Statistics for North American Geography by Letter - M

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Country where you would find the Yucatan and Baja peninsulas	Mexico	98%
The farthest northeast US state	Maine	95%
Principal island of New York City	Manhattan	92%
US state divided into an upper and lower peninsula	Michigan	90%
The only US state which borders three Canadian provinces	Montana	90%
Canadian city that hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics	Montreal	90%
Largest river drainage system in North America	Mississippi	87%
It's capital is Winnipeg	Manitoba	86%
The "Show Me" state	Missouri	84%
Capital city and lake of Nicaragua	Managua	75%
Driest desert in North America	Mojave Desert	74%
Second-largest Hawaiian island, nicknamed "The Valley Isle"	Maui	64%
The United States' "Capital of Latin America" and the richest city in the country	Miami	53%
French overseas island, where the population speaks Antillean Creole	Martinique	47%
Longest known cave system in the world, located in Kentucky	Mammoth Cave	46%
Capital of Nuevo León, one of the largest and wealthiest cities in Mexico	Monterrey	43%
World's tallest mountain, if measured from ocean base to peak top	Mauna Kea	38%
Largest and longest river system in Canada	Mackenzie	37%
Largest volcano on Earth, estimated to have been erupting for 700,000 years	Mauna Loa	33%
Mexican coastal city that hosts a carnival accompanied by Banda Sinaloa musicians	Mazatlan	8%