4-19 The State of Maine

The great state of Maine became the 23^rd state in the Union on March 15, 1820.  Its state capital is Augusta.  Maine has 3,500 miles of coastline.  It has over 6,000 lake and ponds.  There is no clear answer to where Maine got its name however on popular thought has to do with a practical nautical term, "the main" or "Main Land", "Meyne" or "Mainland", which served to distinguish the bulk of the state from the numerous islands.  Maine is a product of the Ice Age. The last glacier was responsible for cutting what had been a relatively straight coastline into the hundreds of bays, inlets and harbors that we know today. The receding ice sheet formed the 2,000 or so islands found off the Maine coast.

Emblem/Symbol	Name of Emblem/Symbol	Adopted
Motto	"I direct"
Nickname	"Pine Tree State"
State Seal		1919
State Bird	Chickadee	1927
State Floral Emblem	Pine Cone & Tassel	1895
State Song	"State of Maine"	1937
State Tree	White Pine	1945
State Flag		1909
State Insect	Honeybee	1775
State Fish	Landlocked Salmon	1969
State Animal	Moose	1979
State Mineral	Tourmaline	1971
State Herb	Wintergreen	1999

Complete the questions below.

1.  Maine became the 23^rd state in the Union on March 15, .

2.  Wintergreen is the state .

3.  The state animal is the .

4.  Maine's many bays, inlets, and harbors were formed by a .

5.  The state floral emblem is the .

6.  The state bird is the .

7.  "I direct" is the state .

8.  The state fish is the .

9.  Maine has miles of coastline.

10.  The "State of Maine" is the state .