Travel and Geography Flashcards

What is the capital of the United States?

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.

The Mississippi River flows into which body of water?

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.

Which U.S. state is the largest by total area?

Answer: Alaska

Alaska is by far the largest U.S. state, covering over 660,000 square miles — more than twice the size of Texas.

What mountain range runs along the eastern coast of the United States?

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.

Which of the following is NOT one of the five Great Lakes?

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.

What is a time zone, and how many does the continental United States span?

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.