GeotchaA geography quiz on a real globe

US states and territories in 1850

37 US states and territories, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, tell its flag from three others, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

Free to play, with no account needed. What you miss comes back for review until it sticks.

The US states and territories

  1. 1Mexican cession1,369,492 km²
  2. 2Deseret [Proposed State]1,129,729 km²
  3. 3Texas1,005,800 km²
  4. 4Oregon Territory736,840 km²
  5. 5Minnesota Territory432,875 km²
  6. 6Michigan250,339 km²
  7. 7Unorganized Federal Territory214,747 km²
  8. 8Missouri180,627 km²
  9. 9Wisconsin169,297 km²
  10. 10Virginia166,366 km²
  11. 11Indian Territory166,310 km²
  12. 12Georgia152,392 km²
  13. 13Illinois149,967 km²
  14. 14Florida147,159 km²
  15. 15Iowa145,408 km²
  16. 16Arkansas137,594 km²
  17. 17New York136,401 km²
  18. 18Alabama133,635 km²
  19. 19North Carolina127,320 km²
  20. 20Mississippi123,508 km²
  21. 21Louisiana119,577 km²
  22. 22Pennsylvania118,973 km²
  23. 23Ohio115,885 km²
  24. 24Massachusetts115,183 km²
  25. 25Tennessee109,126 km²
  26. 26Kentucky104,627 km²
  27. 27Indiana94,219 km²
  28. 28Maine94,095 km²
  29. 29South Carolina79,776 km²
  30. 30Maryland25,349 km²
  31. 31Vermont24,871 km²
  32. 32New Hampshire23,957 km²
  33. 33New Jersey19,603 km²
  34. 34Connecticut12,683 km²
  35. 35Delaware5,244 km²
  36. 36Rhode Island2,641 km²
  37. 37District of Columbia236 km²

The map as it stood on 1 July 1850 (a year means its 1 July), with the names of the time. The parts of a state as it was then: its first-level regions as OpenHistoricalMap draws them. Area in km², measured on the largest of its outlines (simplified, clipped to land). Sources: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0), Wikidata (CC0).

On the map

Map of US states and territories in 1850, 37 US states and territories: each one marked on the globe

More in United States

Similar quizzes