Eastern States Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A traveler crosses the Savannah River on a route between two neighboring Atlantic states. Which state pair are they crossing between?
Virginia and North Carolina
Georgia and South Carolina
Maryland and Delaware
New York and New Jersey
2. Cape Cod is a prominent peninsula in which eastern state?
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Maryland
New Jersey
3. You travel by road from coastal Massachusetts to Maine without entering Canada. Which state must you pass through?
Vermont
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
4. Which New England state has no Atlantic Ocean coastline?
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Rhode Island
5. You leave Arlington, Virginia, cross the Potomac River into Washington, D.C., and then continue beyond the district's northeastern boundary. Which state do you enter?
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
6. Which Atlantic-coast state also borders both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario?
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
7. Trenton is the capital of which eastern state?
Delaware
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
8. From Delaware's shore of Delaware Bay, which state is across the bay to the east?
Maryland
New York
Virginia
New Jersey
9. The Outer Banks, a chain of barrier islands, lie along the coast of which state?
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
10. Following the Atlantic states southward, which state comes immediately after Virginia?
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
Georgia
11. Hilton Head Island is located off the coast of which state?
North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
12. Annapolis, a state capital on Chesapeake Bay, is the capital of which state?
Virginia
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
13. Which state is the northernmost of the 14 U.S. states with Atlantic coastline?
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
New York
14. On a southbound coastal route, you enter Delaware from New Jersey. Which state comes next after Delaware?
North Carolina
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
15. The St. Johns River flows northward and reaches the Atlantic Ocean near Jacksonville. In which state is it located?
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
16. Long Island, including the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, is part of which state?
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts