US Geography Quiz Questions

1. Driving west from Reno, Nevada, toward Sacramento, California, which major mountain range would you cross?

2. Which of these states is one of the four states that meet at the Four Corners?

3. Which pair of states lies within the Great Plains region?

4. Which state borders Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron?

5. If you fly from Seattle to Miami, in which general direction are you traveling?

6. Which state has coastline on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico?

7. Which contiguous US state borders both Canada and the Pacific Ocean?

8. A barge travels downstream on the Mississippi River from St. Louis toward the Gulf of Mexico. In which broad direction is it traveling?

9. Which river is responsible for carving the Grand Canyon over geological time?

10. The Ozark Highlands are located primarily in which two states?

11. Rain falls within an internally drained part of the Great Basin. What is most likely to happen to that water?

12. A traveler stands on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and looks west across the large estuary separating it from mainland Maryland. Which body of water are they viewing?

13. The Appalachian Mountains extend predominantly through which part of the United States?

14. Which US state consists entirely of islands in the central Pacific Ocean?

15. A driver travels north from Texas and crosses one state before reaching Kansas. Which state do they cross?

16. A Colorado stream flows west from the Continental Divide and enters the Colorado River system. What is its natural ocean-basin destination?