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