As Wikipedia explains :
The United States of America (also called the United States, the States, the U.S., the USA, and America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
How many of the fifty states can you name ? Take a piece of paper, write the numbers from 1-50 and see how many of the fifty states you can think of.
So how many did you find ? This online wordsearch might help you find some more :
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/50states-ws.htm
You should have all fifty now but can you put them in the correct place on the map ?
Here is a map of the United States of America. (Go to http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/outlinemaps/statesnumbered/ for a bigger map and click around to explore when you've finished. You can learn lots of things on this website.)
Can you put the right number next to each state on your list ? When you have finished - and only when you have finished, no cheating ! - you can find the answers here :
OK, let's see how much you can remember ! Try to complete the three levels of this game to correctly place the states on the map :
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA_GL_click_1024.html Click on each state to learn the correct pronunciation. Can you pronounce them correctly too ?
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA_G0_1024.html This time listen to the name of the state and click on the map to show where you think it is.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA_G1_1024_768.html Now find the state in the bottom left-hand corner and move it to the right place on the map.
If you've finished already, you can see how good you are at correctly identifying the major cities in the United States here too :
Have a try but don't worry if you can't find them all - it's very difficult ! You can find the answers here :
Well done !
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