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