What three Maine counties were created before the When Maine became a state in 1820, how many United States even existed (before 1776)? counties were there? A. York, Cumberland, and Lincoln A. 1 counties B. 3 B. Cumberland, Aroostook, and Waldo counties C. 9 C. Knox, Where’s Waldo, and Franklin counties D. 98 D. Oxford, York, and Sagadahoc counties

What three counties were formed after the Aroostook War was resolved in 1843? Bangor is the County Seat to what county?

A. York, Canada, and Pepto-Bismol counties A. Aroostook County B. Knox, Waldo, and Franklin counties B. Cumberland County C. Androscoggin, Sagadahoc, and Knox C. Grumpy Moose County counties D. Penobscot County D. Aroostook, Piscataquis, and Somerset counties

What is a ‘County Seat’? Which city is the County Seat of Aroostook County?

A. The head city of a county, where the A. Paris county government is located. B. Houlton B. The smallest town of a county. C. Kittery C. The last town formed in a county. D. Ho Chi Min City D. The throne-like chair upon which the mayor of

Skowhegan sits while watching Jeopardy.

What Maine county is the biggest in terms of What county is the second biggest in terms of physical physical size? size, but the smallest in terms of population? A. Cumberland County A. Piscataquis County B. Aroostook County B. Aroostook County C. Doowin-Timen County C. Cumberland County D. York County D. Orange County

How many counties are there in Maine today? Portland is the County Seat to what county?

A. 14 (13 during Leap Years) A. Aroostook County B. 20 B. Cumberland County C. 16 C. Mordor County D. 9 D. Penobscot County

In the early 1800s, a man learned that the Native American name for a particular place in Maine was What crop are northern Maine farmers known for? ‘Red Hill.’ What valuable metal was found there? A. Potatoes A. Platinum B. Tobacco B. Gold C. Bananas C. Iron D. Culottes D. Death Metal

Which tree did colonial Europeans love to uses as ship What is the animal shown on Maine’s State Seal? masts? A. Lobster B. Narwhal A. Cherry Tree C. Moose B. Wotchow-Forlatt Tree D. Naked Mole-Rat C. Birch Tree D. White Pine Tree

What is Maine’s state tree? What is the longest river that is entirely in Maine?

A. The Eastern White Pine A. Moose River B. The Mulberry Bush B. Kennebec River C. The Red Oak C. St. Charles River D. The Giving Tree D. Denial River

Maine had a lot of tanneries during the 1800s and What is the highest mountain in Maine? early 1900s. What ingredient for making leather does Maine have in abundance? A. Mt. Saint Helens B. Mt. Katahdin A. Oak, Fir, and Hemlock bark C. Big Rock Candy Mountain B. Lobster Shells D. Bradbury Mountain C. Sugar Cane D. Pixie Dust

Which kind of animal was an important resource for What is the largest lake in Maine? early Mainers?

A. East Grand (Schoodic) Lake A. Wild Cats B. Sebago Lake B. Fish C. Moosehead Lake. C. Buffalo D. Red #40 Lake D. Llamas

During the Colonial Era, which two European Why did wealthy people from New York and Boston countries were particularly interested in territory in want to come to Maine during the summers in the present-day Maine? 1800s and 1900s? A. The Portuguese and the Lizard People A. To avoid the heat and disease in cities B. The British and the Spanish B. To grow coffee and cocoa beans C. The French and the British C. To celebrate Independence Day D. The Dutch and the French D. To visit Funtown

What part of Maine did European Colonists settle What does “Dirigo,” Maine’s state motto, mean? first? A. The “High Lands” A. “To Kill” B. The Portland Sewers B. “To Stumble” C. The Coastal Areas C. “To Sail” D. The Longfellow Mountains D. “To Lead”

Who was the European ruler who proposed a What was Portland called in the 1700s? compromise for the U.S. and Canada (Great Britain) during the border dispute of the 1830s & 40s? A. Rumsey

A. King of the Netherlands B. Falmouth B. King of the Jungle C. Biddeford C. Holy Roman Emperor D. Ho Chi Min City D. King of France

What major railroad brought tourists to Maine in the What was the name of the “war” that almost happened 1800s and early 1900s? in Maine in 1842 and 1843? A. The Polar Express A. Aroostook War B. Baxter Railroad B. Allagash War C. Boston and Maine Railroad C. World War I D. Reading Railroad D. Woodisset-Gudfore War

What major event happened in Maine in 1820? What was Maine before it was a state?

A. The French won the Aroostook War. A. Territory B. The Bigfoots attacked. B. District C. Maine became a state. C. Empire D. Thomas Jefferson was elected governor. D. Volcano