YOUR NEIGHBORS (Page 7)

1.2 Million diverse population

Many nationalities

1/3 French

Least Populated state E. Of Mississippi River

12 Million tourists

Ancestors settled near coast and rivers.

Mainers are Self-sufficient (Hard working)

Maine Education (Page 9)

Large school districts

Communications (Page 9)

Radios

TV's

Newspapers

Transportation (Page 10)

21,000 miles of roads

1800 Rail road tracks

LAND OF OPPORTUNITY (P. 10)

Jobs

Harvest wood

Make Shoes (Smaller industry in 1999)

Education

Food Processing

Service jobs

Fast food

Health Care

Social work

Ship building

Textile manufacturing

Land of Opportunity Cont.

Agriculture- Growing food (Page 12)

Potatoes

Blueberries

Apples

Raising

Dairy herds

Packing sardines

Catching Lobsters

YOUR GOVERNMENT (P. 13)

Capital - Augusta

State Agencies

Dept. Of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Dept. Of Marine Resouces

Legislature

151 House of Representatives

33 members of Senate

Governor

Signs laws

Judicial System

District Court

Probate Courts

Superior Courts

Maine Supreme Judicial Court

16 Counties (Page 14)

424 Towns and Cities

700,000 registered voters

Democrats

Republicans

Independents