{"id":26346,"date":"2026-11-01T03:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/why-is-hawaii-called-a-noncontiguous-u-s-state\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:00","slug":"why-is-hawaii-called-a-noncontiguous-u-s-state","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/why-is-hawaii-called-a-noncontiguous-u-s-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Hawaii called a noncontiguous U.S. state?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is Hawaii called a noncontiguous U.S. state?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>It has no state government<\/li>\n<li>It is outside the United States<\/li>\n<li>It has no coastline<\/li>\n<li>It is not connected to the lower 48 states<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[1846],"topic":[4068,4080],"education_level":[2494],"class_list":["post-26346","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-geography-of-the-united-states","topic-hawaii-facts","topic-hawaii-map-skills","education_level-grade-6"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Hawaii is<\/strong> a noncontiguous U.S. state because it is not physically connected to the contiguous 48 states.<\/p><p>The islands have different sizes, populations, and geological ages, so one island should never be treated as representative of the whole state.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"It has no state government"},{"right":"no","answer":"It is outside the United States"},{"right":"no","answer":"It has no coastline"},{"right":"yes","answer":"It is not connected to the lower 48 states"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1846,"title":"Geography of the United States","slug":"geography-of-the-united-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":4068,"title":"Hawaii Facts","slug":"hawaii-facts"},{"id":4080,"title":"Hawaii Map Skills","slug":"hawaii-map-skills"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":2494,"title":"Grade 6","slug":"grade-6"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/26346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=26346"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=26346"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=26346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}