US States & Capitals worksheets
Learning the states is a memory job with a map behind it, and it goes faster when a student meets the same fifty names in several different shapes. These worksheets move from matching a state to its capital, through grouping states by region, to naming which states share a border with which.
Topics in this subject
- The Fifty StatesRecognising the fifty state names, telling them apart from cities and countries, and knowing roughly where each one sits in the country.Grades 3–6
- State CapitalsMatching each state to its capital city, including the states whose largest city is not their capital.Grades 4–8
- States by RegionSorting states into the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest and West, and knowing what each region has in common.Grades 3–7
- State AbbreviationsThe two-letter postal abbreviations, including the pairs that are easy to confuse because several states begin with the same letters.Grades 4–8
- State NicknamesState nicknames and the geography, history or industry each one comes from.Grades 5–8
- Bordering StatesWhich states share a border with which, and reading the country as a set of neighbours rather than a list of names.Grades 4–8
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Grade 5 · US States & Capitals
State Capitals Matching Worksheet
Grade 5 worksheet drilling state capital matching, multiple-choice, and reasoning, with emphasis on states whose largest city is not the capital.
Grade 3 · US States & Capitals
Recognizing the Fifty US States Worksheet
Grade 3 students match states to their US regions, complete sentences about state geography, and pick correct states from plausible options.