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4th grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 8

Maine on the Map

The grid, counties and regions of Maine

What your child practices

Maine's place in New England, latitude, longitude, the equator and prime meridian, map scale and keys, Maine's 16 counties and land regions, and how the land shapes where people live and work.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: Geography 1; Geography 2 · the geographic grid, the regions and counties of Maine, and how geographic features shape daily life

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Maine is in New England, in the northeast of the United States. Its capital is Augusta.
  2. Maine has 16 counties. Aroostook is the largest by area.
  3. A map’s scale compares map distance to real distance.

Example: Maine is in which region of the United States? Maine is in the far northeast. It is one of six states in a region named after England. Answer: New England

Maine on the Map in Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 3 of 8 in 4th grade Social Studies, after History Detective and before Maine's Story.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Maine Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Maine's largest county by area is…

    • Knox County
    • York County
    • Aroostook County

  2. Question 2

    The imaginary line around the middle of Earth at 0° latitude is the…

    • prime meridian
    • international date line
    • equator

  3. Question 3

    A map's scale shows…

    • what the symbols mean
    • how distance on the map compares to real distance
    • which way is north

  4. Question 4

    Lines of latitude run…

    • only around the poles
    • east and west, measuring north or south
    • north and south, measuring east or west

  5. Question 5

    Maine's coast is so jagged that its shoreline is about…

    • 35 miles long
    • 3,500 miles long
    • 35,000 miles long

  6. Question 6

    Why did shipbuilding grow in towns like Bath?

    • they had no water
    • they had tall trees and sheltered harbors
    • they had deserts

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