Territories MCQs [USA]

1. What is the capital of Puerto Rico?
a) San Juan
b) Ponce
c) Arecibo
d) Bayamón
Answer: a) San Juan

2. Which of the following is NOT a U.S. territory?
a) Guam
b) American Samoa
c) Bahamas
d) Northern Mariana Islands
Answer: c) Bahamas

3. What is the capital of Guam?
a) Dededo
b) Tamuning
c) Hagåtña
d) Mangilao
Answer: c) Hagåtña

4. American Samoa is located in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
Answer: c) Pacific Ocean

5. What is the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands?
a) Charlotte Amalie
b) Frederiksted
c) Christiansted
d) Cruz Bay
Answer: a) Charlotte Amalie

6. Which of the following territories is located in the Caribbean?
a) Northern Mariana Islands
b) Puerto Rico
c) Guam
d) American Samoa
Answer: b) Puerto Rico

7. Which U.S. territory has the largest population?
a) Guam
b) U.S. Virgin Islands
c) American Samoa
d) Puerto Rico
Answer: d) Puerto Rico

8. What is the official language of Puerto Rico?
a) French
b) English
c) Spanish
d) Portuguese
Answer: c) Spanish

9. The Northern Mariana Islands is a territory located near which major country?
a) Japan
b) Australia
c) Brazil
d) Canada
Answer: a) Japan

10. Which of the following is a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean?
a) Bermuda
b) Guam
c) Haiti
d) Jamaica
Answer: b) Guam

11. What is the largest island in the U.S. Virgin Islands?
a) St. Thomas
b) St. John
c) St. Croix
d) Water Island
Answer: c) St. Croix

12. The capital of the Northern Mariana Islands is:
a) Rota
b) Saipan
c) Tinian
d) Agrihan
Answer: b) Saipan

13. Which U.S. territory is known as the “Island of Enchantment”?
a) American Samoa
b) Guam
c) Puerto Rico
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: c) Puerto Rico

14. The currency used in U.S. territories is:
a) Euro
b) Peso
c) U.S. Dollar
d) Yen
Answer: c) U.S. Dollar

15. Which U.S. territory is closest to the equator?
a) Guam
b) American Samoa
c) Northern Mariana Islands
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: b) American Samoa

16. Which of the following territories was ceded to the United States by Spain in 1898?
a) Guam
b) American Samoa
c) Puerto Rico
d) Northern Mariana Islands
Answer: c) Puerto Rico

17. What is the capital of American Samoa?
a) Fagatogo
b) Pago Pago
c) Tafuna
d) Utulei
Answer: b) Pago Pago

18. Which U.S. territory’s residents are U.S. citizens but cannot vote in presidential elections?
a) Guam
b) American Samoa
c) Puerto Rico
d) Northern Mariana Islands
Answer: c) Puerto Rico

19. Which of the following U.S. territories is an archipelago?
a) Guam
b) American Samoa
c) Puerto Rico
d) Northern Mariana Islands
Answer: d) Northern Mariana Islands

20. Which U.S. territory has the motto “Where America’s Day Begins”?
a) Guam
b) Puerto Rico
c) Northern Mariana Islands
d) American Samoa
Answer: a) Guam

21. Which U.S. territory is closest to Australia?
a) American Samoa
b) Puerto Rico
c) Guam
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: a) American Samoa

22. Which U.S. territory is home to the city of Yigo?
a) Guam
b) Puerto Rico
c) Northern Mariana Islands
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: a) Guam

23. Which U.S. territory is famous for its pristine beaches and coral reefs?
a) Puerto Rico
b) Northern Mariana Islands
c) U.S. Virgin Islands
d) American Samoa
Answer: c) U.S. Virgin Islands

24. What is the primary economic activity in American Samoa?
a) Tourism
b) Agriculture
c) Fishing
d) Manufacturing
Answer: c) Fishing

25. Which U.S. territory was established as a commonwealth in 1952?
a) Guam
b) Puerto Rico
c) Northern Mariana Islands
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: b) Puerto Rico

26. What is the largest city in the Northern Mariana Islands?
a) Tinian
b) Rota
c) Saipan
d) Agrihan
Answer: c) Saipan

27. Which U.S. territory is known for the Fiestas Patronales celebrations?
a) American Samoa
b) Puerto Rico
c) U.S. Virgin Islands
d) Guam
Answer: b) Puerto Rico

28. Which U.S. territory was acquired by the U.S. under the Treaty of Paris in 1898?
a) Northern Mariana Islands
b) Guam
c) American Samoa
d) Puerto Rico
Answer: d) Puerto Rico

29. Which U.S. territory is located near the Philippines?
a) Northern Mariana Islands
b) Guam
c) American Samoa
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: b) Guam

30. Which U.S. territory is home to the National Park of American Samoa?
a) Puerto Rico
b) U.S. Virgin Islands
c) Northern Mariana Islands
d) American Samoa
Answer: d) American Samoa

31. Which U.S. territory celebrates Constitution Day on July 4?
a) Puerto Rico
b) Guam
c) American Samoa
d) Northern Mariana Islands
Answer: d) Northern Mariana Islands

32. Which U.S. territory was originally a Spanish colony?
a) Guam
b) Puerto Rico
c) Northern Mariana Islands
d) American Samoa
Answer: b) Puerto Rico

33. Which U.S. territory has a major naval base in Apra Harbor?
a) American Samoa
b) U.S. Virgin Islands
c) Guam
d) Puerto Rico
Answer: c) Guam

34. Which U.S. territory is geographically closest to Hawaii?
a) American Samoa
b) Guam
c) Northern Mariana Islands
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: a) American Samoa

35. Which U.S. territory has the nickname “The Gem of the Pacific”?
a) American Samoa
b) Guam
c) Puerto Rico
d) Northern Mariana Islands
Answer: b) Guam

36. Which U.S. territory was impacted by the 1918 San Fermín earthquake?
a) Guam
b) Northern Mariana Islands
c) Puerto Rico
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: c) Puerto Rico

37. Which U.S. territory is home to the Rose Atoll?
a) Puerto Rico
b) Northern Mariana Islands
c) American Samoa
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: c) American Samoa

38. Which U.S. territory was divided into districts called barrios?
a) Puerto Rico
b) U.S. Virgin Islands
c) Guam
d) Northern Mariana Islands
Answer: a) Puerto Rico

39. Which U.S. territory is home to the island of Saipan?
a) Northern Mariana Islands
b) Guam
c) U.S. Virgin Islands
d) Puerto Rico
Answer: a) Northern Mariana Islands

40. Which U.S. territory has a large Polynesian population?
a) Guam
b) Puerto Rico
c) American Samoa
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: c) American Samoa

41. Which U.S. territory is the site of the El Yunque National Forest?
a) American Samoa
b) Puerto Rico
c) Guam
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: b) Puerto Rico

42. Which U.S. territory is home to the World War II site of Mount Tapochau?
a) Guam
b) Puerto Rico
c) American Samoa
d) Northern Mariana Islands
Answer: d) Northern Mariana Islands

43. The motto of which U.S. territory is “Un Pueblo, Muchas Voces” (One People, Many Voices)?
a) Northern Mariana Islands
b) U.S. Virgin Islands
c) Puerto Rico
d) Guam
Answer: c) Puerto Rico

44. Which U.S. territory has a capital named after a Christian saint?
a) Guam
b) Northern Mariana Islands
c) American Samoa
d) Puerto Rico
Answer: d) Puerto Rico (San Juan)

45. Which U.S. territory was heavily affected by the Spanish-American War?
a) Northern Mariana Islands
b) Guam
c) American Samoa
d) Puerto Rico
Answer: d) Puerto Rico

46. Which U.S. territory has its own flag featuring a golden eagle holding a shield?
a) Guam
b) American Samoa
c) U.S. Virgin Islands
d) Puerto Rico
Answer: c) U.S. Virgin Islands

47. Which U.S. territory is known for the large Taotaomona trees?
a) Puerto Rico
b) Guam
c) American Samoa
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: b) Guam

48. Which U.S. territory includes the islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix?
a) Guam
b) American Samoa
c) U.S. Virgin Islands
d) Northern Mariana Islands
Answer: c) U.S. Virgin Islands

49. Which U.S. territory is known for the cultural event called the Heiva Festival?
a) Guam
b) American Samoa
c) Northern Mariana Islands
d) U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: b) American Samoa

50. Which U.S. territory has a significant indigenous Chamorro population?
a) U.S. Virgin Islands
b) Guam
c) Puerto Rico
d) Northern Mariana Islands
Answer: b) Guam

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