Which state is the largest by area?: Alaska
Which state is the smallest by area?: Rhode Island
Which state has the most people?: California
Which state has the fewest people?: Wyoming
Which state is the largest in the lower 48 by area?: Texas
Which state is the southernmost?: Hawaii
Which state is the northernmost?: Alaska
Which state has the longest coastline?: Alaska
Which state is made of islands?: Hawaii
Which states touch Canada in the Northeast?: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York
Which states border Mexico?: California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
Which state borders only one other state?: Maine, which touches only New Hampshire
Which state borders the most other states?: Missouri and Tennessee, with eight each
Which four states meet at one point?: Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona (Four Corners)
Which states are in New England?: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut
Which are the original thirteen colonies?: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island
Which states are the Gulf Coast states?: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida
Which states border the Mississippi River?: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
Which states are on the Gulf of Mexico?: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas
Which state is shaped like a mitten?: Michigan's Lower Peninsula
Which state has a panhandle that points toward the Gulf?: Florida
Which state was the 50th to join the Union?: Hawaii (1959)
Which state was the 49th?: Alaska (1959)
Which state was the first to join?: Delaware (1787)
Which state is the Peach State?: Georgia
Which states are not connected to any other state?: Alaska and Hawaii
What are the Great Plains states?: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma, and parts of nearby states
Which state has the most national parks?: California
Which state has the Everglades?: Florida
Which state has Mount Rushmore?: South Dakota
Which state has the Grand Canyon?: Arizona
Which state is the Lone Star State?: Texas
Which state is home to Yellowstone's Old Faithful?: Wyoming
Which state has the Gateway Arch?: Missouri
Which state has the Alamo?: Texas
Which U.S. city is the home of the White House?: Washington, D.C.
Which states touch Lake Michigan?: Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan
Which states are the Four Corners states?: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico
Which states border the Pacific Ocean?: California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii
Which state has the most coastline in the lower 48?: Florida
Which state is the Sunshine State?: Florida
Which state is the Golden State?: California
Which state has Mount Hood?: Oregon
Which state has the Space Needle?: Washington
Which state has Niagara Falls on its border with Canada?: New York

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