PRETEST WEST VIRGINIA STUDIES
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Number of counties in West Virginia
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55
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Capitol of West Virginia
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Charleston
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Number of states bordering West Virginia
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5
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State Bird
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Cardinal
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State Flower
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Rhododendron
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State Tree
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Sugar Maple
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State Animal
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Black Bear
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State Fruit
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Golden Delicious Apple
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State Fish
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Brook Trout
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West Virginia was once part of`
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Virginia
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West Virginia became a state in
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1863
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Which star on the flag represents West Virginia
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35 (also quarter)
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Among all states West Virginia's rank size is
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41
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The worlds second oldest river flows through West Virginia...which river?
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New (flows north)
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West Virginia's number of electoral votes is
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4
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West Virginia lies entirely within this mountain range
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Appalachians
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Governor of West Virginia 2015 is
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Earl Ray Tomblin
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Which presidents mother was born in West Virginia
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Lincoln
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In 1996 West Virginia hosted olympic game trials in
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Mountain Biking
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These two men were shot and killed on the McDowell County courthouse steps by Baldwin-Felts detectives on August 1, 1921
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Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers
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The oldest college still operating in West Virginia is
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Bethany
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The first person to demonstrate the use of a steam engine in a boat was
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James Rumsey
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Which West Virginia festival is held in Clarksburg every labor day weekend?
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Italian heritage festival
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This woman became poet laureate of West Virginia in 1979
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Louise Mcneill
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The Grave Creek Mound at Moundsville is a product of this prehistoric culture
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Adena Culture
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This county is the largest in area in the state of West Virginia
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Randolph
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In 1974 Kanawha County was polarized by disagreement over the selection of:
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School textbooks
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Whats the county seat of Braxton County
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Sutton
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In what part of West Virginia did the first land battle of the Civil War take place
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Philippi
