Midwest Region Lesson

Let's get ready to learn our states and capitals!

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Can you learn all 50 states and capitals? What about their abbreviations? Do you know where each state is located?

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Midwest Region

12 states and capitals

States and capitals are capitalized.

State abbreviations are two capital letters taken from the state name. There are no spaces or punctuation in state abbreviations.

Ohio

capital: Columbus

abbreviation: OH

Indiana

capital: Indianapolis

abbreviation: IN

Illinois

capital: Springfield

abbreviation: IL

Michigan

capital: Lansing

abbreviation: MI

Wisconsin

capital: Madison

abbreviation: WI

Minnesota

capital: Saint Paul

abbreviation: MN

Iowa

capital: Des Moines

abbreviation: IA

Missouri

capital: Jefferson CIty

abbreviation: MO

North Dakota

capital: Bismarck

abbreviation: ND

South Dakota

capital: Pierre

abbreviation: SD

Nebraska

capital: Lincoln

abbreviation: NE

Kansas

capital: Topeka

abbreviation: KS