Use the maps provided in the lesson to answer the following question.

which of the following u. s. states have panhandles? (more the one answer)

alaska
colorado
florida
ohio
oklahoma
washington
wyoming

The correct answers are:

- Alaska;

- Florida:

- Oklahoma;

The panhandle represents a part of state that stretches deeper into the territory of another state. By this definition, the United States have ten recognized panhandles, Alaska, Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia (has two, the Northern and Eastern Panhandle), Idaho, Nebraska, Maryland, and Connecticut.

Alaska's panhandle is stretching southwards, and gets deeper into the territory of Canada, Florida's panhandle stretches in a northwestern manner, getting deeper in the territory of Alabama, while Oklahoma's panhandle is also in a northwestern manner, getting deep in the territory of Texas.