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The caveats, up front: Everyone makes mistakes and there are a lot of states, more than 40. And before you criticize the political site Politico for not labelling every single state right on the cover of its new magazine, lets see if you can do better.

Here is the quiz. You will be presented with two maps and asked to identify a state on each. Then, we will compare your score to Politico's and see who truly knows this country of ours best. Oh, also? You may cheat and Google the results.

Mississippi

Which of the states below is Mississippi?

 

New Hampshire

Which of the states below is New Hampshire?

 

Answer both questions to see how you did.

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