Oklahoma i/oklhom/ (Cherokee: Asgaya gigageyi / ; or translated (oalahoma), Pawnee: Uukuhuuwa, Cayuga: Gahnawiyogeh) is a state located in the South Central United States. Oklahoma is the 20th most extensive and the 28th most populous of the 50 United States. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people". It is also known informally by its nickname, The Sooner State, in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked their claims on the choicest pieces of land before the official opening date, and the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, which opened the door for white settlement in America's Indian Territory. The name was settled upon statehood, Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were merged and Indian was dropped from the name. On November 16, 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th state to enter the union. Its residents are known as Oklahomans, or informally "Okies", and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.

1. What state is The Sooner State?
2. What type of people is this a reference to?
3. Did they lay claim to the worst parts of the area first?
4. What part did they lay claim to?
5. Is this the only reason for the saying?
6. What else is it called that after?
7. Is the area located in the North?
8. Where is it located?
9. What type of language does the formal name come from?
10. What is the translation?
11. Is it the most populous area of the US?
12. What rank is it?
13. What about size?
14. Did it become official in 1908?
15. What year was it?
16. How many official areas of the US came before it?
17. What are those who live there called?
18. Is the most important urban center the largest?
19. What's that called?
1. Oklahoma
2. the non-Native settler
3. no
4. the choicest pieces of land
5. no
6. America's Indian Territory
7. no
8. in the South Central United States
9. Choctaw
10. "red people"
11. no
12. 28th
13. it is the 20th most extensive
14. no
15. 1907
16. 45
17. Oklahomans
18. yes
19. Oklahoma City