Name: ______________________________

1. What is the capital of Massachusetts? ____________________________

2. What two states border Massachusetts on the north? ___________________________ and ___________________________

3. What state borders Massachusetts on the west? ___________________________

4. What two states border Massachusetts on the south? _____________________________ and ___________________________

5. What ocean borders Massachusetts on the east? ___________________________

6. What is the name of the river that runs north-south through west central Massachusetts ________________________________

7. What is the name of the large cape (a strip of land jutting into the sea) in southeastern Massachusetts? ________________________

8. What is the name of the historic city in Massachusetts that is famous for its witchcraft trials? It is located on the east coast between Boston and Gloucester. _________________________

9. During the Revolutionary War, on the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere rode northwest from Boston to warn the people of approaching British troops. To which town did he ride? (It starts with an LE.) _______________________________

10. The Pilgrims' boat, the Mayflower, landed first at Provincetown, Cape Cod, and then at Plymouth Rock, in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. In which part of Massachusetts did they land: the northeast, southeast, northwest, or southwest? ________________________________