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Spot the Imposter - U.S. State Geography #1

Each question lists multiple US states - all but one of which are a correct answer to the question. See if you can identify the imposter for each question.
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1. These states were once independent countries.
Florida
Alaska
Texas
California
Vermont
2. These states have barrier islands on the Atlantic coast.
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Virginia
New York
Maryland
South Carolina
New Jersey
Massachusetts
3. These states have one (or two) panhandles?
Texas
Idaho
Nebraska
Florida
West Virginia
Maryland
Arkansas
Oklahoma
4. These states have land included in Yellowstone National Park.
Montana
Wyoming
Washington
Idaho
5. These Midwest states share their names with a major US river.
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Minnesota
Indiana
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ohio
6. These states seceded from the Union and were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
Maryland
Texas
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
7. These states border one or more of the Great Lakes
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Wisconsin
Illinois
8. Traveling Interstate 90 from Chicago to Seattle, you would travel through these states (in addition to Illinois and Washington).
Wisconsin
Wyoming
South Dakota
Idaho
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
9. These states meet at a spot known as "Four Corners."
Colorado
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
10. These states share a border with Tennessee.
Mississippi
South Carolina
Alabama
Virginia
Arkansas
Georgia
North Carolina
Missouri
11. Portions of these states lie in the Colorado River watershed.
Colorado
Nevada
Wyoming
Utah
California
New Mexico
Idaho
Arizona
12. These are current recognized territories of the United States.
Puerto Rico
US Virgin Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Panama Canal Zone
American Samoa
Guam
13. These states include the birthplace of a US President.
New Hampshire
Nebraska
Iowa
Vermont
Delaware
Connecticut
Arkansas
Hawaii
14. These states share a land border with Canada.
Idaho
North Dakota
Alaska
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Montana
15. These states comprise the region of "New England."
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vermont
Connecticut
Maine
New York
New Hampshire
2 Comments
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Level 74
Sep 23, 2021
Misspelling of New Mexico on 11.
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Level 91
Sep 23, 2021
Thank you! I've made the correction.