U.S. COASTLINES AND SHORELINES

(e.g., Which state has the longest coastline? Answer: Alaska.)

Freshman level

1. Which of the 50 contiguous states has the longest coastline?

2. Name the three contiguous states that have a Pacific Ocean coastline.

3. Alaska has a coastline on what two oceans?

Graduate level

4. Which state has a coastline on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes?

5. How many permanently inhabited U.S. territories have ocean coastlines?

6. Which of the Great Lakes has a shoreline that is entirely in the U.S.?

Ph.D. level

7. How many of the states have an ocean coastline?

8. Which state has the shortest ocean coastline?

9. How many states have shorelines on the Great Lakes?

Answers: 1. Florida. 2. Washington, Oregon, California. 3. Pacific Ocean and Arctic Ocean. 4. New York. 5. All of them (5). 6. Lake Michigan. 7. Twenty-three. 8. New Hampshire. 9. Eight.

— North America Syndicate