State Scavenger Hunt
1. What is the capital of your state?
2. What are the major landforms in your state?
www.netstate.com Click on geography button
3. What is your state’s nickname?
http://www.factmonster.com/states.html
4. What is the state bird?
5. What is the climate of your state like?
Click on Geography button, then scroll down to the climate section.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0762183.html
6. How did your state get its name?
Look under ORIGIN of name
7. What is your state flower?
8. Who are two famous people from your state and why are they famous?
http://www.factmonster.com/states.html
9. Which states border your state?
10. List 2 or 3 interesting facts about your state.
Click on Fast Facts: 50 States List
11. What are some activities that tourists coming to your state might do?
http://www.thingstodo.com/index.htm
http://www.50states.com/tools/moreinfo.htm
If the link above does not work, click here and then click on your state name.
12. When did your state become a state?
Look at Admission to Statehood
13. What is your state motto?
14. What United States region is your state in?
http://mrnussbaum.com/united-states/regions/
15. What are some of the industries in your state?
www.50states.com (Look at the economy section)
16. What are the five largest cities in your state? Also list the population.
http://www.factmonster.com/states.html
17. What is your state tree?
18. What are some famous landmarks in your state?
Look under Historical Sites and Points of Interest.
http://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow
19. What is the population of your state? Use the 2011 number.
http://www.census.gov/schools/facts/
20. What is the area of your state? Go all the way to the bottom of the page under Geography Quick Facts - Land Area.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
21. What is your state song?
http://www.50states.com/songs/
22. What was the population of your state in 1900?
http://www.census.gov/schools/facts/
23. What are two other state symbols other than the flower, tree, and bird?