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Locate Floridanew
Use east and westnew
Read a map keynew
Locate Illinoisnew
Find Alaska in an insetnew
Compare maps with different scalesnew
Find Illinois’s Mississippi neighborsnew
Distinguish a river from a boundarynew
Find Illinois’s lake neighbornew
Explain a water boundarynew
Build a chain of neighboring statesnew
Find all six Illinois neighborsnew
Read the Mississippi’s overall directionnew
Explain why rivers flow downhillnew
Compare lake surface areanew
Recognize Lake Michigannew
Find the eastern monarch’s winter countrynew
Connect monarch caterpillars with milkweednew
Locate Canada in North Americanew
Locate Mexico in North Americanew
Recognize Lake Superior by its shorelinenew
Find Lake Superior’s two shoreline countriesnew
Connect Canada’s flag to its place on the mapnew
Connect Mexico’s flag to its place on the mapnew
Find both countries along the Canada–U.S. boundarynew
Find Canada beside Alaskanew
Find the Rio Grande / Río Bravonew
Identify the two countries sharing its lower boundarynew
Locate the Rocky Mountainsnew
Explain the mountain connectionnew
Locate Mount Robsonnew
Explain the mountain connectionnew
Locate Mount Logannew
Explain the mountain connectionnew
Locate Denali / Mount McKinleynew
Explain the mountain connectionnew
Locate Pico de Orizaba / Citlaltépetlnew
Explain the mountain connectionnew
Locate the Appalachian Mountainsnew
Explain the mountain connectionnew
Locate BOTH northern summits: Denali / Mount McKinley and Mount Logannew
Explain the mountain connectionnew
Find the central Mexican forest region where the monarchs in this story spend winter.new
Explain the seasonal habitat connectionnew
Find Point Pelee, the Ontario stopover beside Lake Erie.new
Explain the seasonal habitat connectionnew
Find Wood Buffalo, this crane group’s northern nesting region.new
Explain the seasonal habitat connectionnew
Find the Aransas coastal winter region in Texas.new
Explain the seasonal habitat connectionnew
Find the Chukchi Sea, the northern feeding-region example in this story.new
Explain the seasonal habitat connectionnew
Find San Ignacio Lagoon on the Pacific side of Mexico’s long northwestern peninsula.new
Explain the seasonal habitat connectionnew
Find the country with more estimated residents in this Canada–Mexico comparison.new
Explain the measurement or bordernew
Find the country whose land measurement includes Alaska and Hawaii.new
Explain the measurement or bordernew
Find the country with the higher average people per square kilometer in this U.S.–Mexico comparison.new
Explain the measurement or bordernew
Find the shorter Canada–U.S. boundary section, beside Alaska.new
Explain the measurement or bordernew
Select ALL THREE countries that share a land or river border with Mexico.new
Explain the measurement or bordernew
Find the lake that lies entirely within the United States: Lake Michigan.new
Explain the measurement or bordernew
Locate Philadelphianew
Explain what changednew
Locate Dolores Hidalgonew
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Locate Mesillanew
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Locate Charlottetownnew
Explain what changednew
Locate Massenanew
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Locate Iqaluitnew
Explain what changednew
Locate Ontarionew
Find Canada’s three territoriesnew
Connect Canada with its U.S. neighbornew
Locate Greenland beside Canadanew
Place Canada’s national flagnew
Place Nunavut’s territorial flagnew
Recognize the Mackenzie Rivernew
Connect the Mackenzie with Northwest Territoriesnew
Locate the Rocky Mountain Parks’ two provincesnew
Find Saskatchewan’s prairie examplenew
Can you find British Columbia without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange province?new
Can you find Alberta without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange province?new
Can you find Saskatchewan without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange province?new
Can you find Manitoba without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange province?new
Can you find Ontario without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange province?new
Can you find Quebec without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange province?new
Can you find New Brunswick without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange province?new
Can you find Nova Scotia without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange province?new
Can you find Prince Edward Island without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange province?new
Can you find Newfoundland and Labrador without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange province?new
Can you find Yukon without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange territory?new
Can you find Northwest Territories without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange territory?new
Can you find Nunavut without its label?new
Which name belongs to the orange territory?new
Which dot marks Victoria?new
What is the capital of British Columbia?new
Which dot marks Edmonton?new
What is the capital of Alberta?new
Which dot marks Regina?new
What is the capital of Saskatchewan?new
Which dot marks Winnipeg?new
What is the capital of Manitoba?new
Which dot marks Toronto?new
What is the capital of Ontario?new
Which dot marks Québec City?new
What is the capital of Quebec?new
Which dot marks Fredericton?new
What is the capital of New Brunswick?new
Which dot marks Halifax?new
What is the capital of Nova Scotia?new
Which dot marks Charlottetown?new
What is the capital of Prince Edward Island?new
Which dot marks St. John’s?new
What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?new
Which dot marks Whitehorse?new
What is the capital of Yukon?new
Which dot marks Yellowknife?new
What is the capital of Northwest Territories?new
Which dot marks Iqaluit?new
What is the capital of Nunavut?new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Whose flag is this?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Find the 3 Canadian neighbors that share a land boundary with British Columbia.new
Which feature does part of the British Columbia–Alberta boundary follow?new
Find the 3 Canadian neighbors that share a land boundary with Alberta.new
Which of Alberta’s Canadian land neighbors is a territory?new
Find the 3 Canadian neighbors that share a land boundary with Saskatchewan.new
How do Saskatchewan and Nunavut meet at the four corners?new
Find the 3 Canadian neighbors that share a land boundary with Manitoba.new
Which territory shares a side with northern Manitoba?new
Find the 2 Canadian neighbors that share a land boundary with Ontario.new
Which pair belongs to our Ottawa River boundary story?new
Find the 3 Canadian neighbors that share a land boundary with Quebec.new
Which part of Newfoundland and Labrador touches Quebec?new
Find the 2 Canadian neighbors that share a land boundary with New Brunswick.new
What connects New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on land?new
Find the 1 Canadian neighbor that shares a land boundary with Nova Scotia.new
Is Prince Edward Island a natural land neighbor of Nova Scotia?new
Find New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, across Northumberland Strait from Prince Edward Island.new
How many other provinces or territories share a natural land boundary with Prince Edward Island?new
Find the 2 Canadian neighbors that share a land boundary with Newfoundland and Labrador.new
Why keep a tiny island connection in our neighbor list?new
Find the 2 Canadian neighbors that share a land boundary with Yukon.new
Does Yukon share a land side with Nunavut?new
Find Yukon to the west and British Columbia just south of Northwest Territories’ southwestern corner.new
Besides Yukon and British Columbia, which three provinces or territories share land boundaries with Northwest Territories?new
Find the 3 Canadian neighbors that share a land boundary with Nunavut.new
Which province meets Nunavut only at the four-corners point?new
Find British Columbia, home to this place.new
What does this coastal village site help us understand?new
Find Alberta, home to this place.new
Which description fits Dinosaur Provincial Park?new
Find Saskatchewan, home to this place.new
What can a prairie landscape include?new
Find Manitoba, home to this place.new
Why is Lower Fort Garry more than a group of old buildings?new
Find Ontario, home to this place.new
Which way does the Niagara River carry water?new
Find Quebec, home to this place.new
What does Upper Town and Lower Town tell us about Old Québec?new
Find New Brunswick, home to this place.new
Why can the same rock pillars look different a few hours later?new
Find Nova Scotia, home to this place.new
How did Acadian families change this watery landscape?new
Find Prince Edward Island, home to this place.new
Which part of this story is fictional?new
Find Newfoundland and Labrador, home to this place.new
What does the grass-covered site preserve?new
Find Yukon, home to this place.new
What can exist together in this Yukon landscape?new
Find Northwest Territories, home to this place.new
What is a waterfall part of?new
Find Nunavut, home to this place.new
What can this black-and-white photograph help us study?new
Can you find Baja California without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Baja California Sur without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Sonora without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Chihuahua without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Coahuila without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Nuevo León without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Tamaulipas without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find San Luis Potosí without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Sinaloa without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Durango without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Zacatecas without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Aguascalientes without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Nayarit without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Jalisco without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Colima without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Michoacán without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Guanajuato without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Querétaro without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Hidalgo without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find State of México without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Mexico City without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted federal entity?new
Can you find Morelos without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Puebla without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Tlaxcala without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Veracruz without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Guerrero without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Oaxaca without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Chiapas without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Tabasco without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Campeche without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Yucatán without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Can you find Quintana Roo without its label?new
Which name belongs to the highlighted state?new
Which THREE countries share a land or river border with Mexico?new
Find Cuba, the island country you explored across the sea.new
Find the state that shares a land boundary with Baja California Sur.new
How are the mainland shores of Sonora and Baja California Sur connected on this map?new
Find the two states that share a boundary with Mexico City.new
Mexico City and the State of México have similar names. What does the map show?new
Find the three states that share a boundary with Tlaxcala.new
Puebla touches Tlaxcala on several sides. Does it enclose Tlaxcala completely?new
Find the two states that share a boundary with Colima’s mainland.new
What do we call the edge where Colima’s mainland meets the Pacific Ocean?new
Find the river called both Río Bravo and Rio Grande.new
Which description matches the U.S.–Mexico border you traced?new
Find the Río Suchiate.new
Now find the Río Usumacinta.new
On the wider map, find the Río Hondo.new
Where does the Río Hondo’s water go at its mouth?new
Find Lake Chapala, the wide water between the river connections.new
Build the connection on the map: tap the inlet river, then the lake, then the outlet river.new
Find the Grijalva River running through Sumidero Canyon.new
What holds back water to make the reservoir in the canyon?new
Find Cenote Xlacah, the opening you explored north of Mérida.new
How can there be water underground where the map shows no river?new
Find Popocatépetl, the southern volcano of the pair.new
Find Iztaccíhuatl, the volcano with the long summit ridge.new
Find Parícutin, the volcano that began growing in 1943.new
What remained after Parícutin’s eruption ended?new
Go west to east: select Parícutin, Popocatépetl, then Citlaltépetl.new
What is the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt?new
Find the Celestún wetland region on the map.new
Why do black mangroves have roots that stick up above the mud?new
Find the Chamela forest region.new
Why can Chamela’s forest look much less green during the dry season?new
Find the Zapotitlán basin, our cactus landscape.new
Where does the tetecho cactus store the water we learned about?new
Find the El Triunfo region in Chiapas.new
What does a tree provide for an epiphyte growing on its branch?new
Find the Xochimilco wetland region.new
Why do these refuge filters keep carp and tilapia out?new
Find the Cabo Pulmo region.new
What does the coral provide for the hawkfish in this photograph?new
Find the Templo Mayor site in Mexico City.new
A stone was found in 1978. What does that date tell us?new
Find San Juan de Ulúa beside Veracruz.new
Which pair shows how one place changed its purpose?new
Find Chilpancingo, where the Congress met in 1813.new
What did planning a government add to the independence struggle?new
Find the Teatro de la República in Querétaro.new
Why does the Constitution’s story include February 5 and May 1, 1917?new
Find Fuerte de Loreto in Puebla.new
What can the 1862 victory tell us by itself?new
Find Universum in Mexico City.new
What is the purpose of an interactive science museum like Universum?new
Find Paquimé on the map.new
What building clue makes Paquimé different from a city imagined only as stone pyramids?new
Find Guanajuato on the map.new
Why does Guanajuato’s historic street pattern bend through a narrow valley?new
Find Teotihuacán on the map.new
Why would a plan showing only Teotihuacán’s pyramids leave out important evidence?new
Find Monte Albán on the map.new
Monte Albán’s main plaza looks flat. What explains that at this hilltop site?new
Find Palenque on the map.new
What can Palenque’s decorated walls reveal beyond how a building was held up?new
Find Sian Ka’an on the map.new
Why protect Sian Ka’an’s mangroves and reef as a connected landscape?new
Find Belize on the map.new
Find the country that uses the flag shown here.new
Find Guatemala on the map.new
Find the country that uses the flag shown here.new
Find Honduras on the map.new
Find the country that uses the flag shown here.new
Find El Salvador on the map.new
Find the country that uses the flag shown here.new
Find Nicaragua on the map.new
Find the country that uses the flag shown here.new
Find Costa Rica on the map.new
Find the country that uses the flag shown here.new
Find Panama on the map.new
Find the country that uses the flag shown here.new
Select all four countries that meet Guatemala by land.new
What does our Belize–Guatemala locator tell us?new
Select the two countries connected by the San Juan riverbank boundary story.new
What is special about this San Juan boundary section?new
Select El Salvador and Nicaragua, the pair facing the gulf without sharing a land border.new
Why isn’t the water gap between El Salvador and Nicaragua a land border?new
Select Panama and Colombia, the two countries in this land-link story.new
What can we conclude when Panama and Colombia touch on a country map?new
Find Cuba on the map.new
What lies between Cuba and Jamaica?new
Find the island whose flag has a gold X, green above and below, and black sides.new
Which arrangement belongs to Jamaica’s flag?new
Select both countries that share Hispaniola.new
What does the name Hispaniola describe?new
Find Puerto Rico east of Hispaniola.new
Which description fits Puerto Rico’s political status?new
Find Trinidad and Tobago in the southern Caribbean.new
How should we describe Trinidad and Tobago?new
Select both parts of the shared island of Saint Martin.new
Which pair correctly describes the island’s two political connections?new
Find Guánica dry forest.new
What does Guánica help us understand about forests?new
Find San Cristóbal in San Juan.new
Why did San Cristóbal’s position matter?new
Find the Arecibo science site.new
What is the best description of the Arecibo site today?new
Find Puerto Mosquito on Vieques.new
What produces Puerto Mosquito’s bioluminescent light?new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
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Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
On the shared island of Saint Martin, find the northern jurisdiction represented by this flag.new
Find the home of this flag on the map.new
Locate Floridanew
Locate Californianew
Locate Oregonnew
Locate Washingtonnew
Locate Nevadanew
Locate Idahonew
Locate Montananew
Locate Wyomingnew
Locate Utahnew
Locate Coloradonew
Locate Arizonanew
Locate New Mexiconew
Locate Texasnew
Locate Oklahomanew
Locate Kansasnew
Locate Nebraskanew
Locate South Dakotanew
Locate North Dakotanew
Locate Minnesotanew
Locate Iowanew
Locate Wisconsinnew
Locate Michigannew
Locate Illinoisnew
Locate Indiananew
Locate Missourinew
Locate Arkansasnew
Locate Louisiananew
Locate Mississippinew
Locate Alabamanew
Locate Georgianew
Locate Tennesseenew
Locate Kentuckynew
Locate Ohionew
Locate West Virginianew
Locate Virginianew
Locate North Carolinanew
Locate South Carolinanew
Locate Delawarenew
Locate Marylandnew
Locate Pennsylvanianew
Locate New Yorknew
Locate New Jerseynew
Locate Vermontnew
Locate New Hampshirenew
Locate Mainenew
Locate Massachusettsnew
Locate Connecticutnew
Locate Rhode Islandnew
Locate Alaskanew
Locate Hawaiinew
Locate Mississippi Rivernew
Mississippi River: What does downstream mean?new
Locate Missouri Rivernew
Missouri River: Which river does the Missouri join?new
Locate Columbia Rivernew
Columbia River: Which ocean receives the Columbia River?new
Locate Colorado Rivernew
Colorado River: Why shouldn’t we assume this animation means water always reaches the sea?new
Locate Rio Grandenew
Rio Grande: Which part of this river forms an international border?new
Which state has Tallahassee as its capital?new
Which state has Sacramento as its capital?new
What is the capital of Florida?new
What is the capital of California?new
Which state has Salem as its capital?new
Which state has Olympia as its capital?new
What is the capital of Oregon?new
What is the capital of Washington?new
Which state has Carson City as its capital?new
Which state has Boise as its capital?new
What is the capital of Nevada?new
What is the capital of Idaho?new
Which state has Helena as its capital?new
Which state has Cheyenne as its capital?new
What is the capital of Montana?new
What is the capital of Wyoming?new
Which state has Salt Lake City as its capital?new
Which state has Denver as its capital?new
What is the capital of Utah?new
What is the capital of Colorado?new
Which state has Phoenix as its capital?new
Which state has Santa Fe as its capital?new
What is the capital of Arizona?new
What is the capital of New Mexico?new
Which state has Austin as its capital?new
Which state has Oklahoma City as its capital?new
What is the capital of Texas?new
What is the capital of Oklahoma?new
Which state has Topeka as its capital?new
Which state has Lincoln as its capital?new
What is the capital of Kansas?new
What is the capital of Nebraska?new
Which state has Pierre as its capital?new
Which state has Bismarck as its capital?new
What is the capital of South Dakota?new
What is the capital of North Dakota?new
Which state has Saint Paul as its capital?new
Which state has Des Moines as its capital?new
What is the capital of Minnesota?new
What is the capital of Iowa?new
Which state has Madison as its capital?new
Which state has Lansing as its capital?new
What is the capital of Wisconsin?new
What is the capital of Michigan?new
Which state has Springfield as its capital?new
Which state has Indianapolis as its capital?new
What is the capital of Illinois?new
What is the capital of Indiana?new
Which state has Jefferson City as its capital?new
Which state has Little Rock as its capital?new
What is the capital of Missouri?new
What is the capital of Arkansas?new
Which state has Baton Rouge as its capital?new
Which state has Jackson as its capital?new
What is the capital of Louisiana?new
What is the capital of Mississippi?new
Which state has Montgomery as its capital?new
Which state has Atlanta as its capital?new
What is the capital of Alabama?new
What is the capital of Georgia?new
Which state has Nashville as its capital?new
Which state has Frankfort as its capital?new
What is the capital of Tennessee?new
What is the capital of Kentucky?new
Which state has Columbus as its capital?new
Which state has Charleston as its capital?new
What is the capital of Ohio?new
What is the capital of West Virginia?new
Which state has Richmond as its capital?new
Which state has Raleigh as its capital?new
What is the capital of Virginia?new
What is the capital of North Carolina?new
Which state has Columbia as its capital?new
Which state has Dover as its capital?new
What is the capital of South Carolina?new
What is the capital of Delaware?new
Which state has Annapolis as its capital?new
Which state has Harrisburg as its capital?new
What is the capital of Maryland?new
What is the capital of Pennsylvania?new
Which state has Albany as its capital?new
Which state has Trenton as its capital?new
What is the capital of New York?new
What is the capital of New Jersey?new
Which state has Montpelier as its capital?new
Which state has Concord as its capital?new
What is the capital of Vermont?new
What is the capital of New Hampshire?new
Which state has Augusta as its capital?new
Which state has Boston as its capital?new
What is the capital of Maine?new
What is the capital of Massachusetts?new
Which state has Hartford as its capital?new
Which state has Providence as its capital?new
What is the capital of Connecticut?new
What is the capital of Rhode Island?new
Which state has Juneau as its capital?new
Which state has Honolulu as its capital?new
What is the capital of Alaska?new
What is the capital of Hawaii?new
Which state belongs with this flag?new
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Find all 2 U.S. states that share a boundary with Florida.new
Find all 3 U.S. states that share a boundary with California.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with Oregon.new
Find all 2 U.S. states that share a boundary with Washington.new
Find all 5 U.S. states that share a boundary with Nevada.new
Find all 6 U.S. states that share a boundary with Idaho.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with Montana.new
Find all 6 U.S. states that share a boundary with Wyoming.new
Find all 5 U.S. states that share a boundary with Utah.new
Find all 6 U.S. states that share a boundary with Colorado.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with Arizona.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with New Mexico.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with Texas.new
Find all 6 U.S. states that share a boundary with Oklahoma.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with Kansas.new
Find all 6 U.S. states that share a boundary with Nebraska.new
Find all 6 U.S. states that share a boundary with South Dakota.new
Find all 3 U.S. states that share a boundary with North Dakota.new
Find all 5 U.S. states that share a boundary with Minnesota.new
Find all 6 U.S. states that share a boundary with Iowa.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with Wisconsin.new
Find all 5 U.S. states that share a boundary with Michigan.new
Find all 6 U.S. states that share a boundary with Illinois.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with Indiana.new
Find all 8 U.S. states that share a boundary with Missouri.new
Find all 6 U.S. states that share a boundary with Arkansas.new
Find all 3 U.S. states that share a boundary with Louisiana.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with Mississippi.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with Alabama.new
Find all 5 U.S. states that share a boundary with Georgia.new
Find all 8 U.S. states that share a boundary with Tennessee.new
Find all 7 U.S. states that share a boundary with Kentucky.new
Find all 5 U.S. states that share a boundary with Ohio.new
Find all 5 U.S. states that share a boundary with West Virginia.new
Find all 5 U.S. states that share a boundary with Virginia.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with North Carolina.new
Find all 2 U.S. states that share a boundary with South Carolina.new
Find all 3 U.S. states that share a boundary with Delaware.new
Find all 4 U.S. states that share a boundary with Maryland.new
Find all 6 U.S. states that share a boundary with Pennsylvania.new
Find all 6 U.S. states that share a boundary with New York.new
Find all 3 U.S. states that share a boundary with New Jersey.new
Find all 3 U.S. states that share a boundary with Vermont.new
Find all 3 U.S. states that share a boundary with New Hampshire.new
Find all 1 U.S. states that share a boundary with Maine.new
Find all 5 U.S. states that share a boundary with Massachusetts.new
Find all 3 U.S. states that share a boundary with Connecticut.new
Find all 3 U.S. states that share a boundary with Rhode Island.new
How many other U.S. states share a boundary with Alaska?new
How many other U.S. states share a boundary with Hawaii?new
Find Massachusetts and Pennsylvania—two states in the Census Northeast.new
Why is nearby Delaware outside the Census Northeast?new
Find Michigan and Kansas—two states in the Census Midwest.new
What does “Midwest” mean in this lesson?new
Find Delaware and Texas—two states in the Census South.new
Does belonging to the same region mean two states have the same plants and climate?new
Find Alaska and Hawaii—two states in the Census West.new
What does the Alaska inset tell us?new
Find Pennsylvania, the state in this part of the story.new
Why did the members pool their money?new
Find New York, the state in this part of the story.new
What does our New York connection identify?new
Find Oklahoma, the state in this part of the story.new
What did Sequoyah develop?new
Find New York, the state in this part of the story.new
What could a newspaper help Douglass do?new
Find New York, the state in this part of the story.new
Which idea best fits this part of Tubman’s story?new
Find Illinois, the state in this part of the story.new
What can the Springfield house help us understand?new
Find Connecticut, the state in this part of the story.new
Which description gives Latimer accurate credit?new
Find Nevada, the state in this part of the story.new
What was important about Winnemucca’s school?new
Find North Dakota, the state in this part of the story.new
Which landscape description fits the ranch’s setting?new
Find Nebraska, the state in this part of the story.new
Why did a hospital closer to the community matter?new
Find North Carolina, the state in this part of the story.new
Which combination helped make this a useful place to test gliders?new
Find Alabama, the state in this part of the story.new
What problem did the traveling classroom help solve?new
Find Ohio, the state in this part of the story.new
What was useful about stopping both directions briefly?new
Find New Mexico, the state in this part of the story.new
How is a landscape painting different from a map of state borders?new
Find Alabama, the state in this part of the story.new
Why were carpools important to the boycott?new
Find Virginia, the state in this part of the story.new
Which description fits Johnson’s contribution?new
Find Maryland, the state in this part of the story.new
Which question best follows Carson’s way of looking?new
Find California, the state in this part of the story.new
What does this story add to a map of farming?new
Find Oklahoma, the state in this part of the story.new
What made the Bell project a partnership?new
Find Florida, the state in this part of the story.new
What does this photograph help us notice?new
Find New York, the state connected to Statue of Liberty.new
Where should a map place the Statue of Liberty?new
Find Pennsylvania, the state connected to Independence Hall.new
How are Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell related?new
Find Massachusetts, the state connected to Bunker Hill Monument.new
Where does the Bunker Hill Monument stand?new
Find Maine, the state connected to Portland Head Light.new
What should a wood-like pattern in a rock make us do?new
Find Rhode Island, the state connected to Touro Synagogue.new
What does historic-site status mean here?new
Find Connecticut, the state connected to Weir Farm.new
Why include a pond or field in an art-history visit?new
Find New Hampshire, the state connected to Saint-Gaudens' home and studio.new
What can this site help us connect?new
Find Vermont, the state connected to Marsh–Billings–Rockefeller landscape.new
What can help shape a forest’s present appearance?new
Find New Jersey, the state connected to Paterson Great Falls.new
What relationship does Paterson help us study?new
Find Illinois, the state connected to Cahokia Mounds.new
What was Cahokia?new
Find Michigan, the state connected to Pictured Rocks.new
What creates the colored cliff streaks?new
Find Minnesota, the state connected to Pipestone.new
Which description respects the site’s present as well as its past?new
Find Wisconsin, the state connected to Apostle Islands.new
What kind of water is beside these sea caves?new
Find Iowa, the state connected to Effigy Mounds.new
How should we understand an effigy mound?new
Find Indiana, the state connected to George Rogers Clark Memorial.new
What does this memorial represent?new
Find Ohio, the state connected to Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial.new
Why do several countries’ flags matter here?new
Find Missouri, the state connected to Gateway Arch.new
Which visit would explore more of the park’s story?new
Find Kansas, the state connected to Monroe Elementary School / Brown v. Board.new
Who helped bring the struggle for equal education forward?new
Find Nebraska, the state connected to Scotts Bluff.new
What makes Scotts Bluff useful as a landmark?new
Find North Dakota, the state connected to Knife River Indian Villages.new
Which activities were part of these villages?new
Find South Dakota, the state connected to Mount Rushmore.new
When did this landscape begin to matter to people?new
Find Florida, the state connected to Kennedy Space Center.new
What should you do when locating a launch pad?new
Find Georgia, the state connected to Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.new
Why study several places in King’s neighborhood?new
Find Alabama, the state connected to Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument.new
What can connect a church, park and museum as one historic place?new
Find Arkansas, the state connected to Little Rock Central High School.new
Why is Central High a historic site?new
Find Mississippi, the state connected to Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home.new
Why can a small home be a major landmark?new
Find Louisiana, the state connected to New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park.new
How can this park keep jazz traditions alive?new
Find Tennessee, the state connected to Andrew Johnson Homestead.new
Why study a president’s home outside Washington, D.C.?new
Find Kentucky, the state connected to Abraham Lincoln Birthplace.new
What does “symbolic cabin” tell us?new
Find South Carolina, the state connected to Fort Sumter.new
Why do visitors reach Fort Sumter by boat?new
Find North Carolina, the state connected to Wright Brothers National Memorial.new
What came before the Wrights’ successful 1903 flights?new
Find Virginia, the state connected to Historic Jamestowne.new
What does the year 1607 mark here?new
Find West Virginia, the state connected to New River Gorge Bridge.new
Why did the bridge shorten the trip?new
Find Maryland, the state connected to Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad landscape.new
What was the Underground Railroad?new
Find Delaware, the state connected to New Castle Court House Museum.new
What does “First State” mean here?new
Find Washington, D.C., the district connected to Lincoln Memorial.new
What does “Georgia marble” tell us?new
Find Oklahoma, the state connected to Oklahoma City National Memorial.new
What can the memorial’s tree and chairs represent?new
Find Texas, the state connected to The Alamo.new
Which use came earlier in the Alamo’s history?new
Find California, the state connected to Golden Gate Bridge.new
Which part does the 4,200-foot main span measure?new
Find Washington, the state connected to Space Needle.new
How did the final design develop?new
Find Oregon, the state connected to Fort Clatsop.new
What does “replica” tell us about Fort Clatsop?new
Find Alaska, the state connected to Sitka National Historical Park.new
Which landscape fits this Sitka photograph?new
Find Hawaii, the state connected to ʻIolani Palace.new
Which government used ʻIolani Palace as a royal residence?new
Find Arizona, the state connected to Canyon de Chelly.new
Which description fits Canyon de Chelly?new
Find both states that meet at Hoover Dam.new
What does the dam’s 726.4-foot height measure?new
Find Utah, the state connected to Golden Spike.new
Which statement describes the locomotives visitors see today?new
Find Colorado, the state connected to Florissant Fossil Beds.new
What can scientists learn from plant and insect fossils?new
Find New Mexico, the state connected to Gila Cliff Dwellings.new
Which feature shows human construction in the cliff?new
Find Idaho, the state connected to Craters of the Moon.new
Which observation fits Craters of the Moon?new
Find Montana, the state connected to Little Bighorn Battlefield.new
Whose perspectives belong in this history?new
Find Wyoming, the state connected to Devils Tower / Bear Lodge.new
What can different names for one place reveal?new
Find Puerto Rico, the territory connected to Castillo San Felipe del Morro.new
Why place a harbor fort near the entrance?new
Find U.S. Virgin Islands, the territory connected to Fort Christiansvaern.new
Which wider history is connected to this waterfront complex?new
Find Guam, the territory connected to Asan Beach.new
Whose experiences belong in the Battle of Guam’s history?new
Find Northern Mariana Islands, the territory connected to American Memorial Park.new
What can happen in a memorial park?new
Find American Samoa, the territory connected to Fagatele Bay.new
What helped form Fagatele Bay’s setting?new
Find Isle Royale on the park map.new
What separates Isle Royale from the mainland?new
Find Voyageurs on the park map.new
Which route fits Voyageurs’ landscape?new
Find Indiana Dunes on the park map.new
What belongs beside the dunes here?new
Find Cuyahoga Valley on the park map.new
Why connect the Cuyahoga River and a historic canal in one story?new
Find Acadia on the park map.new
Which setting matches Acadia?new
Find Shenandoah on the park map.new
What would you look for in Shenandoah?new
Find Great Smoky Mountains on the park map.new
What does this mountain park cross?new
Find Congaree on the park map.new
What do floodwaters bring into Congaree’s forest?new
Find Biscayne on the park map.new
What can Biscayne protect beneath the surface?new
Find Everglades on the park map.new
Which description fits the Everglades?new
Find Dry Tortugas on the park map.new
What makes up most of Dry Tortugas National Park?new
Find Badlands on the park map.new
Does the Badlands landscape consist only of bare rock?new
Find Theodore Roosevelt on the park map.new
Which pair belongs in Theodore Roosevelt’s landscape?new
Find Wind Cave on the park map.new
What two parts of Wind Cave should we connect?new
Find Mammoth Cave on the park map.new
Why is a surface map not enough to show Mammoth Cave?new
Find Gateway Arch on the park map.new
What kind of story belongs at Gateway Arch?new
Find Hot Springs on the park map.new
Must every national park be far from a town?new
Find Mesa Verde on the park map.new
How should we understand Mesa Verde’s dwellings?new
Find New River Gorge on the park map.new
Which direction does the New River flow through this story?new
Find Rocky Mountain on the park map.new
What can change as you climb in Rocky Mountain National Park?new
Find Grand Teton on the park map.new
Which contrast helps you read Grand Teton’s landscape?new
Find Yellowstone on the park map.new
What is a distinctive Yellowstone connection?new
Find Glacier on the park map.new
What helped shape Glacier’s mountain landscape?new
Find Zion on the park map.new
Which feature is central to Zion’s landscape?new
Find Bryce Canyon on the park map.new
Which rock shape is a hoodoo?new
Find Canyonlands on the park map.new
Which rivers are part of Canyonlands’ story?new
Find Capitol Reef on the park map.new
What is the Waterpocket Fold?new
Find Arches on the park map.new
What makes a natural arch an arch?new
Find Grand Canyon on the park map.new
Which river belongs in the Grand Canyon story?new
Find Black Canyon of the Gunnison on the park map.new
Which river helped sculpt Black Canyon?new
Find Death Valley on the park map.new
Which contrast can occur in Death Valley?new
Find Joshua Tree on the park map.new
Why should Joshua Tree not be drawn as one identical plant community?new
Find Saguaro on the park map.new
Where does this lesson place the giant saguaro cactus?new
Find Big Bend on the park map.new
Which three environments meet in Big Bend’s story?new
Find Carlsbad Caverns on the park map.new
What lies above Carlsbad Caverns?new
Find Guadalupe Mountains on the park map.new
What older environment is preserved in Guadalupe Mountains rock?new
Find White Sands on the park map.new
What mineral makes White Sands’ white dunes?new
Find Great Sand Dunes on the park map.new
Does Great Sand Dunes protect only sand?new
Find Great Basin on the park map.new
Which combination belongs in Great Basin National Park?new
Find Petrified Forest on the park map.new
Is petrified wood a living tree?new
Find Redwood on the park map.new
Where is this coast-redwood example?new
Find Sequoia on the park map.new
Which statement fits Sequoia’s setting?new
Find Kings Canyon on the park map.new
What belongs in Kings Canyon’s landscape?new
Find Channel Islands on the park map.new
Why can ocean gaps matter to island plants and animals?new
Find Yosemite on the park map.new
Which landscape clue fits Yosemite?new
Find Lassen Volcanic on the park map.new
Which clue belongs in Lassen Volcanic’s story?new
Find Pinnacles on the park map.new
What helped create the rocks now seen at Pinnacles?new
Find Crater Lake on the park map.new
How did Crater Lake’s basin form?new
Find Olympic on the park map.new
What makes Olympic a useful lesson about habitats?new
Find Mount Rainier on the park map.new
Can a glaciated volcano also have forested slopes?new
Find North Cascades on the park map.new
Can conditions differ on opposite sides of a mountain range?new
Find Katmai on the park map.new
What links Katmai’s salmon with brown bears?new
Find Lake Clark on the park map.new
Which connection fits Lake Clark?new
Find Kenai Fjords on the park map.new
Which connection belongs at Kenai Fjords?new
Find Glacier Bay on the park map.new
Which view of Glacier Bay is more complete?new
Find Denali on the park map.new
What changes along this climb in Denali?new
Find Gates of the Arctic on the park map.new
Which natural feature can guide a route here?new
Find Kobuk Valley on the park map.new
Do Kobuk Valley’s dunes prove it is a hot desert?new
Find Wrangell–St. Elias on the park map.new
Which pair is central to Wrangell–St. Elias?new
Find Haleakalā on the park map.new
Which idea fits Haleakalā?new
Find Hawaiʻi Volcanoes on the park map.new
What is a key part of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes’ story?new
Find American Samoa, the territory connected to this national park.new
Which ocean region connects this park with Samoan culture?new
Find U.S. Virgin Islands, the territory connected to this national park.new
Where is Virgin Islands National Park?new
Find Lake Superior on the map.new
Does a shared lake stop at a national border?new
Find Lake Michigan on the map.new
Which statement distinguishes Lake Michigan from the other four Great Lakes?new
Find Lake Huron on the map.new
What connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron?new
Find Lake Erie on the map.new
What does Erie’s 210-foot maximum depth describe?new
Find Lake Ontario on the map.new
Which comparison between Ontario and Erie is correct?new
Find Great Salt Lake on the map.new
Does having no river outlet mean Great Salt Lake has no incoming rivers?new
Find Lake Tahoe on the map.new
Where does Tahoe’s natural surface-outlet route lead?new
Find Crater Lake on the map.new
Does every lake need an incoming river?new
Find Ohio River on the map.new
Where does the Ohio River join the Mississippi?new
Find Delaware River on the map.new
Does the Delaware River stay entirely inside the state of Delaware?new
Find Yukon River on the map.new
Must an Alaskan river begin in Alaska or flow south?new
Find the shown St. Lawrence River reach on the map.new
What happens to Great Lakes water after it leaves Lake Ontario?new
Find the U.S. portion of the Sierra Nevada.new
Find the summit locator for Mount Whitney.new
What does Whitney’s “highest in the contiguous United States” description include?new
Find the U.S. portion of the Cascade Range.new
Find the summit locator for Mount Rainier.new
Which description fits Mount Rainier?new
Find the U.S. portion of the Rocky Mountains.new
Find the summit locator for Mount Elbert.new
How do Mount Elbert and the Rocky Mountains fit together?new
Find the U.S. portion of the Appalachian Mountains.new
Find the summit locator for Mount Mitchell.new
What does the forest near Mount Mitchell help us remember?new
Find the U.S. portion of the Alaska Range.new
Find the summit locator for Denali / Mount McKinley.new
Do Denali and Mount McKinley name two different mountains in this lesson?new
Find the U.S. portion of the Brooks Range.new
What can you safely read from this Alaska inset?new
Find the summit locator for Mauna Loa.new
What makes a better description of a shield volcano?new
Find the Joshua Tree · Mojave example on the map.new
Why should we look more closely than the name “desert”?new
Find the Saguaro · Sonoran example on the map.new
Where should our map place naturally growing saguaros?new
Find the White Sands · Chihuahuan example on the map.new
Which statement fits the Chihuahuan Desert?new
Find the Great Basin National Park · cold-desert example on the map.new
What is the clue behind the term “cold desert”?new
Find Alaska on the map.new
Find Texas on the map.new
Which clue should you use to decide whether Alaska or Texas has more land?new
Find California on the map.new
Find Texas on the map.new
Texas has more land than California. What do the 2025 population estimates show?new
Find New Jersey on the map.new
Find California on the map.new
New Jersey averages about 501 people per square kilometer of land. What does that mean?new
Find Michigan on the map.new
Find Georgia on the map.new
Why can Michigan rank above Georgia for land and water, but below it for land alone?new
Find Wyoming on the map.new
Find Vermont on the map.new
You find another population number online. What should you check before comparing it?new
Find Minnesota Valley, our local habitat example.new
Which pair provides food for both stages in this lesson?new
Find Badlands prairie, our local habitat example.new
What can happen in a bison wallow after rain?new
Find Ajo Mountain Drive, our local habitat example.new
How can a saguaro help a bird after a woodpecker has left?new
Find Redwood parks, our local habitat example.new
Which clue belongs with the coast-redwood forest?new
Find Monterey Bay coast, our local habitat example.new
What is the “forest” in a kelp forest made from?new
Find Great Smoky Mountains, our local habitat example.new
Which shelter better matches this lungless-salamander lesson?new
Find Carolina Sandhills, our local habitat example.new
Which scene best matches this woodpecker’s pine habitat?new
Find Shark River estuary, our local habitat example.new
Why can mangrove roots matter to a young marine animal?new
Find Rocky Mountain park, our local habitat example.new
What does a pika’s food pile help it do?new
Find Katmai waterways, our local habitat example.new
How can ocean life help feed a bear on land?new
Find Denali winter habitat, our local habitat example.new
Why might a caribou leave a place with plenty of winter food?new
Find Haleakalā on Maui, our local habitat example.new
A native nēnē eats a plant. What can we conclude about that plant?new

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