US States Map Quiz

Naming the fifty states is a memory test; placing them is a geography test, and the two scores are rarely the same. The map below covers the contiguous forty-eight, since Alaska and Hawaii sit off the frame at this scale.

The eastern seaboard is where clicks go wrong, because eight states are packed into an area smaller than Montana. The other reliable trap is the block of rectangles: Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas and Nebraska look interchangeable to anyone who has not driven through them, and Iowa and Ohio swap places in most people's heads at least once a round.

Take the coasts first, then work inward; the middle is easier once the edges are anchored.