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US Map Quiz: the 50 States

We name a state, you click it on the map. Can you find all 50?

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US Map Quiz: the 50 States

50 states. We name one, you click it on the map. Three tries each.

How to play

Press Start. A state name shows at the top of the map: click that state. Right on the first try turns it green; right after a miss turns it amber; after three misses it turns red and the quiz moves on. The timer runs until the last state. When you finish, practice just the states you missed, or try one region at a time with the region quizzes below.

The 50 states and their capitals, by region

Northeast

  • Connecticut Hartford
  • Delaware Dover
  • Maine Augusta
  • Maryland Annapolis
  • Massachusetts Boston
  • New Hampshire Concord
  • New Jersey Trenton
  • New York Albany
  • Pennsylvania Harrisburg
  • Rhode Island Providence
  • Vermont Montpelier

Southeast

  • Alabama Montgomery
  • Arkansas Little Rock
  • Florida Tallahassee
  • Georgia Atlanta
  • Kentucky Frankfort
  • Louisiana Baton Rouge
  • Mississippi Jackson
  • North Carolina Raleigh
  • South Carolina Columbia
  • Tennessee Nashville
  • Virginia Richmond
  • West Virginia Charleston

Midwest

  • Illinois Springfield
  • Indiana Indianapolis
  • Iowa Des Moines
  • Kansas Topeka
  • Michigan Lansing
  • Minnesota Saint Paul
  • Missouri Jefferson City
  • Nebraska Lincoln
  • North Dakota Bismarck
  • Ohio Columbus
  • South Dakota Pierre
  • Wisconsin Madison

Southwest

  • Arizona Phoenix
  • New Mexico Santa Fe
  • Oklahoma Oklahoma City
  • Texas Austin

West

  • Alaska Juneau
  • California Sacramento
  • Colorado Denver
  • Hawaii Honolulu
  • Idaho Boise
  • Montana Helena
  • Nevada Carson City
  • Oregon Salem
  • Utah Salt Lake City
  • Washington Olympia
  • Wyoming Cheyenne

Study on paper first

Print the labeled US map to study, then test yourself on the blank US map: write in every state you know, check it against the labeled map, and play again here. The US regions map shows the five regions in colour, and states and capitals has printable lists and quizzes with answer keys.

Questions

Is Washington, D.C. in the quiz?

No. D.C. is not a state, so the quiz asks the 50 states only.

How is the score worked out?

Your score is the share of places you found on the first try. A place you find on the second or third try turns amber and does not count toward the score; after three misses it turns red and the quiz moves on.

The small states are hard to click. What can I do?

Rhode Island and Delaware have a circle around them: click anywhere inside the circle. Use the + button (or pinch on a phone) to zoom in on the Northeast, and drag to move around.

Can my class use this?

Yes, free, with no sign-up and no ads. At the end, students type their name and take a screenshot of the result card (map, score, time and date) to hand in.

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