Regions Packet:
Southern United States
1. What large body of water borders the Southern states on the east?
2. What large body of water borders this area to the south?
3. What country borders this area on the southwest?
4. What major river runs north to south through the center of this region?
5. What major river runs along the southwestern border of this area?
6. The capital city of the U.S.A., Washington, D.C., is located between which two states? _______ and _________
7. In this area, which state is the farthest southeast?
8. In this area, which state is the farthest southwest?
9. What is the name of the river that forms the northern border of Kentucky and that flows into the Mississippi River?
10. In which part of the country is this area: the northeast, northwest, southeast, or southwest?
Northwestern United States
1. What country is north of the Northwestern states?
2. What ocean is west of this area? _______________________________
3. In which Northwestern state do the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers flow (and what is this state's capital)?
_______________________________
4. What state is located between Montana and Washington (and what is its capital)? 5. Which state borders Washington, Idaho,
Nevada, California, and the Pacific Ocean (and what is this state's capital)? _____
_________________.
6. Which state would you be in if you crossed the Columbia River from Oregon (and what is the capital of this state)? ________
_________.
7. Which state borders Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho (also, what is that state's capital)? ______
_________.
8. Does the Yellowstone River originate in Wyoming, Idaho, or Washington?
9. Is Wyoming north or south of Montana?
10. Is Idaho east or west of Oregon and Washington?
Southwestern United States
1. What large body of water borders the southwestern US on the west?
2. What country borders this area on the south?
3. Which state is just south of Utah (and what is this state's capital)?
4. Which state is the farthest southwest both in this area and in the continental US (and what is the capital of this state)?
5. Sant Fe is the capital of what state? 6. Which state is east of Nevada and west of Colorado (and what is this state's capital)?
7. Which state is just north of New Mexico (and what is this state's capital)?
8. Which state borders California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona (and what is this state's capital)?
9. In the southwest there is one place where four states meet - it is called the Four Corners. What four states meet there?
10. If you wanted to travel from Carson City, Nevada, to Denver, Colorado, in which direction would you head: north, south, east, or
west?
Northeastern USA
1. What country borders the Northeastern states to the north?
2. What large body of water borders this region on the east?
3. Which of these states extends farthest north and east?
4. Which of these states extends the farthest southwest?
5. What is the smallest state in the Northeast (and the smallest state in the entire USA)?
6. Which two Northeastern states do not border the Atlantic Ocean?
7. Which of the Great Lakes border the Northeastern states?
8. Which of the Northeastern states has the longest cape extending into the ocean (and what is the name of this cape)? (This is the cape
where the Mayflower first landed)
9. Which Northeastern state is located between Vermont and Maine?
10. Which Northeastern state is located north of Pennsylvania and west of Massachusetts?
West
1. What large body of water borders Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, and California?
2. What country is north of Washington, Idaho, and Montana (and east of Alaska)?
3. What country is south of California, Arizona, and New Mexico?
4. Which state is the farthest northwest in the continental US (and what is the capital of this state)?
5. Which state is the farthest southwest in the continental US (and what is the capital of this state)?
6. There is one place in the USA where four states touch - it is called the Four Corners, and is in the Western USA. What are the four
states that touch?
7. Which state borders Canada but does not border any US states (also, what is that state's capital)?
8. Which state is composed of a series of islands in the Pacific Ocean (and what is the capital of this state)?
9. Helena is the capital of which state?
10. If you wanted to travel from Phoenix, Arizona, to Salt Lake City, Utah, which direction would you head: north, south, east, or
west?
West North Central
1. What major river runs along much of the eastern border of the West North Central states?
2. What country borders this area on the north?
3. In which state does the Missouri River flow into the Mississippi River (and what is the capital of this state)?
4. What state in this area is farthest northwest (and what is its capital)?
5. Pierre is the capital of which state?
6. What state is just south of Nebraska (and what is its capital)?
7. If you crossed the Missouri River from Iowa, what state would you be in (and what is that state's capital)?
8. In which state does the Mississippi River originate (and what is the capital of this state)?
9. What state is just north of Missouri (and what is its capital)?
10. In which part of the USA is this area located: the north, south, east, or west?
Midwest and Great Plains
1. What large river runs north to south through the midwest, from Minnesota and Wisconsin to Missouri and Illinois (and eventually to
the Gulf of Mexico)?
2. What large river runs northwest to southeast, through North Dakota, South Dakota, and other states until it flows into the
Mississippi River?
3. What country borders the midwestern states on the north?
4. Which midwestern state is farthest east (and what is its capital)?
5. Which midwestern state is farthest northwest (and what is its capital)?
6. Which midwestern state is farthest south (and what is its capital)?
7. What state is just south of Nebraska (and what is its capital)?
8. Which state is divided into two separate parts (and what is its capital)?
9. What state is just west of Indiana (and what is its capital)?
10. What state is between Minnesota and Missouri (and what is its capital)?
South Atlantic
1. What large body of water borders the South Atlantic states on the east?
2. What is the southernmost state in this region (and the southernmost state in the entire USA)?
3. What other large body of water borders this southernmost state on the southwest?
4. What is the name of the bay that cuts into the states of Virginia and Maryland?
5. Which state in this region is farthest northeast? ______________________________
6. Which state is located between Florida and South Carolina?
7. Which state is located between South Carolina and Virginia?
8. Which state is located just north of North Carolina? ______________________________
9. Which state is located just northwest of Virginia? ______________________________
10. In which part of the USA are the South Atlantic states located: the northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, or central?
_______________
Pacific States
1. What are the Pacific states of the continental USA ? _______________________________ ,
_______________________________, and _______________________________
2. What ocean borders these states on the west? _______________________________
3. What country borders the Pacific states on the south? _______________________________
4. What country borders the Pacific states on the north? _______________________________
5. Which US states border the Pacific states on the east? _______________________________ ,
_______________________________, and _______________________________
6. Which Pacific state is farthest north and what is its capital? _______________________________ ,
_______________________________
7. Which Pacific state is farthest south and what is its capital? _______________________________ ,
_______________________________
8. What Pacific state is between the other two and what is its capital? _______________________________ ,
_______________________________
9. What are the names of the 2 mountain ranges that run through California? _______________________________ and
_______________________________
10. What is the name of the mountain range that runs through Washington state and into Canada?