HIS 315K Map Quiz

Jamestown Colony

Southeastern Virginia, on the James River near Williamsburg

Battle of Gettysburg

South-central Pennsylvania, near the Maryland border

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Eastern Massachusetts, northwest of Boston

St. Augustine

Northeastern Florida, on the Atlantic coast south of Jacksonville

Charleston

Southeastern South Carolina, on the Atlantic coast

Philadelphia

Southeastern Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River beside New Jersey

Fort McHenry

North-central Maryland, at Baltimore Harbor on the Patapsco River

Plymouth Colony

Southeastern Massachusetts, on the coast south of Boston

Battle of the Alamo

South-central Texas, in San Antonio

San Francisco

Northern California, on the Pacific coast at the entrance to San Francisco Bay

Battle of Long Island

Southeastern New York, in Brooklyn at the western end of Long Island

New Amsterdam

Southeastern New York, at the southern tip of Manhattan Island

Fort McHenry

North-central Maryland, at Baltimore Harbor on the Patapsco River

Fort Sumter

Southeastern South Carolina, on an island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor

Cincinnati

Southwestern Ohio, on the Ohio River along the Kentucky border

Mississippi River

Central US, flowing south from northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico in southeastern Louisiana

Colorado River

Southwestern US, flowing from the Colorado Rockies through southeastern Utah and northern Arizona, then along Arizona's western border into Mexico

Delaware River

Northeastern US, flowing south from southeastern New York along Pennsylvania's eastern border, then between Delaware and New Jersey to Delaware Bay

Long Island, New York

Southeastern New York, extending east from New York City into the Atlantic, south of Connecticut

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Central US, mainly between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains, from Louisiana north to the Canadian border

Roanoke Colony

Northeastern North Carolina, on Roanoke Island between the mainland and the Outer Banks

Oregon Trail

Central to northwestern US, from western Missouri through northeastern Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and southern Idaho to northwestern Oregon

Richmond, Virginia

East-central Virginia, on the James River

Santa Fe

North-central New Mexico, northeast of Albuquerque

Chesapeake Bay

Eastern Maryland and eastern Virginia, between the mainland and the Delmarva Peninsula

Battle of Yorktown

Southeastern Virginia, on the York River near Chesapeake Bay

Battle of Trenton

West-central New Jersey, on the Delaware River across from Pennsylvania

Cahokia Mounds

Southwestern Illinois, just east of St. Louis and the Mississippi River

New Orleans

Southeastern Louisiana, on the Mississippi River south of Lake Pontchartrain

New Sweden

Along the lower Delaware River in northern Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania, and southwestern New Jersey, centered near Wilmington

Oregon Territory (1848-1859)

Northwestern US, between the Pacific Ocean and Rocky Mountains. In 1848: present-day Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of western Montana and Wyoming. The northern portion became Washington Territory in 1853

Mexican Cession (1848)

Western and southwestern US: California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, western New Mexico, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming

Washington, DC

Eastern US, on the Potomac River between Maryland and northern Virginia

Philadelphia

Southeastern Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River beside New Jersey

Williamsburg, Virginia

Southeastern Virginia, between the James and York rivers, northwest of Newport News

Savannah, Georgia

Southeastern Georgia, near the Atlantic coast on the Savannah River at the South Carolina border

Salem, Massachusetts

Northeastern Massachusetts, on the coast northeast of Boston

Louis and Clark Expedition (Outward Journey)

Central to northwestern US: from near St. Louis up the Missouri River through the Great Plains to Montana, across the Rockies into Idaho, then down the Clearwater, Snake, and Columbia rivers to the Pacific near the Oregon-Washington border

Manhattan Island

Southeastern New York, in New York City between the Hudson and East rivers

Fort Ticonderoga

Northeastern New York, near the southern end of Lake Champlain beside Vermont