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Spot the Imposter - U.S. State Geography #1

Each question lists multiple US states - all but one of which are a correct answer to the question. See if you can identify the imposter for each question.
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Last updated: December 8, 2022
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1. These states were once independent countries.
Alaska
Florida
Texas
Vermont
California
2. These states have barrier islands on the Atlantic coast.
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
New York
North Carolina
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Massachusetts
3. These states have one (or two) panhandles?
Idaho
Arkansas
Florida
West Virginia
Texas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Maryland
4. These states have land included in Yellowstone National Park.
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Washington
5. These Midwest states share their names with a major US river.
Wisconsin
Kansas
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
6. These states seceded from the Union and were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Maryland
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
Texas
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
7. These states border one or more of the Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Vermont
Illinois
8. Traveling Interstate 90 from Chicago to Seattle, you would travel through these states (in addition to Illinois and Washington).
Montana
Minnesota
Wyoming
Idaho
South Dakota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
9. These states meet at a spot known as "Four Corners."
Arizona
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
10. These states share a border with Tennessee.
Virginia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Missouri
Alabama
Arkansas
North Carolina
Georgia
11. Portions of these states lie in the Colorado River watershed.
Wyoming
California
Utah
New Mexico
Nevada
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
12. These are current recognized territories of the United States.
Puerto Rico
US Virgin Islands
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Panama Canal Zone
American Samoa
13. These states include the birthplace of a US President.
Nebraska
Arkansas
Iowa
New Hampshire
Vermont
Hawaii
Connecticut
Delaware
14. These states share a land border with Canada.
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Maine
Alaska
Massachusetts
15. These states comprise the region of "New England."
Massachusetts
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Maine
New York
2 Comments
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Level 74
Sep 23, 2021
Misspelling of New Mexico on 11.
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Level 91
Sep 23, 2021
Thank you! I've made the correction.