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By the Mapsfera Team

Activities

How many names to ask for?

Level

You get two A4 pages: the worksheet and the answer key. In the print window, choose “Save as PDF”; on US Letter, pick “Fit to page”. To print just the worksheet, print page 1.

The 50 states

Worksheet

Some states have a number on the map (there are 44). Use the numbers to do the activities.

Name
Class
Date
Numbered map for the worksheet

1 Write the name of the state with each number.

  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 16
  4. 26
  5. 28
  6. 31
  7. 32
  8. 35
  9. 41
  10. 44
  11. 47
  12. 50

2 Color these states on the map: Mississippi, Illinois, and Oklahoma.

3 Answer these questions.

  1. a)Salt Lake City is the capital of which state?
  2. b)Which is the smallest state?
  3. c)What is the capital of Virginia?

Mapsfera · The 50 states · worksheet 1 · Data: US Census Bureau

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The 50 states

Answer key

Answers to the worksheet and the key to the 44 numbers on the map.

Numbered map for the worksheet

Answers

  1. 1 In bold in the list below.
  2. 2 Shaded on the map: Mississippi, Illinois, and Oklahoma.
  3. 3 a) Utahb) Rhode Island (1,100 sq mi)c) Richmond

The 44 numbers on the map

In bold, the 12 in activity 1 · To color

  1. 1Alabama
  2. 2Alaska
  3. 3Arizona
  4. 4Arkansas
  5. 5California
  6. 6Colorado
  7. 9Florida
  8. 10Georgia
  9. 11Hawaii
  10. 12Idaho
  11. 13Illinois
  12. 14Indiana
  13. 15Iowa
  14. 16Kansas
  15. 17Kentucky
  16. 18Louisiana
  17. 19Maine
  18. 20Maryland
  19. 21Massachusetts
  20. 22Michigan
  21. 23Minnesota
  22. 24Mississippi
  23. 25Missouri
  24. 26Montana
  25. 27Nebraska
  26. 28Nevada
  27. 31New Mexico
  28. 32New York
  29. 33North Carolina
  30. 34North Dakota
  31. 35Ohio
  32. 36Oklahoma
  33. 37Oregon
  34. 38Pennsylvania
  35. 40South Carolina
  36. 41South Dakota
  37. 42Tennessee
  38. 43Texas
  39. 44Utah
  40. 46Virginia
  41. 47Washington
  42. 48West Virginia
  43. 49Wisconsin
  44. 50Wyoming

Mapsfera · The 50 states · worksheet 1 · Data: US Census Bureau

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What’s on the worksheet

The first page has a title, lines for name, class and date, the map with a number on each state, country or province, and up to three activities: write the names for the numbers asked, color some areas of the map, and answer three questions. The second page is the answer key: the map with the areas to color already shaded, the answers, and the full list of numbers with their names.

Answers come from the data, not from memory: state areas come from the US Census Bureau boundaries, country areas from the World Bank (or, where it has no comparable figure, measured on the map and given as approximate), capitals from Natural Earth, and Spain’s figures from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional and the INE census. So “Which is the smallest state?” has a checked answer: Rhode Island.

Using it in class

Every worksheet has a number. The same map, options and number always give the same worksheet, and the link from “Copy link” stores all of it: send it to a colleague or save it for next year. If you want each student to get a different one, click “New worksheet” before printing each copy: the numbers asked, the areas to color and the questions all change.

The level changes what gets asked. Easy picks the largest states or countries, which are easier to find, and counting or “which is the largest” questions. Hard includes everything, the smallest too, and comparison questions.

Frequently asked questions

Is it free?

Yes. You can print and copy the worksheets for your class as often as you like, without signing up. If you post them on a blog or class website, credit “Mapsfera” and the data source shown at the foot of the page.

How do I give the whole class the same worksheet?

Print one and photocopy it, or send the link from “Copy link”: it includes the map, activities, level and worksheet number, so it opens exactly the same worksheet.

Can I print it without the answer key?

Yes: in the print window, under “Pages”, choose just page 1. The answer key is page 2.

Which maps are there?

The 50 US states, each state by its counties, the world, Europe, the five continents, more than 40 countries by their states, provinces or regions, and Spain by province or by region, plus each of Spain’s 17 regions. Maps with fewer than 6 places (the United Kingdom, Denmark, Delaware, Hawaii and Rhode Island) are left out, since the naming activity asks for at least 6. The same maps, without activities, are in the blank maps section.

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