Northeast States and Capitals

4th Grade Social StudiesStates and Capitals3 pages

About this worksheet

This 3-page 4th grade social studies worksheet is about the eleven Northeast states. In Part 1, students write the letter of each capital next to its state in a table, matching Augusta to Maine, Albany to New York and Annapolis to Maryland, among others. Part 2 has four short questions on the region: the capital that is also its state's largest city, the state whose capital is Albany, the capital that starts with the same letter as its state, and two states on the Atlantic Ocean. Page 3 is the answer key.

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Northeast States and Capitals: States and Capitals - page 3

Curriculum objectives covered

“Name the capital city of each state in the Northeast region.”

All 11 matches in Part 1, plus question 2 on Albany.

“Use what you know about the region to answer questions about its states and capitals.”

Part 2 questions 1 and 3 ask students to compare capitals with their states.

“Say which states border the Atlantic Ocean.”

Question 4 asks for two Northeast states on the coast.

What's inside this worksheet

Match the States and Capitals

A table lists Maine through Maryland, numbered 1 to 11, beside capitals lettered A to K in a mixed-up order. Students write the matching letter in the middle column.

Northeast Capital Questions

Four questions, each with two writing lines. Students name the capital that is also its state's largest city, say which state has Albany, find the capital that shares its state's first letter, and name two Northeast states on the Atlantic coast. A photo of a lighthouse on a rocky shore sits at the bottom.

Answers

Part 1 gives each letter with its capital in brackets. Part 2 accepts Boston or Providence for question 1, gives Dover, Delaware for question 3, and lists the nine Atlantic states for question 4.

How teachers use it

Before a map lesson

Hand it out once students have seen a map of the Northeast. Vermont and New Hampshire are the pair most likely to be swapped with Montpelier and Concord, so check those two rows first.

Atlantic coast follow-up

After question 4, ask students to shade every Atlantic state on a blank Northeast map. Vermont and Pennsylvania are the two states left white.

Same first letter

Question 3 has only one answer in this region, so students have to check all eleven pairs. Have them say each pair aloud, state first, as they look.

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