPE PENINSULA | APPALACHIANS |
THIS LAKE ON THE CALIFORNIA-NEVADA BORDER DOESN'T FREEZE DUE TO ITS GREAT DEPTH | LAKE TAHOE |
MADE FAMOUS IN SONG, THIS RIVER BEGINS IN GEORGIA'S OKEFENOKEE SWAMP AND EMPTIES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO VIA FLORIDA | SUWANEE RIVER |
THE NUMBER OF U.S. STATES THAT TOUCH THE ATLANTIC OCEAN | 18 |
4 STATES THAT HAVE CAPITALS WITH "CITY" IN THEIR NAMES | OKLAHOMA, UTAH, MISSOURI, & NEVADA |
NFL'S PRO BOWL IS HELD EACH YEAR IN THIS CITY | HONOLULU |
VANCOUVER IS THE NORTHERNMOST CITY REPRESENTED IN THE NBA; THIS IS THE SOUTHERNMOST | MIAMI |
IN 1957 LAKE SEMINOLE WAS CREATED ON THE APALACHICOLA RIVER IN THIS STATE, BUT MOST OF IT LIES IN GEORGIA | FLORIDA |
THE HUMBOLDT RIVER, THIS STATE'S LONGEST, FLOWS THROUGH THE CITIES OF WINNEMUCCA & ELKO | NEVADA |
THE NAME OF THIS IRON ORE PRODUCING RANGE IN MINNESOTA COMES FROM AN INDIAN WORD FOR "GIANT" | MESABI RANGE |
THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SAYS ITS METROPOLITAN AREA COVERS PARTS OF 3 STATES: WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS, AND INDIANA | CHICAGO |
THIS PRESIDENTIAL MOUNTAIN IN NH IS THE TALLEST PEAK IN THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. | MOUNT WASHINGTON |
AT 33 MILES IN LENGTH, THE KAUKONAHUA STREAM IS THIS STATE'S LONGEST RIVER | HAWAII |
COMMUNITES ON THIS CAPE INCLUDE PILGRIM HEIGHTS, AND MAYFLOWER HEIGHTS | CAPE COD |
THESE BEAUTIFUL NY MOUNTAINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE AREA ONCE KNOWN AS THE "BORSCHT BELT" | CATSKILLS |
THIS STATE'S "NORTHWEST ANGLE" LIES IN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY NORTH OF THE 49TH PARALLEL | MINNESOTA |
THIS RIVER'S DELTA COVERS MORE THAN 12,000 SQUARE MILES IN LOUISIANA | MISSISSIPPI |
THIS MOUNTAIN SYSTEM STRETCHES FROM NM TO THE BROOKS RANGE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE | ROCKY MTNS. |
THE WICHITA MOUNTAINS ARE NOT IN KANSAS, BUT IN THIS STATE ON ITS SOUTHERN BORDER | OKLAHOMA |
ALTHOUGH A MILE WIDE IN SOME PLACES, THIS PRINCIPAL RIVER OF NEBRASKA IS TOO SHALLOW TO BE NAVIGABLE | PLATT RIVER |
THIS STATE CAPITAL IS KNOWN FOR A VARIETY OF OYSTERS FOUND PRIMARILY IN PUGET SOUND | OLYMPIA |
A SMALL PART OF THIS CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN RANGE EXTENDS INTO THE LAKE TAHOE AREA OF NEVADA | SIERRA NEVADAS |
THIS UTAH RIVER NAMED FOR A RIVER IN THE HOLY LAND FLOWS FROM FRESHWATER UTAH LAKE TO THE GREAT SALT LAKE | JORDAN RIVER |
THE VALLEY OF THE SUN IS THE LOCALE OF THIS STATE CAPITAL | PHOENIX |
IN 1644 AQUIDNECK ISLAND IN NARRAGANSETT BAY WAS OFFICIALLY RENAMED THIS | RHODE ISLAND |
OF THE STATES THAT HAVE COUNTIES, IT HAS THE FEWEST; KENT, NEW CASTLE, AND SUSSEX | DELAWARE |
OVER ITS 2,340 MILE COURSE, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FORMS THE BOUNDARY OR PART OF THE BOUNDARY OF THIS MANY STATES | 9 |
IT'S THE LARGEST BODY OF FRESH WATER LYING ENTIRELY WITHIN THE USA | LAKE MICHIGAN |
COLORADO'S MOUNT ELBERT IN THE SAWATCH RANGE IS THIS MOUNTAIN SYSTEM'S TALLEST PEAK | ROCKY MOUNTAINS |
FRANCISCO DE ORTEGA IS CREDITED WITH DISCOVERING THIS STRAIT LEADING INTO SAN FRANCISCO BAY | GOLDEN GATE |
THIS 113-MILE SAND BAR ALONG TEXAS' GULF COAST IS THE STATE'S LARGEST ISLAND | PADRE ISLAND |
IN 1937 THE GOVERNMENT SET ASIDE THIS GEORGIA SWAMP AS A NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE | OKEFENOKEE SWAMP |
THIS GREAT LAKE'S DEEPEST POINT, 1330', LIES ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA | LAKE SUPERIOR |
THIS PEAK IN WESTERN NC IS THE HIGHEST US POINT EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER | MT. MITCHELL |
THIS LARGE CONNECTICUT CITY WAS NAMED AFTER A STRUCTURE SPANNING THE PEQUONNOCK | BRIDGEPORT |
TEXAS COUNTY IN THIS STATE'S PANHANDLE, BORDERS THE STATE OF TEXAS | OKLAHOMA |
THE CALENDAR ISLANDS OF THIS "PINE TREE" STATE ARE SO NAMED BECAUSE THERE ARE 365 OF THEM | MAINE |
WHIDBEY ISLAND IN WASHINGTON STATE IS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THIS INLET | PUGET SOUND |
THIS TEXAS ISLAND WAS NAMED FOR A PRIEST, FATHER NICOLAS BALLI | PADRE ISLAND |
WITH AN AVERAGE ELEVATION OF 6,800', IT'S THE HIGHEST OF ALL THE STATES | COLORADO |
COEUR D'ALENE LAKE IN THIS STATE IS AT THE HEART OF A POPULAR RESORT AREA | IDAHO |
THEODORE ROOSEVELT ISLAND IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LIES IN THIS RIVER | POTOMAC |
THIS SITE OF THE U.S. IMMIGRATION DEPOT WAS CALLED OYSTER ISLAND BY THE DUTCH | ELLIS ISLAND |
AT ONE POINT, THIS STATE IS LESS THAN 2 MILES WIDE BETWEEN ITS BORDERS WITH PA & WV | MARYLAND |
ALL 5 RHODE ISLAND COUNTIES HAVE SHORELINES ON THIS BAY | NARRAGANSETT BAY |
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER FORMS VT'S ENTIRE BORDER WITH THIS STATE | NEW HAMPSHIRE |
WAIMEA IS A FAMOUS CANYON ON THIS "GARDEN ISLE" OF HAWAII | KAUAI |
IT'S ALABAMA'S FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT AS WELL AS ITS ONLY SEAPORT | MOBILE |
UTAH'S UINTA RANGE IS THE ONLY MAJOR RANGE OF THESE MOUNTAINS IN THE CONTIGUOUS 48 STATES THAT RUNS EAST & WEST | ROCKY MTNS. |
THIS STATE'S LEAST POPULOUS COUNTY, GRAND ISLE, LIES MOSTLY WITHIN LAKE CHAMPLAIN | VERMONT |
CHIEF CITIES ON THE BANKS OF THIS HUDSON RIVER TRIBUTARY INCLUDE ROME, UTICA, & SCHENECTADY | MOHAWK RIVER |
THIS STATE'S UPPER PENINSULA HAS 2 LAND REGIONS: THE SUPERIOR UPLAND & THE CENTRAL LOWLAND | MICHIGAN |
SOME OCEAN-GOING VESSELS CAN SAIL UP THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AS FAR NORTH AS THIS CAPITAL | HARTFORD |
THE PARISHES IN THIS STATE'S EAST GULF COASTAL PLAIN ARE CALLED THE "FLORIDA PARISHES" | LOUISIANA |
CADILLAC MOUNTAIN, THE HIGHEST PEAK ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD, LIES IN THIS MAINE NATIONAL PARK | ACADIA NATIONAL PARK |
NYC'S BROOKLYN BRIDGE SPANS THE EAST RIVER BETWEEN BROOKLYN AND THIS ISLAND BOROUGH | MANHATTAN |
NAME SHARED BY CHICAGO'S GREAT LAKE AND ONE OF CHIGAGO'S MAJOR AVENUES | MICHIGAN |
IN AREA, THIS NEW ENGLAND STATE ROUGHLY EQUALS VT, NH, CT, & MA COMBINED | MAINE |
JEFFERSON CITY IS MISSOURI'S CAPITAL AND THIS CITY IS ITS LARGEST | KANSAS CITY |
IDAHO'S LARGEST CITY | BOISE |
THE PACIFIC OCEAN ONCE COVERED THIS DESERT BETWEEN THE SIERRA NEVADA AND THE COLORADO RIVER | MOJAVE DESERT |
2 OF THIS STATE'S LARGEST LAKES ARE QUABBIN RESERVOIR & WACHUSETT RESERVOIR NEAR WORCESTER | MASSACHUSETTS |
ALGONQUIN PEAK IN THIS STATE IS ALSO KNOWN AS MOUNT MACINTYRE | NEW YORK |
IT'S THE OLDEST CITY IN KANSAS; A FEDERAL PENITENTIARY LIES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS | LEAVENWORTH |
THIS MOUNTAIN SYSTEM FORMS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE | ROCKY MOUNTAINS |
LAUGHING WHITEFISH IS A WELL-KNOWN WATERFALL IN THIS STATE'S UPPER PENINSULA | MICHIGAN |
THIS SECOND-LARGEST HAWAIIAN ISLAND IS LOCATED ABOUT 70 MILES SE OF OAHU | MAUI |
THE BOSTON MOUNTAINS OF ARKANSAS CONTAIN THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THESE MOUNTAINS | OZARK MTNS. |
ABOUT A THIRD OF THIS STATE LIES NORTH OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE | ALASKA |
INDIANA'S 2ND-LARGEST CITY IS ON THE SITE OF THIS STOCKADE BUILT IN 1794 AND NAMED FOR A "MAD" GENERAL | FORT WAYNE |
THIS REGION OF SD & WY HAS THE LARGEST GOLD MINE IN THE U.S. | BLACK HILLS |
THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE EXTENDS ABOUT 400 MILES FROM NEAR THE MOJAVE DESERT TO THE FEATHER RIVER | SIERRA NEVADA |
THE HIGHEST PEAK IN THE GREAT SMOKEY MTNS., THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE DOME | CLINGMAN'S DOME |
MOUNT HOOD, A VOLCANIC PEAK, RISES 11,239' IN THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE | CASCADES |
IN 1905 A LARGE SEARCHLIGHT WAS INSTALLED AT THE TOP OF THIS COLORADO PEAK | PIKE'S PEAK |
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS IS PART OF THIS MISSOURI CITY'S METROPOLITAN AREA | ST. LOUIS |
THE LARGEST LAKE IN THE WESTERN U.S., IT'S FED BY FRESHWATER STREAMS BUT HAS A HEAVY SALINE CONTENT | GREAT SALT LAKE |
WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK IS LOCATED IN THESE ERODED MOUNTAINS IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA | BLACK HILLS |
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S MOUNT SHASTA AND LASSEN PEAK ARE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE | CASCADES |
BAYS IN THIS STATE INCLUDE HINGHAM, DORCHESTER, AND QUINCY | MASSACHUSETTS |
THIS TINY STATE'S SOUTHERNMOST POINT LIES ON BLOCK ISLAND, ABOUT 10 MILES FROM THE MAINLAND | RHODE ISLAND |
EMMONS & NISQUALLY ARE 2 OF ABOUT 25 GLACIERS ON THIS WASHINGTON STATE PEAK | MT. RANIER |
THE SITE OF A LEPER COLONY, THIS HAWAIIAN ISLAND IS NICKNAMED THE "FRIENDLY ISLAND" | MOLOKAI |
THIS CITY IS PENNSYLVANIA'S ONLY PORT ON THE GREAT LAKES | ERIE |
THE MISSOURI & OHIO ARE THE CHIEF TRIBUTARIES OF THIS RIVER | MISSISSIPPI |
IT'S "THE NATURAL STATE" AS WELL AS "THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY" | ARKANSAS |
FOUR CORNERS IN THE WESTERN U.S. IS WHERE THESE 4 STATES MEET AT A SINGLE POINT | AZ, NM, CO, & UT |
IT'S THE SOUTHERNMOST OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES | CONNECTICUT |
THIS CITY IS THE SEAT OF WASHINGTON'S KING COUNTY | SEATTLE |
THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF THIS STATE LIES IN WEXFORD COUNTY, 5 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CADILLAC | MICHIGAN |
THE LARGEST AREA OF SAND DUNES IN NORTH AMERICA LIES NORTH OF THE PLATTE RIVER IN THIS STATE | NEBRASKA |
OVER 3 DOZEN MOUNTAINS IN THIS NORTHERN NY RANGE EXCEED 4,000 FEET | ADIRONDACKS |
THIS ARIZONA CAPITAL LIES IN THE SALT RIVER VALLEY AND IS BORDERED BY MOUNTAINS AND THE SONORAN DESERT | PHOENIX |
THIS STATE'S LARGEST DESERT BASINS ARE JORNADA DEL MUERTO & TULAROSA, WHERE WHITE SANDS IS | NEW MEXICO |
CHAPPAQUIDDICK ISLAND AND THIS LARGER ISLAND ARE SEPARATED BY KATAMA BAY | MARTHA'S VINEYARD |
RISING 33,480' FROM ITS UNDERWATER BASE MAKES THIS HAWAIIAN VOLCANO THE WORLD'S TALLEST PEAK | MAUNA KEA |
THIS STATE HAS A CUSTER COUNTY AS WELL AS ONE NAMED BIG HORN | MONTANA |
NEW JERSEY'S EASTERN BORDER IS FORMED BY THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THIS RIVER | HUDSON |
THE DETROIT, HURON, AND SANDUSKY RIVERS ARE AMONG THOSE THAT FLOW INTO THIS GREAT LAKE | LAKE ERIE |
THIS HOME OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY WAS FOUNDED IN 1871 AS FOUNTAIN COLONY | COLORADO SPRINGS |
GALESBURG, SEAT OF THIS STATE'S KNOX COUNTY, WAS THE SITE OF A LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE | ILLINOIS |
A RAILROAD PRESIDENT NAMED ABERDEEN, SD FOR HIS BIRTHPLACE IN THE COUNTRY | SCOTLAND |
THIS LARGEST OREGON CITY IS HOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL ROSE TEST GARDENS | PORTLAND |
ALBUQUERQUE LIES ON THIS RIVER | RIO GRANDE |
THIS LAKE ERIE PORT IN NW OHIO WAS ONCE CALLED "THE GLASS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" | TOLEDO |
SOUTH CAROLINA'S HIGHEST POINT, SASSAFRAS MOUNTAIN, RISES 3,500 FEET IN THIS RANGE OF THE APPALACHIANS | BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS |
ALABAMA'S GENERAL COASTLINE, ONLY 53 MILES, IS ALONG THIS BODY OF WATER | GULF OF MEXICO |
THE LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCT CROSSES THE WESTERN PART OF THIS DESERT | MOJAVE |
GEORGIA'S HIGHEST POINT IS BRASSTOWN BALD MOUNTAIN IN THIS RANGE OF THE APPALACHIANS | BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS |
THIS TWIN CITY OF URBANA, IL WAS ONCE CALLED WEST URBANA | CHAMPAIGN |
CITIES ON THIS RIVER INCLUDE ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND LOUISVILLE, KY | OHIO RIVER |
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN THE U.S. LIE IN THIS ALASKAN ISLAND GROUP | ALEUTIANS |
LOUISVILLE, KY LIES ON THIS RIVER | OHIO RIVER |
WHILE UPPER KLAMATH LAKE IS IN OREGON, LOWER KLAMATH LAKE LIES IN THIS STATE | CALIFORNIA |
THIS GREAT LAKE IS CONNECTED TO LAKE SUPERIOR BY THE ST. MARY'S RIVER | LAKE HURON |
WINDING THROUGH IDAHO, THE SALMON RIVER IS THE LARGEST TRIBUTARY OF THIS RIVER | SNAKE |
THIS STATE SEPARATES MOST OF ALABAMA FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO | FLORIDA |
VINEYARD SOUND SEPARATES MARTHA'S VINEYARD FROM THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF THIS CAPE | CAPE COD |
RIVERS FLOWING INTO THIS BAY INCLUDE THE SUSQUEHANNA, JAMES, AND RAPPAHANNOCK | CHESAPEAKE BAY |
IT'S THE STATE IN WHICH YOU'D FIND SUWANNEE SOUND | FLORIDA |
GEORGE VANCOUVER NAMED THIS WASHINGTON STATE MOUNTAIN FOR A FRIEND IN THE BRITISH NAVY | MT. RANIER |
IT'S THE ONLY GREAT LAKE NOT BORDERING THE STATE OF MICHIGAN | LAKE ONTARIO |
THE TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS LIE NEAR THE CITY OF EVERGLADES IN THIS STATE | FLORIDA |
AT ABOUT 440 SQUARE MILES, RED LAKE IS THE LARGEST OF THIS STATE'S "10,000 LAKES" | MINNESOTA |
YUMA, AZ IS THE LARGEST CITY LYING ON THIS RIVER | COLORADO |
THIS TWIN-PEAKED VOLCANO IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS 5 SAMLL GLACIERS ON ITS SLOPES | MT. SHASTA |
KNOWN AS THE "FATHER OF WATERS", THIS RIVER DRAINS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 1,247,000 MILES | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
THE WESTERNMOST AND NORTHERNMOST POINTS IN THE U.S. ARE BOTH LOCATED IN THIS STATE | ALASKA |
IMPORTANT DAMS ON THIS RIVER INCLUDE ROCK ISLAND, ROCKY REACH, AND GRAND COULEE | COLUMBIA |
OF NYC'S 5 BOROUGHS, THE ONE THAT IS NEW YORK COUNTY | MANHATTAN |
THIS LAKE WAS CREATED WHEN HOOVER DAM WAS BUILT ON THE COLORADO RIVER | LAKE MEAD |
IN KANSAS, MORE PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS CITY THAN IN TOPEKA AND KANSAS CITY COMBINED | WICHITA |
THE 1842 WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY FIXED THIS STATE'S BORDER WITH NEW BRUNSWICK | MAINE |
LONGER THAN THE MISSISSIPPI, THIS RIVER WASN'T NAVIGABLE UNTIL THE 20TH-C. | MISSOURI RIVER |
THIS 10-STATE REGION ISN'T FLAT; IT RISES FROM 2,000' NEAR OMAHA TO 6,000' AT CHEYENNE | GREAT PLAINS |
THE ONLY STATE WITH AREAS THAT HAVE A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE | CALIFORNIA |
THE LOWER VALLEY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA AND ITS TRIBUTARIES HAVE CREATED THIS LARGE ATLANTIC BAY | CHESAPEAKE BAY |
THIS WESTERN BRANCH OF THE APPALACHIANS RUNS FROM NORTH CENTRAL PA THROUGH MD, VA & WV | ALLEGHENIES |
THE U.S. BORDERS THESE 3 OCEANS | ARCTIC, ATLANTIC, & PACIFIC |
THERE'S A NATIONAL PARK ON THE ISLAND OF ST. JOHN'S IN THIS U.S. POSSESSION | U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS |
ND HAS ITS DEVIL'S LAKE AND WYOMING IT DEVIL'S...ONE OF THESE | DEVIL'S TOWER |
ONE OF THE LARGEST OF THESE SHALLOW CHANNELS IN THE U.S. IS THE BARTHOLOMEW IN N. LOUISIANA | BAYOU |
THE RARITAN IS THE LONGEST RIVER WHOLLY WITHIN THIS STATE | NEW JERSEY |
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK & THE CUSTER BATTLEFIELD ARE AMONG THIS "TREASURE STATE'S" TREASURE | MONTANA |
THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED STATE, EVERY ONE OF ITS 21 COUNTIES HAS OVER 50,000 PEOPLE | NEW JERSEY |
TO MAKE WAY FOR A RAILROAD, MISSOURI'S CAPE GIRADEAU ON THIS RIVER WAS BLASTED OUT OF EXISTENCE | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
EAST CHICAGO IS LOCATED IN THIS STATE, NOT ILLINOIS | INDIANA |
MT. HOOD, THE HIGHEST OREGON MOUNTAIN, IS IN THIS RANGE | CASCADES |
ABOUT 70,000 NOW LIVE IN THIS PLANNED "NEW TOWN", FOUNDED IN 1967 BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND D.C. | COLUMBIA |
THE LOWER PART OF THIS NY RIVER IS AN ARM OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN | HUDSON RIVER |
THE TYPE OF LAND COMPOSING ALMOST ONE THIRD OF THE U.S. | FOREST LAND |
THEY ARE SOUTH DAKOTA'S EXAMPLE OF DOME MOUNTAINS, WHICH ARE RAISED UP BY PRESSURE IN THE EARTH'S CRUST | BLACK HILLS |
IN 1980, THIS CASCADE MOUNTAIN PEAK WAS REDUCED FROM 9677' TO ABOUT 8300' | MT. SAINT HELENS |
COMPLETE WITH BIG TOE PROJECTION INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO, THIS STATE RESEMBLES A BOOT | LOUISIANA |
OF ABOUT 8, 11, OR 16%, THE % OF U.S. LAND AREA THAT ALASKA REPRESENTS | 16% |
THISISLAND IS THE ONLY U.S. COMMONWEALTH OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL U.S. | PUERTO RICO |
THOUGH MOST OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK LIES IN WYOMING, IT SPREADS OUT INTO THESE OTHER 2 STATES | MONTANA & IDAHO |
IT'S "WHERE THE WIND COMES SWEEPING DOWN THE PLAIN" | OKLAHOMA |
STATE WHOSE COUNTIES INCLUDE CROCKETT, PECOS, AND ZAPATA | TEXAS |
HISTORIC PASS AS JUNCTION OF TN, KY, & VA ASSOCIATED WITH DANIEL BOONE | CUMBERLAND GAP |
THIS "DREARY" SWAMP COVERS ABOUT 750 SQUARE MILES IN VIRGINIA & NORTH CAROLINA | GREAT DISMAL SWAMP |
NORTH CAROLINA'S OUTER BANKS CREATE THIS LARGEST LAGOON ON THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. | PAMLICO SOUND |
CAPE ON THE COAST OF NC THAT PROTRUDES THE FURTHEST TO THE SE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. KNOWN AS THE "GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC" BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF SHIPS LOST AROUND IT. | CAPE HATTERAS |
THE PRESIDENTIAL RANGE IS IN THIS RANGE IN THE EAST COAST | WHITE MOUNTAINS |
NC MOUNTAIN THAT IS THE HIGHEST POINT EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI | MOUNT MITCHELL |
THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC SEPARATE THE UPPER & LOWER PENINSULAS AND CONNECT THESE 2 GREAT LAKES | MICHIGAN & HURON |
THE GYPSUM SAND IN THIS NM NATIONAL MONUMENT COMES FROM THE MOUNTAINS FLANKING THE VALLEY | WHITE SANDS |
THE 2ND-LARGEST SALTWATER LAKE IN THE U.S. AFTER THE GREAT SALT LAKE IN UTAH | LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN |
MAINE BORDERS ONLY THIS OTHER STATE | NEW HAMPSHIRE |
THIS ROCK IN WYOMING, A FAMOUS LANDMARK ALONG THE PONY EXPRESS ROUTE, IS CALLED REGISTER OF THE DESERT | INDEPENDENCE ROCK |
LARGEST ISLAND ON LAKE SUPERIOR, ALSO A NATIONAL PARK | ISLE ROYALE |
THE WORLD'S LONGEST BARRIER ISLAND IS THIS TEXAS ISLAND | PADRE ISLAND |
THIS IDAHO SKI RESORT, LOCATED IN THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS, WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 1930S BY THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD | SUN VALLEY |
ALSO KNOWN AS MOUNT TACOMA | MT. RANIER |
THE STRIP OF WATER THAT SEPARATES THE UPPER & LOWER PENINSULAS OF MICHIGAN, AND CONNECTS LAKE MICHIGAN & LAKE HURON | STRAITS OF MACKINAC |
ISLANDS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BERING STRAIT BETWEEN MAINLAND ALASKA & SIBERIA | DIOMEDE ISLAND (LITTLE & BIG) |
WATERFALL ON THE SNAKE RIVER, LOCATED APPX. 5 MILES WEST OF TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, SOMETIMES CALLED THE "NIAGARA OF THE WEST" | SHOSHONE FALLS |
SMALL GLACIAL LAKE IN MINNESOTA THAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER | LAKE ITASCA |
THE WORLD'S LARGEST FLAT-TOP MOUNTAIN IS THIS ONE IN COLORADO | GRAND MESA |
THE ONLY CALIFORNIA SITE TO HOST THE WINTER OLYMPICS | SQUAW VALLEY |
LAS VEGAS IS IN THIS DESERT | MOJAVE |
RIVER THAT SEPARATES OREGON & WASHINGTON | COLUMBIA |
RESORT ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA; IT WAS NAMED FOR A BRITISH SEA CAPTAIN | HILTON HEAD |
LAKE FORMED BY THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT MAZANO ERUPTED | CRATER LAKE |
THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE EXTENDS FROM LASSEN PEAK IN CALIFORNIA TO THE FRASER RIVER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA | CASCADES |
THIS PREHISTORIC PLUVIAL LAKE THAT COVERED MUCH OF NORTH AMERICA'S GREAT BASIN REGION, WAS NEARLY AS LARGE AS LAKE MICHIGAN AND SIGNIFICANTLY DEEPER | LAKE BONNEVILLE |
ARCHIPELAGO IN PUGET SOUND | SAN JUAN ISLANDS |
THIS WATERWAY THAT ALLOWS BOATS TO AVOID THE OPEN SEA STRETCHES FROM BOSTON TO BROWNSVILLE, TX | INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY |
A MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED FOR THE 25 DOBERMANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES LIBERATING THIS LARGEST MARIANA ISLAND IN WWII | GUAM |
THE 2 RIVERS WHOSE CONFLUENCE WAS THE SITE OF THE PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD, THE USA'S FIRST NAVAL SHIPYARD | DELAWARE & SCHUYKILL |
MAIN SKI MOUNTAIN OF THE SUN VALLEY IN IDAHO | BALD MOUNTAIN |
HAWAIIAN ISLAND KNOWN AS THE "PINEAPPLE ISLAND" | LANAI |
FIRST U.S. NATIONAL MONUMENT | DEVIL'S TOWER |
LAKE FORMED BY HOOVER DAM | LAKE MEAD |
LARGEST MAN-MADE LAKE/RESERVOIR IN THE U.S. | LAKE MEAD |
PITTSBURGH'S 'THREE RIVERS' | OHIO, MONONGHAHELA, ALLEGANY |
HAWAII HAS THIS MANY LARGE "MAIN" ISLANDS | 8 |
THE KODIAK ARCHIPELAGO IN THIS GULF WAS THE SITE OF THE FIRST RUSSIAN COLONY IN NORTH AMERICA | GULF OF ALASKA |
NORTH CAROLINA SITE KNOWN AS THE "GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC" | OUTERBANKS (CAPE HATTERAS) |
WORLD'S LARGEST ACTIVE VOLCANIC MASS AND THE CENTERPIECE OF HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK | KILUAEA |
DEEPEST GORGE IN NORTH AMERICA | HELL'S CANYON |
HELL'S CANYON, NORTH AMERICA'S DEEPEST GORGE, WAS FORMED BY THE WATERS OF THIS RIVER | SNAKE RIVER |
FAMOUS RANCH IN NEW MEXICO KNOWN FOR SCOUTING CAMPS | PHILMONT |
THIS STATE HAS 2 NATIONAL MONUMENTS: THE HAGERMAN FOSSIL BEDS AND CRATERS OF THE MOON | IDAHO |
3 LARGEST ISLANDS OF THE U.S. | HAWAII, KODIAK ISLAND, PUERTO RICO |
MOST POPULOUS HAWAIIAN ISLAND | OAHU |
HONOLULU IS LOCATED ON THIS HAWAIIAN ISLAND | OAHU |
THE LARGEST ESTUARY IN THE U.S. | CHESAPEAKE BAY |
SOUTHERNMOST POINT IN ALL OF U.S. TERRITORY | AMERICAN SAMOA |
ONLY PART OF THE 48 CONTIGUOUS STATES THAT LIES ABOVE THE 49TH PARALLEL | THE NORTHWEST ANGLE, MINNESOTA |
COLLOQUIAL TERM FOR THE MOSTLY DEFUNCT SUMMER RESORTS OF THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS | BORSCHT BELT |
FROM 1630 UNTIL THE 19TH-C., TEGESTA WAS THE NAME OF CHOICE FOR THIS PENINSULA | FLORIDA |
MADISON, WISCONSIN IS ON AN ISTHMUS BETWEEN THESE 2 LAKES | MENDOTA & MONONA |
THIS CAPITAL CITY IS LOCATED ON AN ISTHMUS BETWEEN THE MENDOTA & MONONA LAKES | MADISON, WI |
VALLEY OF TEN THOUSAND SMOKES IS FOUND IN THIS STATE | ALASKA |
NORTHERNMOST POINT IN ALL OF U.S. TERRITORY | POINT BARROW, ALASKA |
ROCKIES RUN FROM THIS STATE TO THIS STATE | ALASKA TO NEW MEXICO |
IN 1859 GOLD & SILVER WERE DISCOVERED AT THIS PLACE IN NEVADA | COMSTOCK LODE |
AFTER LAKE MEAD, IT IS THE 2ND-LARGEST MANMADE LAKE IN THE U.S.; FORMED BY THE GLEN CANYON DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER; SOUTHERN UTAH & NORTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA | LAKE POWELL |
CAPE COD LIFE MAGAZINE CATERS TO RESIDENTS OF CAPE COD AS WELL AS THESE 2 RESORT ISLANDS | NANTUCKET & MARTHA'S VINEYARD |
HIGHEST POINT IN THE 48 CONTIGUOUS STATES | MT. WHITNEY, CA |
IN 1867 THE U.S. BOUGHT THIS ISLAND GROUP NAMED FOR A RUSSIAN CAPTAIN AND LEASED IT TO SEAL HUNTING COMPANIES | PRIBILOF ISLANDS |
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND SEPARATES BLOCK ISLAND FROM THIS STATE'S MAINLAND | RHODE ISLAND |
VOLCANIC CRATERS ON OAHU INCLUDE DIAMOND HEAD, KOKO HEAD, AND THIS "BOWL" IN THE HEART OF HONOLULU | PUNCH BOWL |
NAMED FOR A TRAPPER WHO ONCE LIVED THERE, IT'S A FERTILE VALLEY IN WYOMING'S GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK | JACKSON HOLE |
"DIVINE" COLORADO SITE NOTED FOR ITS UNUSUAL, MULTICOLORED ROCK FORMATIONS | GARDEN OF THE GODS |
ONLY GREAT LAKE THAT DOESN'T TOUCH MICHIGAN | ONTARIO |
THE U.S. GAINED OWNERSHIP OF THE IRON-RICH RANGE OF MINNESOTA VIA THE WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY OF 1842 | MESABI |
THE LARGEST TRIBUTARY BY VOLUME OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER | OHIO RIVER |
ONLY VOLCANO IN THE CASCADES OTHER THAN MT. ST. HELENS TO ERUPT IN THE 20TH-C. | MOUNT LASSEN (CA) |
THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE, A SEGMENT OF THE ROCKIES, RUNS FROM SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO TO NORTH CENTRAL UTAH, AND IS SEEN FROM THE GREAT SALT LAKE | WASATCH |
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LIES ALONG A PORTION OF THESE 2 STATES | IDAHO & MONTANA |
THIS MOUNTAIN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST RECORDED WINDS ON EARTH | MT. WASHINGTON |
HIGHEST POINT IN THE U.S. | MT. MCKINLEY |
SITE OF THE SIGNING OF TEXAS' INDEPENDENCE | WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS |
GUERNSEY IS ONE OF BRITAIN'S ISLANDS CALLED THESE; SANTA CATALINA IS ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S | CHANNEL ISLANDS |
STATE WITH THE LOWEST POPULATION DENSITY | ALASKA |
THIS STATE IS HOME TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK | COLORADO |
THE STATE THAT HAS THE MOST CITIES WITH OVER 1 MILLION POPULATION | TEXAS (3) |
FOURTH LARGEST STATE BY AREA | MONTANA |
CRATER LAKE IS IN THIS STATE | OREGON |
STATE THAT HAS THE MOST CITIES OF OVER 100,000 PEOPLE | CALIFORNIA |
ANTELOPE ISLAND IS LOCATED IN A LARGE LAKE IN THIS STATE | UTAH |
THE HEADWATERS OF THE LONGEST NORTH AMERICAN RIVER ARE LOCATED IN THIS STATE | MINNESOTA |
THIS IS THE FASTEST GROWING STATE | NEVADA |
THE ONLY STATE WITH A 2 OR MORE WORD CAPITAL THAT IS NOT LANDLOCKED | LOUISIANA |
THE ONLY STATE WITHOUT A COUNTY OF 100,000 OR MORE PEOPLE | WYOMING |
THE ONLY STATE TO LOSE PEOPLE FROM THE 2000 CENSUS TO THE 2010 CENSUS | MICHIGAN |
THIS FOUR-CORNERS STATE BORDERS LAKE MEAD | ARIZONA |
FASTEST GROWING STATE IN THE NORTHEAST (NORTH OF MARYLAND & DELAWARE) | NEW HAMPSHIRE |
THE STATE WITH THE LEAST POPULOUS CAPITAL | VERMONT |
THIS FRENCH NAME FOR NEW ORLEANS' FRENCH QUARTER...IT MEANS "OLD SQUARE" | VIEUX CARRE |
SOUTH DAKOTA'S CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER IN THIS CITY DISPLAYS A LEAD PLATE LEFT BY FRENCH EXPLORERS IN 1743 | PIERRE |
NOW A NORTH DAKOTA CITY, THIS JUNCTION OF 2 RIVERS WAS CALLED "LES GRANDES FOURCHES" BY FRENCH TRADERS | GRAND FORKS |
THE NAME OF THIS WISCONSIN CITY, AN EARLY LOGGING CENTER, IS FRENCH FOR "CLEAR WATER" | EAU CLAIRE |
FOUNDED BY GEORGE ROGERS CLARK IN 1778, THIS KENTUCKY CITY WAS NAMED FOR A FRENCH MONARCH | LOUISVILLE |
PIERRE LACLEDE NAMED THIS MISSOURI CITY AFTER NOT 1 BUT 2 FRENCH KINGS | ST. LOUIS |
FROM FRENCH FOR "HILLOCK", IT RESEMBLES A MESA, BUT IS SMALLER; IT'S ALSO THE NAME OF A MONTANA CITY | BUTTE |
IN 1754, THE FRENCH BUILT FORT DUQUESNE ON THE PRESENT-DAY SITE OF THIS CITY | PITTSBURGH |
CHARTERED IN 1781, IT'S THE ONLY STATE CAPITAL NAMED FOR A FRENCH CITY | MONTPELIER, VT |
THIS IOWA CITY WAS NAMED FOR A FRENCH CANADIAN, THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO SETTLE PERMANENTLY IN WHAT IS NOW IOWA | DUBUQUE |
IN 1722 A FRENCH EXPLORER ON THIS RIVER NOTICED THE "LITTLE ROCK" THAT GAVE THE CITY ITS NAME | ARKANSAS RIVER |
IN 1802 A FRENCH CHEMIST BUILT GUNPOWDER MILLS NEAR THIS DELAWARE CITY; THEY BECAME DUPONT, NOW BASED THERE | WILMINGTON |
THIS WISCONSIN CITY WITH A FRENCH NAME IS HOME TO A LARGE DANISH POPULATION AND JOHNSON WAX | RACINE |
THIS ILLINOIS CITY THAT'S HOME TO A STATE PENITENTIARY WAS NAMED FOR FRENCH EXPLORER LOUIS... | JOLIET |
THIS TENNESSEE CITY BEGAN WITH THE UNMUSICAL NAME OF FRENCH LICK | NASHVILLE |
THIS LARGEST MAINE CITY HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE ABNAKI INDIANS, THE FRENCH, THE BRITISH, AND BY A FIRE | PORTLAND |