Match each State with its nickname and motto.

Quiz 1

a. Heart of Dixie.
b. The Centennial State.
c. The Constitution State.
d. The Empire State of the South.
e. The First State.
f. The Golden State.
g. The Grand Canyon State.
h. The Land of Opportunity.
i. The Last Frontier.
j. The Sunshine State. / Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia / 1. “Eureka!”
2. “God Enriches.”
3. “He Who Transplanted Still Sustains.”
4. “In God we trust.”
5. “Liberty and Independence.”
6. “North to the Future.”
7. “Nothing without Providence.”
8. “The People Rule.”
9. “We dare defend our rights.”
10. “Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.”

Quiz 2

a. The Aloha State.
b. The Bluegrass State.
c. The Gem State.
d. The Hawkeye State.
e. The Hoosier State.
f. The Land of Lincoln.
g. The Old Line State.
h. The Pelican State.
i. The Pine Tree State.
j. The Sunflower State. / Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland / 1. “Dirigo.” Translation is “I lead.”
2. “Fields of Opportunities.”
3. “It Is Forever.”
4. “Manly deeds, womanly words.”
5. “State sovereignty, national union.”
6. “The crossroads of America.”
7. “The Life of the Land Is Perpetuated in Righteousness.”
8. “To the stars through difficulties.”
9. “Union, Justice, and Confidence.”
10. “United we stand, divided we fall.”

Quiz 3

a. The Bay State.
b. The Cornhusker State.
c. The Garden State.
d. The Gopher State.
e. The Granite State.
f. The Magnolia State.
g. The Show Me State.
h. The Silver State.
i. The Treasure State.
j. The Wolverine State. / Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey / 1. “All for Our Country.”
2. “By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty.”
3. “By Valor and Arms.”
4. “Equality before the law.”
5. “Gold and Silver.”
6. “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.”
7. “Liberty and Prosperity.”
8. “Live Free or Die.”
9. “The star of the north.”
10. “The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law.”


Quiz 4

a. The Beaver State.
b. The Buckeye State.
c. The Empire State.
d. The Flickertail State, Sioux State or The Peace Garden State.
e. The Keystone State.
f. The Land of Enchantment.
g. The Ocean State or Little Rhody.
h. The Old North State or The Tar Heel State.
i. The Palmetto State.
j. The Sooner State. / New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina / 1. “Excelsior . . . (Ever Upward).”
2. “Hope.”
3. “It Grows As It Goes.”
4. “Labor Conquers All Things.”
5. “Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.”
6. “She Flies with Her Own Wings.”
7. “To be, rather than to seem.”
8. “Virtue, Liberty and Independence.”
9. “While I Breathe, I Hope,” and “Prepared in Mind and Resources.”
10. “With God, All Things Are Possible.”

Quiz 5

a. The Badger State.
b. The Beehive State
c. The Equality State.
d. The Evergreen State or The Chinook State.
e. The Green Mountain State.
f. The Lone Star State.
g. The Mount Rushmore State or The Coyote State.
h. The Mountain State.
i. The Old Dominion or Mother of Presidents.
j. The Volunteer State. / South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming / 1. “Agriculture and Commerce.”
2. “Alki,” an Indian word for “by and by.”
3. “Equal Rights.”
4. “Forward.”
5. “Freedom and Unity.”
6. “Friendship.”
7. “Industry.”
8. “Mountaineers are always free.”
9. “Thus always to tyrants.”
10. “Under God, the People Rule,” or “Great Faces. Great Places.”

Answers

Alabama 9 a
Alaska 6 i
Arizona 2 g
Arkansas 8 h
California 1 f
Colorado 7 b
Connecticut 3 c
Delaware 5 e
Florida 4 j
Georgia 10 d / Maine 1 i
Hawaii 7 a
Idaho 3 c
Illinois 5 f
Indiana 6 e
Iowa 2 d
Kansas 8 j
Kentucky 10 b
Louisiana 9 h
Maryland 4 g / Massachusetts 2 a
Michigan 6 j
Minnesota 9 d
Mississippi 3 f
Missouri 10 g
Montana 5 i
Nebraska 4 b
Nevada 1 h
New Hampshire 8 e
New Jersey 7 c / New Mexico 3 f
New York 1 c
North Carolina 7 h
North Dakota 5 d
Ohio 10 b
Oklahoma 4 j
Oregon 6 a
Pennsylvania 8 e
Rhode Island 2 g
South Carolina 9 i / South Dakota 10 g
Tennessee 1 j
Texas 6 f
Utah 7 b
Vermont 5 e
Virginia 9 i
Washington 2 d
West Virginia 8 h
Wisconsin 4 a
Wyoming 3 c