• 1. 
    The mouth of which river was discovered in 1673 by the French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet while they were canoeing down the Mississippi River?

  • Colorado River
  • Missouri River
  • Rio Grande
  • Hudson River
  • 2. 
    Where in the United States is Death Valley?

  • Alaska
  • California
  • Texas
  • Wyoming
  • 3. 
    Tallahassee is the capital of which U.S. state?

  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia
  • 4. 
    Which boundary in the United States, together with the Ohio River, was regarded in the pre-Civil War period as the dividing line between the slave-holding states in the South and the free-soil states in the North?

  • Maginot Line
  • 38th parallel
  • Berlin Wall
  • Mason–Dixon Line
  • 5. 
    In what U.S. state can the world’s tallest trees be found?

  • Missouri
  • California
  • Ohio
  • Iowa
  • 6. 
    Which of these lakes is entirely within the United States?

  • Lake Superior
  • Lake Michigan
  • Lake Huron
  • Lake Erie
  • 7. 
    In what U.S. state is Pavlof Volcano located?

  • Florida
  • California
  • Alaska
  • Oregon
  • 8. 
    Which U.S. city is situated at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers?

  • Philadelphia
  • San Francisco
  • Trenton
  • Detroit
  • 9. 
    Which major U.S. city is closest to the junction of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers?

  • St. Louis
  • Denver
  • Chicago
  • Miami
  • 10. 
    What U.S. city is New Hampshire’s only seaport?

  • Puget Sound
  • Portsmouth
  • Belhaven
  • Portland
  • 11. 
    Which large city in southeastern Michigan was founded by Antoine Laumet de la Mothe Cadillac?

  • Detroit
  • Lansing
  • Dearborn
  • Cadillac
  • 12. 
    Who founded the settlement that later grew into the city of Chicago?

  • Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable
  • William Burnett Benton
  • Antoine Laumet de la Mothe Cadillac
  • Robert R. McCormick
  • 13. 
    On which of the North American Great Lakes is Cleveland, Ohio, located?

  • Lake Erie
  • Lake Michigan
  • Lake Superior
  • Lake Huron
  • 14. 
    In which two U.S. states is Okefenokee Swamp located?

  • Georgia and Alabama
  • Mississippi and Texas
  • Florida and Georgia
  • Mississippi and Louisiana
  • 15. 
    Into which bay does the Potomac River flow?

  • Bay of Biscay
  • Baffin Bay
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Hudson Bay
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