WPT Travel and Geography 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the capital of the United States?
- New York City
- Los Angeles
- Washington, D.C. (Correct answer)
- Chicago
Correct answer: Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. has been the nation's capital since 1800 and is the seat of all three branches of the federal government.
Question 2: The Mississippi River flows into which body of water?
- The Atlantic Ocean
- The Pacific Ocean
- The Great Lakes
- The Gulf of Mexico (Correct answer)
Correct answer: The Gulf of Mexico
The Mississippi River, one of the world's major rivers, empties into the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, Louisiana.
Question 3: Which U.S. state is the largest by total area?
- Texas
- California
- Montana
- Alaska (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Alaska
Alaska is by far the largest U.S. state, covering over 660,000 square miles — more than twice the size of Texas.
Question 4: What mountain range runs along the eastern coast of the United States?
- The Rocky Mountains
- The Sierra Nevada
- The Appalachian Mountains (Correct answer)
- The Cascade Range
Correct answer: The Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains stretch from Alabama to Maine along the eastern U.S. and are among the oldest mountain ranges in the world.
Question 5: Which of the following is NOT one of the five Great Lakes?
- Lake Superior
- Lake Champlain (Correct answer)
- Lake Erie
- Lake Huron
Correct answer: Lake Champlain
The five Great Lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario; Lake Champlain is a separate lake on the New York-Vermont border.
Question 6: What is a time zone, and how many does the continental United States span?
- A climate region; the continental U.S. spans 3
- A region where the same standard time is kept; the continental U.S. spans 4 (Correct answer)
- A legal boundary for daylight saving; the continental U.S. spans 2
- A geographic band defined by latitude; the continental U.S. spans 5
Correct answer: A region where the same standard time is kept; the continental U.S. spans 4
A time zone is a region that observes the same standard time; the contiguous 48 states span four zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific.
WPT Travel and Geography 1
What is the capital of the United States?