State Capital Cities
This is the capital city of Maine, where sculptor William Clark Noble made sure a beautiful gold statue was placed on top of the state house dome.
What is Augusta?
Located in Washington, D.C., this is the official home and workplace of the President of the United States.
What is the White House?
This famous midnight rider rode through Massachusetts to warn the colonists that the British military was marching toward Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
Maine harvests more of this delicious, sweet blue fruit than anywhere else, making it a proud symbol of the state.
What is the Blueberry?
Your Atlas Workbook shows that Maine is practically surrounded by water on three sides. This is the geographic term for that shape of land.
What is a Peninsula?
This capital city of New York is located right along the historic Hudson River.
What is Albany?
New Hampshire is famous for this legendary natural rock formation that looked like the profile of an old man's face.
What is the Old Man in the Mountain?
Rhode Island's official state bird is named after this color, which is also the color of a classic tomato.
What is the Rhode Island Red? (Chicken)
This massive body of salt water borders the entire East Coast of the United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean!
This historic city serves as the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
What is Richmond?
Located in New York, this massive, thundering waterfall sits right on the border between the United States and Canada.
What is Niagara Falls?
Because it was once covered in deep forests, this is the official tree of Vermont, which people tap to make sweet breakfast syrup.
What is the Sugar Maple?
These are the special visual symbols included on a map to show you which way is North, South, East, and West.
What is a Compass Rose?
This is the capital of Delaware, the very first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
What is Dover?
This famous bell with a large crack in it can be visited by tourists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
What is the Liberty Bell?
West Virginia's state flag features a central design showing two men: a miner and one of these wilderness workers who chops down trees.
What is a Lumberjack? (Woodcutter)
This is the specific geographic term for a narrow valley or a natural break between mountains, like the Cumberland gap in Kentucky.
What is a Pass? (Gap)
It isn't Louisville! This is the actual capital city of Kentucky.
What is Frankfort?
Located in Virginia, this is the historic plantation home of America's first president, George Washington.
What is Mount Vernon?
Connecticut's state flag features three of these climbing plants, representing the original colonies growing in New England.
What are Grapevines?
This box on a map explains what the different symbols, colors, and lines mean so you can read the map correctly.
What is a Map Key? (Legend)