State Shape Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which state has a nearly rectangular outline, shares its southern border with New Mexico, and meets Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico at the Four Corners?
Kansas
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
2. A western state's outline has a narrow northern panhandle touching Canada, a much broader southern section, and an irregular eastern boundary beside Montana and Wyoming. Which state is it?
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Montana
3. Which state is represented by two major peninsulas, with the lower one commonly compared to a mitten?
Michigan
Florida
Wisconsin
Maryland
4. Which state's large outline includes a rectangular northern panhandle and a curved southeastern coast along the Gulf of Mexico?
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
5. A northeastern state has a broad mainland body stretching east to west, plus Long Island extending east-southeast from its lower-right area. Which state is it?
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
6. Which state combines a northwestern panhandle along the Gulf Coast with a long peninsula extending south between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean?
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
7. A Gulf Coast state has a boot-like outline, with the Mississippi River shaping much of its eastern side. Which state matches the description?
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
8. Which state's outline features a western mainland section and the distinctive hooked peninsula of Cape Cod on its eastern coast?
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Maine
9. A state outline has a long, narrow panhandle extending west from its main body. Its southern boundary largely follows the Red River. Which state is it?
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Missouri
10. An elongated state has a jagged northern boundary following the Ohio River and a pointed western tip near the meeting of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Which state is it?
Tennessee
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
11. Imagine a long, narrow state stretching mainly east to west. The Mississippi River forms its western edge, while its eastern end reaches the Appalachian region. Which state is it?
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
North Carolina
12. Which state's outline includes a narrow western arm and an eastern shore separated from much of the state by Chesapeake Bay?
Delaware
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
13. Which western state has a long diagonal boundary with California, mostly straight northern and eastern edges, and an outline that narrows toward the south?
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Idaho
14. At the northeastern corner of the country, one state has an irregular Atlantic coastline and shares a land boundary with only one other U.S. state, New Hampshire. Which is it?
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
15. A state's irregular outline includes two prominent extensions: a northern panhandle between Ohio and Pennsylvania and an eastern panhandle near Maryland and Virginia. Which state is it?
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
16. A map inset shows several volcanic island silhouettes arranged across the central Pacific, without a mainland body. Which state does it represent?
Alaska
Hawaii
California
Washington