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