Tennessee (i/tɛnᵻˈsiː/) (Cherokee: ᏔᎾᏏ, Tanasi) is a state located in the southeastern United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 601,222. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 653,450. 

The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 1861. Occupied by Union forces from 1862, it was the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war.

1. What state is featured in the article?
2. When did Tennessee become a state?
3. What's the capital?
4. Is that the largest city?
5. What's the largest?
6. How many people live there?
7. How many people live in Nashville?
8. What state lies to the north of Tennessee?
9. Is there any other?
10. What large river makes up part of its border?
11. What mountain range is in the east?
12. What side was Tennessee for in the civil war?
13. When did the civil war happen?
14. What states are to the south of Tennessee?
15. From what language is the name derived?
16. In which part of the US is TN located?
17. In terms of size what is its ranking?
18. In terms of population what is its ranking?
19. What association does TN belong to?
20. When was that formed?

Numbered answers:
1. Tennessee
2. June 1, 1796
3. Nashville
4. second largest
5. Memphis
6. 653,450.
7. 601,222
8. Virginia
9. Yes. Kentucky
10. Mississippi River
11. Appalachian
12. Confederacy
13. 1861
14. Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
15. Cherokee
16. southeastern
17. 17th most populous
18. 17th
19. Watauga Association
20. 1772