Summer Map Assignments for those entering U.S. History
Name ___________________________________________________________________________
Goals of this assignment: This assignment is to help you prepare for the physical and political geography of the United
States.
Task: Using the political map of the United States, write in the name of the state and its capital city. Then, using your
sources, write down the year that each state was admitted into the Union. The list of states and capitals is as follows:
Alabama / Montgomery
Missouri / Jefferson City
Alaska / Juneau
Montana / Helena
Arkansas / Little Rock
Nevada / Carson City
California / Sacramento
New Hampshire / Concord
Colorado / Denver
New Jersey / Trenton
Connecticut / Hartford
New Mexico / Santa Fe
Delaware / Dover
New York / Albany
Florida / Tallahassee
North Carolina / Raleigh
Georgia / Atlanta
North Dakota / Bismarck
Hawaii / Honolulu
Ohio / Columbus
Idaho / Boise
Oklahoma / Oklahoma City
Illinois / Springfield
Oregon / Salem
Indiana / Indianapolis
Pennsylvania / Harrisburg
Iowa / Des Moines
Rhode Island / Providence
Kansas / Topeka
South Carolina / Columbia
Kentucky / Frankfort
South Dakota / Pierre
Louisiana / Baton Rouge
Tennessee / Nashville
Maine / Augusta
Texas / Austin
Maryland / Annapolis
Utah / Salt Lake City
Massachusetts / Boston
Vermont / Montpelier
Michigan / Lansing
Virginia / Richmond
Minnesota / St. Paul
Washington / Olympia
Mississippi / Jackson
Wisconsin / Madison
Wyoming / Cheyenne
Summer Map Assignments for those entering U.S. History
Name ___________________________________________________________________________
Goals of this assignment: This assignment is to help you prepare for the physical and political geography of the United
States.
Task: Using the physical map of the United States, write in the name of the state and its capital city. The list of states and
capitals is as follows:
Mountains:
Plains Regions:
Appalachian
Great
Rocky
Coastal
Cascades
Time Zones (use different color pencils to shade the zones)
Sierra Nevada
Eastern
Rivers:
Central
Mississippi
Mountain
Missouri
Pacific
Red
Alaskan
Rio Grande
Hawaiian/Aleutian
Colorado
Ohio
Arkansas
Columbia
Snake
Lakes:
Superior
Michigan
Huron
Ontario
Erie