| Prompt: | Terms that identify regions of the earth's surface and distinct areas, places, or districts are capitalized as proper nouns or proper adjectives: "Wyoming Territory, the Northwest, Nebraska, the Great Plains." Directions of the compass (north, northwest, south, southwest, etc.) are not capitalized unless used as a proper noun or adjective to describe a specific place or route: "the West, the Southeast, Southern accent, Western charm, the Northwest Passage." |
| Directions: | The sentences below either show errors in capitalization or are correct as shown. Click to select the word or words you feel should be correctly capitalized but are not capitalized, or select "(correct as is)" at the end of each sentence. |