Q 01/05

New Jersey takes its name from a place in which body of water?

A) The Irish Sea

B) The English Channel

C) The North Sea

D) The Bay of Biscay

Answer · why

B) The English Channel

The English Channel: the colony was named for Jersey, the Channel Island whose former governor, Sir George Carteret, received the land from the Duke o...

Q 02/05

What is New Jersey's state capital?

A) Newark

B) Trenton

C) Jersey City

D) Princeton

Answer · why

B) Trenton

Trenton, on the Delaware River, has been New Jersey's capital since 1790 and briefly served as the national capital when Congress met there in late 17...

Q 03/05

New Jersey holds which population distinction among US states?

A) Least populated

B) Fastest growing

C) Oldest median age

D) Most densely populated

Answer · why

D) Most densely populated

Most densely populated: the 2020 census counted about 9.29 million people in the fifth-smallest state by land area, roughly 1,260 residents per square...

Q 04/05

New Jersey ratified the US Constitution on December 18, 1787, making it which state to do so?

A) Third

B) First

C) Fifth

D) Ninth

Answer · why

A) Third

Third: Delaware (December 7) and Pennsylvania (December 12) ratified first, and New Jersey followed unanimously on December 18, 1787; it was also firs...

Q 05/05

Which Indigenous people were dominant in the region when Europeans arrived in the 17th century?

A) The Iroquois

B) The Mohican

C) The Lenape

D) The Powhatan

Answer · why

C) The Lenape

The Lenape (Delaware) people lived throughout the region; Dutch and Swedish colonists founded the first European settlements before the English took c...