Scavenger Hunt: "State to State" Worksheet
State to State
Borders define the states that we live in. This worksheet links with a website to help students identify boundaries of several states.
Directions: What do you know about the map of the United States? Use the information you find at the Web resource provided to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.
- The states of _____________________ and _____________________ do not share a border with any other states.
- a. _____________________________ borders the most other states.
b. It borders _____________________________ states.
- Fourteen states border the _____________________________.
- _____________________________ states border Canada.
- Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida all lie on the ______________________________________.
Answer Key: State to State
- Hawaii and Alaska do not border any other states.
- a. Tennessee borders the most states.
b. It borders eight other states (Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia).
- Fourteen states (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida) touch the Atlantic Ocean.
- Fourteen states (Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine) border Canada.
- Five states (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida) lie on the Gulf of Mexico.