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Geography 107

Introduction to Human Geography -

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Map Quiz - Geography 107

After several semesters of noticiing certain patterns among the midterm and final results, it has become apparent that students are not widely familiar with the location of all the states and the major cities in the United States. Without this basic, foundational knowledge, you can not demonstrate college-level understanding of the broader patterns of human geography in the United States. To this end, I have established a "map quiz" to make sure all students know where the US states and major US cities are located.

List of places to know.

In addition to the 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C., you should know the cities in the list that follows. There are some bonus ones on the study quiz!

NAME
State
Population in 2000
Atlanta Georgia 3493117
Austin Texas 899689
Baltimore Maryland 2076163
Boston Massachusetts 4014865
Buffalo New York 975126
Charlotte North Carolina 753867
Chicago Illinois 8299353
Cincinnati Ohio 1500552
Cleveland Ohio 1785038
Columbus Ohio 1129836
Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington Texas 4140851
Denver--Aurora Colorado 1982658
Detroit Michigan 3900539
Houston Texas 3819632
Indianapolis Indiana 1214928
Jacksonville Florida 880960
Kansas City Missouri/Kansas 1358784
Las Vegas Nevada 1312198
Los Angeles--Long Beach--Santa Ana California 11784473
Louisville Kentucky 862163
Memphis Tennessee 970689
Miami Florida 4901994
Milwaukee Wisconsin 1306729
Minneapolis--St. Paul Minnesota 2385465
Nashville Tennessee 747512
New Orleans Louisiana 1008509
New York--Newark New York 17340042
Oklahoma City Oklahoma 745352
Orlando Florida 1155470
Philadelphia Pennsylvania 5142385
Phoenix--Mesa Arizona 2904968
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1746379
Portland Oregon 1580720
Providence Rhode Island 1166118
Richmond Virginia 817525
Riverside--San Bernardino California 1504093
Sacramento California 1392438
St. Louis Missouri 2075336
Salt Lake City Utah 886572
San Antonio Texas 1325146
San Diego California 2669584
San Francisco--Oakland California 2985722
San Jose California 1537148
Seattle Washington 2708131
Tampa--St. Petersburg Florida 2049318
Tucson Arizona 719452
Virginia Beach Virginia 1391122
Wichita Kansas ?
Washington District of Columbia 3936201
List of cities to know

 

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