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See + http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/UF00000411.jpg + or + http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/UF00000411.pdf + + + + +NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SERIES.--NO. 1. + +FIRST LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY; + +Or, Introduction to "Youth's Manual of Geography." + +By JAMES MONTEITH + +1856 + + + + +NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SERIES. + + +No. 1.--MONTEITH'S FIRST LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY, for Beginners. + +No. 2.--MONTEITH'S YOUTH'S MANUAL OF GEOGRAPHY, for Junior +and Intermediate Classes. + +No. 3.--McNALLY'S SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY, for Advanced Classes in +Schools, Academies, and Seminaries. + + * * * * * + +The above Books, which are written by Practical Teachers, constitute the +most complete GEOGRAPHICAL SCHOOL SERIES extant; and they are so adapted +to each other, that the learner advances from one to the other with +satisfaction and success. + +A.S. BARNES & CO. + + + + + +PREFACE + + +It is evident, that to secure a complete system of teaching Geography in +our Schools, there should be at least three grades of Text-books; namely, +INTRODUCTORY, INTERMEDIATE, and ADVANCED. As the necessity for a Geography +more introductory in its character than those now in use has been +long felt, the Author would respectfully solicit the notice of his +fellow-teachers to this little work. + +Its plan is such, that the subject is presented in the most simple form. + +It treats of GENERAL FEATURES, such as the locality and description of +Continents, Countries, States, Rivers, Mountains, &c., without dwelling +prematurely upon the minute details that embarrass the learner in his first +effort. + +The EXERCISES are arranged in Question and Answer. + +The MAPS are free from all meridians, parallels of latitude, and any +superabundance of names; thereby giving a greater prominence to the general +divisions of land and water. + + + + +CONTENTS. + + +DEFINITIONS. + + +MAP OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. + +MAP OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE. + +MAP OF NORTH AMERICA. + +MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. + +MAP OF THE EASTERN STATES. + +MAP OF THE MIDDLE STATES. + +MAP OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. + +MAP OF THE WESTERN STATES. + +MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA. + +MAP OF EUROPE. + +MAP OF ASIA. + +MAP OF AFRICA. + +[Illustration: Excelsior.] + +HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA. + +HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. + +HISTORY OF THE EASTERN STATES. + +HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE STATES. + +HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. + +HISTORY OF THE WESTERN STATES. + +HISTORY OF SOUTH AMERICA. + +HISTORY OF EUROPE. + +HISTORY OF ASIA. + +HISTORY OF AFRICA. + + + + +FIRST LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY. + +[Illustration: Going to School.] + +LESSON I. + + +Q. What is Geography? + +A. A description of the Earth's surface. + + +Q. What is the Earth? + +A. The planet or body on which we live. + + +Q. What is the shape of the Earth? + +A. Round, like a ball. + + +Q. Of what is the Earth composed? + +A. Land and Water. + + + + +LESSON II. + + +Q. What is a Continent? + +A. The largest division of the land. + + +Q. How many Continents are there? + +A. Two; the Eastern and the Western. + + +Q. On which Continent do we live? + +A. On the Western Continent. + + +Q. What are the divisions of the Western Continent? + +A. North America and South America. + + +[Illustration: Map of the World.] + + +Q. What are the divisions of the Eastern Continent? + +A. Europe, Asia, and Africa. + + +Q. What is an Ocean? + +A. The largest division of the water. + + +Q. How many Oceans are there? + +A. Five; Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern or Antarctic, Northern or +Arctic. + + + + +LESSON III. + + +Q. Which is the largest Ocean? + +A. The Pacific Ocean. + + +Q. What is an Island? + +A. A portion of land _entirely_ surrounded by water. + + +Q. What is a Peninsula? + +A. A portion of land _almost_ surrounded by water. + + +[Illustration: The Earth.] + + +Q. What is a Lake? + +A. A body of water almost surrounded by land. + + +Q. What is an Isthmus? + +A. A neck joining two larger portions of land. + + +Q. What is a Strait? + +A. A passage connecting two larger bodies of water. + + + + +LESSON IV. + + +Q. What is a Cape? + +A. A point of land extending into the water. + + +Q. What is a Mountain? + +A. A vast elevation of land. + + +Q. What is a Hill? + +A. A small elevation of land. + + +[Illustration: Studying Geography.] + + +Q. What is a Volcano? + +A. A mountain which sends out fire, smoke, and lava. + + +Q. What is a Valley? + +A. The low land between hills or mountains. + + +Q. What is a Plain? + +A. A level tract of land. + + +Q. What is a Desert? + +A. A barren region of country. + + + + +LESSON V. + + +Q. What is a Sea? + +A. The division of water, the next in size to an ocean. + + +Q. What is a Gulf or Bay? + +A. A body of water extending into the land. + + +Q. What is a River? + +A. A stream of water flowing through the land. + + +[Illustration: A River. A Windmill.] + + +Q. By what are Rivers formed? + +A. By Springs. + + +Q. What is a Spring? + +A. Water flowing from the ground. + + +Q. What are Small Streams called? + +A. Brooks and Creeks. + + + + +LESSON VI. + + +Q. Who governs an Empire? + +A. An Emperor. + + +Q. Who governs a Kingdom? + +A. A King or a Queen. + + +Q. Who governs a Republic? + +A. Men elected by the People. + + +[Illustration: A Caravan crossing a Desert.] + + +Q. Which is the largest Empire in the world? + +A. Russia. + + +Q. Which is the largest Kingdom in the world? + +A. Great Britain. + + +Q. Which is the largest Republic in the world? + +A. The United States. + + + + +LESSON VII. + + +[Illustration: {Map created for questions in the lesson.}] + + +Q. What is a Map? + +A. A picture of the whole, or a part, of the Earth's Surface. + + +Q. What are the directions on a Map? + +A. Toward the top, North; toward the bottom, South; to the right, East; to +the left, West. + + +Q. In what direction from the centre of the picture is the Island? + +A. North. + + +Q. In what direction is the Volcano? The Cape? + + +Q. The Bay? The Lake? The Strait? The Mountains? + + +Q. The Isthmus? + + +Q. What is in the East? In the West? In the South? In the North? In the +Northwest? In the Southeast? In the Northeast? In the Southwest? + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.] + + +LESSON VIII. + + +Q. In what Division of the Earth do we live? + +A. In North America. + + +Q. What Division south of North America? + +A. South America. + + +Q. When you look at the rising Sun, what Ocean is before you? + +A. Atlantic Ocean. + + +Q. Where does the Sun rise? + +A. In the East. + + +Q. Where, then, is the Atlantic Ocean? + +A. East of America. + + +Q. When you look at the setting Sun, what Ocean is before you? + +A. Pacific Ocean. + + +Q. Where does the Sun set? + +A. In the West. + + +Q. Where is the Pacific Ocean? + +A. West of America. + + +Q. What Ocean north of America? + +A. Northern Ocean. + + + + +LESSON IX. + + +Q. What Ocean south of America? + +A. Southern Ocean. + + +Q. What Isthmus joins South America to North America? + +A. Isthmus of Darien. + + +Q. Which is the most northern Country of North America? + +A. Greenland. + + +Q. What Bay west of Greenland? + +A. Baffin's Bay + + +Q. Do you live in North America or in South America? + + +Q. What Ocean east of America? + + +Q. What Ocean west of America? + + +Q. Where is the Northern Ocean? + + +Q. Where is the Southern Ocean? + + +Q. In what Ocean are the Sandwich Islands? + + +Q. In what Ocean are the Cape Verd Islands? + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE.] + + +LESSON X. + + +Q. What are the Divisions of the Eastern Continent? + +A. Europe, Asia, and Africa. + + +Q. Which is the largest? + +A. Asia. + + +Q. Which is the smallest? + +A. Europe. + + +Q. Which is furthest to the right, or east? + +A. Asia. + + +Q. Which is furthest south? + +A. Africa. + + +Q. What Ocean east of Asia? + +A. Pacific Ocean. + + +Q. What Ocean south of Asia? + +A. Indian Ocean. + + +Q. What Ocean west of Africa? + +A. Atlantic Ocean. + + +Q. What Sea south of Europe? + +A. Mediterranean Sea. + + + + +LESSON XI + + +Q. What Sea east of Africa? + +A. Red Sea. + + +Q. What Cape in the south of Africa? + +A. Cape of Good Hope. + + +Q. What Division of the Earth is composed of Islands? + +A. Oceanica. + + +Q. Which is the largest Island in the World? + +A. Australia. + + +Q. What Oceans do you find on the Eastern Hemisphere? + + +Q. What Division between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans? + + +Q. What Division west of Asia? + + +Q. What Division south of Europe? + + +Q. Between what Divisions is the Mediterranean Sea? + + +Q. Between what is the Red Sea? + + +Q. Where is the Cape of Good Hope? + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF NORTH AMERICA.] + + +LESSON XII. + + +Q. What three Oceans around North America? + +A. Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific. + + +Q. What Country furthest north? + +A. Greenland. + + +Q. What Country furthest south? + +A. Central America. + + +Q. In what Country do we live? + +A. In the United States. + + +Q. What Country north of the United States? + +A. British America. + + +Q. What Country south of the United States? + +A. Mexico. + + +Q. What Country in the northwest? + +A. Russian America. + + +Q. What Peninsula in the south? + +A. Yucatan. + + + + +LESSON XIII. + + +Q. Between what two Oceans is the United States? + +A. Atlantic and Pacific. + + +Q. What Bay west of Greenland? + +A. Baffin's Bay. + + +Q. What Bay in British America? + +A. Hudson's Bay. + + +Q. What large Sea southeast of North America? + +A. Caribbean Sea. + + +Q. Which are the largest two Countries of North America? + + +Q. Between what two Countries is the United States? + + +Q. In what Country is Hudson's Bay? + + +Q. Between what two Countries is Baffin's Bay? + + +Q. What large Island southeast of the United States? + + +Q. Where is Cape Farewell? + + + + +LESSON XIV. + + +Q. What large Gulf south of the United States? + +A. Gulf of Mexico. + + +Q. Where is the Gulf of Mexico? + +A. South of the United States. + + +Q. What two great Rivers in the United States? + +A. Mississippi and Missouri. + + +[Illustration: Icebergs near Greenland.] + + +Q. What Mountains in the western part of N. America? + +A. Rocky Mountains. + + +Q. Where are the Rocky Mountains? + +A. In the western part of N. America + + +Q. What Island east of Greenland? + +A. Iceland. + + +Q. Where is Iceland? + + + + +LESSON XV. + +NORTH AMERICA. + + +Q. By whom was America discovered? + +A. By Columbus; about 360 years ago. + + +Q. What kind of People did he find here? + +A. Dark-colored Savages. + + +Q. What did Columbus name them? + +A. Indians. + + +[Illustration: Columbus discovering America.] + + +Q. After whom was America named? + +A. A man named Americus. + + +Q. What can you say of the Northern part of N. America? + +A. It is very cold. + + +Q. What of the Southern part of N. America? + +A. It is very warm. + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF THE UNITED STATES.] + + +LESSON XVI. + + +Q. How many States are there? 31. + + +Q. How are they divided? + +A. Into Eastern, Middle, Western, and Southern States. + + +Q. Which is the largest State? + +A. Texas. + + +Q. Which is the smallest State? + +A. Rhode Island. + + +Q. What State on the Pacific? + +A. California. + + +Q. What State in the north, almost surrounded by Lakes? + +A. Michigan. + + +Q. Which is the largest of these Lakes? + +A. Lake Superior. + + +Q. What Lake east of Michigan? + +A. Lake Huron. + + +Q. What Lake west of Michigan? + +A. Lake Michigan. + + +Q. What River west of Texas? + +A. Rio Grande. + + + + +LESSON XVII. + + +Q. What large River flows south into the Gulf of Mexico? + +A. Mississippi River. + + +Q. What large Rivers flow into the Mississippi? + +A. Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas, and Red. + + +Q. What River between Texas and Mexico? + +A. Rio Grande. + + +Q. What Ocean east of the United States? + + +Q. What Ocean west? + + +Q. What Country south? + + +Q. What Gulf south? + + +Q. In what State do you live? + + +Q. What States touch your State? + + +Q. Where is Lake Superior? + + +Q. What Lake in Utah? + + +Q. Into what does the Ohio flow? + + + + +LESSON XVIII. + + +Q. Which State is furthest northeast? + +A. Maine. + + +Q. Where is Maine? + +A. In the northeastern part of the United States. + + +Q. Which State is furthest south? + +A. Florida. + + +[Illustration: Locomotive. Telegraph. Steamship.] + + +Q. Between what Ocean and Gulf is Florida? + + +Q. What State is furthest west? + +A. California. + + +Q. Where is California? + + +Q. What States touch the Mississippi River? + + +Q. What States touch the Gulf of Mexico? + + +Q. How many Territories are there? + +A. Eight. + + +Q. Which is the largest Territory? + +A. Nebraska. + + + + +LESSON XIX. + +THE UNITED STATES. + + +Q. What are the people of the United States called? + +A. Americans. + + +Q. Who governed this Country about 80 years ago? + +A. The King of England. + + +Q. How did the Americans obtain their freedom? + +A. By a war which lasted nearly eight years. + + +[Illustration: Settlers attacked by Indians.] + + +Q. What great man led the American army? + +A. George Washington, who became the first President. + + +Q. How has this Country increased? + +A. From 13 to 31 States. + + +Q. What troubles had the settlers of this Country? + +A. Many were murdered by the Indians. + + + + +LESSON XX. + +CAPITALS. + + +CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES, + +WASHINGTON, on the Potomac River. + + +EASTERN STATES. + + States. Capitals. Situation. + +MAINE, Augusta, on the Kennebec. + +NEW HAMPSHIRE, Concord, on the Merrimac. + +VERMONT, Montpelier, on the Onion. + +MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, on the Boston Harbor. + +RHODE ISLAND, Providence, on the Providence Bay. + Newport, on the Rhode Island. + +CONNECTICUT,* Hartford, on the Connecticut. + New Haven, on the New Haven Bay. + + * kon-net'e-kut. + + + + +LESSON XXI. + +MIDDLE STATES. + + + States. Capitals. Situation. + +NEW YORK, Albany, on the Hudson. + +NEW JERSEY, Trenton, on the Delaware. + +PENNSYLVANIA, Harrisburg, on the Susquehanna. + +DELAWARE, Dover, on the Jones' Creek. + + + + + +LESSON XXII. + +SOUTHERN STATES. + + + States. Capitals. Situation. + +MARYLAND, Annapolis, on the Severn. + +VIRGINIA, Richmond, on the James. + +NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, near the Neuse. + +SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, on the Congaree. + +GEORGIA, Milledgeville, on the Oconee. + +FLORIDA, Tallahassee, Inland. + +ALABAMA, Montgomery, on the Alabama. + +MISSISSIPPI, Jackson, on the Pearl. + +LOUISIANA, Baton Rouge,* on the Mississippi. + +TEXAS, Austin, on the Colorado. + + * bat' on-roozh. + + + + +LESSON XXIII. + +WESTERN STATES. + + + States. Capitals. Situation. + +ARKANSAS, Little Rock, on the Arkansas. + +TENNESSEE, Nashville, on the Cumberland. + +KENTUCKY, Frankfort, on the Kentucky. + +OHIO, Columbus, on the Sciota. + +MICHIGAN, Lansing, on the Grand. + +INDIANA, Indianapolis, on the West Fork of the White. + +ILLINOIS,(oy) Springfield, near the Sangamon.* + +WISCONSIN, Madison, on the Fourth Lake. + +IOWA, Iowa City, on the Iowa. + +MISSOURI, Jefferson City, on the Missouri. + +CALIFORNIA, Sacramento, on the Sacramento. + + * sang'ga-mon. + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF THE EASTERN STATES.] + + +LESSON XXIV. + + +Q. How many Eastern States are there? + +A. Six. + + +Q. What two States north of Massachusetts? + +A. New Hampshire and Vermont. + + +Q. What two States south of Massachusetts? + +A. Connecticut and Rhode Island. + + +Q. What State west? + +A. New York. + + +Q. What large River between Vermont and New Hampshire? + +A. Connecticut River. + + +Q. Through what States does it flow? + +A. Massachusetts and Connecticut. + + +Q. What Rivers in Maine? + +A. Kennebec and Penobscot. + + +Q. What River in New Hampshire? + +A. Merrimac River. + + + + +LESSON XXV. + + +Q. Through what other State does the Merrimac flow? + +A. Massachusetts. + + +Q. What Mountains in Vermont? + +A. Green Mountains. + + +Q. Where are the White Mountains? + +A. In New Hampshire. + + +Q. What large Sound south of Connecticut? + +A. Long Island Sound + + +Q. Name the Eastern States. + + +Q. Which is the largest? + + +Q. Which is the smallest? + + +Q. Where are the Green Mountains? + + +Q. What large River flows into Long Island Sound? + + +Q. What Cape in the eastern part of Massachusetts? + + +Q. What three Rivers flow into the Atlantic Ocean? + + +Q. Describe the Connecticut River. + + + + +LESSON XXVI. + + +Q. What Country north of the Eastern States? + +A. Canada. + + +Q. What State west? + +A. New York. + + +Q. What large Island south of Connecticut? + +A. Long Island. + + +[Illustration: Canal. Factories. Cattle.] + + +Q. Where is Long Island? + +A. South of Connecticut. + + +Q. What Lake between Vermont and New York? + +A. Lake Champlain. + + +Q. Where is Lake Champlain? + +A. Between Vermont and New York. + + + + +LESSON XXVII. + +EASTERN STATES. + + +Q. What are these six States together called? + +A. New England. + + +Q. Who first came to New England? + +A. People from England, called Puritans. + + +Q. For what are some of these States noted? + +A. For Woolen and Cotton Manufactures. + + +[Illustration: Lumber of Maine.] + + +Q. What is obtained from Maine? + +A. Lumber. + + +Q. For what animals is Vermont noted? + +A. For Sheep. + + +Q. Which is the largest City in New England? + +A. Boston. + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF THE MIDDLE STATES.] + + +LESSON XXVIII. + + +Q. How many Middle States are there? + +A. Four. + + +Q. Which is the largest? + +A. New York. + + +Q. Which is next in size? + +A. Pennsylvania. + + +Q. Which is the next? + +A. New Jersey. + + +Q. Which is the smallest? + +A. Delaware. + + +Q. What Country north of New York? + +A. Canada. + + +Q. What two Lakes on the west? + +A. Ontario and Erie. + + +Q. What two large Rivers in the eastern part of New York? + +A. Hudson and Mohawk. + + +Q. What large River in the western part of New York? + +A. Genesee River. + + + + +LESSON XXIX. + + +Q. What large River flows through Pennsylvania? + +A. Susquehanna River. + + +Q. What large River flows northeast from Lake Ontario? + +A. St. Lawrence River. + + +Q. What Mountains in New York? + +A. Catskill and Highlands. + + +Q. What large City in New York? + +A. New York. + + +Q. Name the Middle States. + + +Q. What States south of New York? + + +Q. What States east of New York? + + +Q. Where is Lake Erie? + + +Q. Where is Lake Ontario? + + +Q. Where is the Hudson River? + + +Q. Where is the St. Lawrence? + + +Q. Into what Lake does the Genesee River flow? + + +Q. What Lake northeast of New York? + + + + +LESSON XXX. + + +Q. What River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey? + +A. Delaware River. + + +Q. Where is the Delaware River? + +A. Between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. + + +Q. What Bay between New Jersey and Delaware? + +A. Delaware Bay. + + +[Illustration: Train of cars in full speed.] + + +Q. Where is the Delaware Bay? + +A. Between New Jersey and Delaware. + + +Q. What large Bay in Maryland? + +A. Chesapeake Bay. + + +Q. What Mountains in Pennsylvania? + +A. Alleghany and Blue Ridge. + + + + +LESSON XXXI. + +THE MIDDLE STATES. + + +Q. For what are the Middle States noted? + +A. For Canals and Railroads. + + +Q. What Waterfall between Lakes Erie and Ontario? + +A. Niagara Falls. + + +Q. What do we get from Pennsylvania? + +A. Coal and Iron. + + +[Illustration: Coal Mines.] + + +Q. What does the word Pennsylvania mean? + +A. Penn's Woods. + + +Q. Who was William Penn? + +A. A Quaker from England, who was good and just to the Indians. + + +Q. Which is the largest City in Pennsylvania? + +A. Philadelphia. + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF THE SOUTHERN STATES.] + + +LESSON XXXII. + + +Q. How many Southern States are there? + +A. Ten. + + +Q. Which is the largest? + +A. Texas. + + +Q. Which is furthest south? + +A. Florida. + + +Q. What division of land is Florida? + +A. A Peninsula. + + +Q. What Island south of Florida? + +A. Cuba. + + +Q. What States north of Florida? + +A. Georgia and Alabama. + + +Q. What River touches Virginia? + +A. Ohio River. + + +Q. What River flows through the northern part of Alabama? + +A. Tennessee River. + + +Q. Into what River does the Tennessee flow? + +A. Into the Ohio River. + + + + +LESSON XXXIII. + + +Q. What State east of Maryland? + +A. Delaware. + + +Q. What State west of North Carolina? + +A. Tennessee. + + +Q. What River between South Carolina and Georgia? + +A. Savannah River. + + +Q. Into what does it flow? + +A. Into the Atlantic Ocean. + + +Q. Name the Southern States. + + +Q. Name the States that touch the Atlantic Ocean. + + +Q. Name the States that touch the Gulf of Mexico. + + +Q. What two Southern States touch the Mississippi River? + + +Q. Between what Ocean and Gulf is Florida? + + +Q. Where is Cape Sable? + + + + +LESSON XXXIV. + + +Q. What Mountains in the Southern States? + +A. Cumberland, Alleghany, and Blue Ridge. + + +Q. What large Island south of Florida? + +A. Cuba. + + +Q. Where is Cuba? + +A. South of Florida. + + +[Illustration: Sugar. Tobacco. Cotton.] + + +Q. What Strait between Florida and Cuba? + +A. Florida Strait. + + +Q. Where is Florida Strait? + +A. Between Florida and Cuba. + + +Q. What Ocean and Gulf does it connect? + +A. Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. + + + + +LESSON XXXV. + +THE SOUTHERN STATES. + + +Q. What is the Climate of the Southern States? + +A. Warm. + + +Q. What do the Planters of the Southern States own? + +A. Large plantations cultivated by slaves. + + +Q. What are raised on these plantations? + +A. Sugar, Tobacco, and Cotton. + + +[Illustration: Catching Wild Horses with the Lasso.] + + +Q. From what State does most of the Sugar come? + +A. Louisiana. + + +Q. What Presidents were born in Virginia? + +A. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Harrison, and Taylor. + + +Q. How are wild horses caught? + +A. By means of a leather rope called a Lasso. + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF THE WESTERN STATES.] + + +LESSON XXXVI. + + +Q. How many Western States are there? + +A. Eleven. + + +Q. What two are furthest north? + +A. Michigan and Wisconsin. + + +Q. What three lie on the west side of the Mississippi River? + +A. Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas. + + +Q. What three lie on the north side of the Ohio River? + +A. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. + + +Q. What two south of the Ohio? + +A. Kentucky and Tennessee. + + +Q. What Lake north of Michigan? + +A. Lake Superior. + + +Q. What Lake east of Michigan? + +A. Lake Huron. + + +Q. What Lake west of Michigan? + +A. Lake Michigan. + + +Q. What Lake north of Ohio? + +A. Lake Erie. + + + + +LESSON XXXVII. + + +Q. What Western State does not appear on this map? + +A. California. + + +Q. What four great Rivers flow through the Western States? + +A. Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, and Arkansas. + + +Q. In what direction do nearly all the Rivers in +the Western States flow? + +A. Toward the Mississippi. + + +Q. Name the Western States. + + +Q. What four large Lakes touch the Western States? + + +Q. Name the largest four Rivers in the Western States. + + +Q. What River in Ohio? + + +Q. What River between Indiana and Illinois? + + +Q. What States south of Tennessee? + + +Q. What State east of Kentucky? + + + + +LESSON XXXVIII. + + +Q. What River in Wisconsin? + +A. Wisconsin River. + + +Q. What River in Iowa? + +A. Iowa River. + + +Q. What River flows through Missouri? + +A. Missouri River. + + +[ILLUSTRATION: Western Steamboat.] + + +Q. What River flows through Arkansas? + +A. Arkansas River. + + +Q. What River flows through Tennessee? + +A. Tennessee River. + + +Q. What River in Illinois? + +A. Illinois River. + + +Q. Where do they all empty? + +A. All except the Tennessee empty into the Mississippi. + + + + +LESSON XXXIX. + +THE WESTERN STATES. + + +Q. What grow in the Western States? + +A. Corn, Wheat, Rye, and Fruit. + + +Q. For what are the Western States noted? + +A. For fine Rivers and Steamboats. + + +Q. Which of the Western States is noted for Gold? + +A. California. + + +[Illustration: Indians in their Canoes conducting Travellers over Rapids.] + + +Q. Where do the Indians of the United States mostly live? + +A. In the Western Territories. + + +Q. What are many of the Indians? + +A. Good farmers and quiet people. + + +Q. In what are some of them very expert? + +A. In conducting travellers past dangerous places. + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA.] + + +LESSON XL. + + +Q. What natural division of land is South America? + +A. A Peninsula. + + +Q. What Division of the Earth is north of South America? + +A. North America. + + +Q. What Ocean east? + +A. Atlantic Ocean. + + +Q. What Ocean west? + +A. Pacific Ocean. + + +Q. What Sea north? + +A. Caribbean Sea. + + +Q. Which is the largest River in South America? + +A. Amazon River. + + +Q. How long is the Amazon? + +A. Four thousand miles. + + +Q. What River further north than the Amazon? + +A. Orinoco River. + + + + +LESSON XLI + + +Q. What River in the southeast? + +A. La Plata River. + + +Q. Into what do these Rivers flow? + +A. Into the Atlantic Ocean. + + +Q. What great chain of Mountains in the west? + +A. Andes Mountains. + + +Q. Which is the largest Country of South America? + +A. Brazil. + + +Q. Between what two Oceans is South America? + + +Q. Where is the Caribbean Sea? + + +Q. Where are the West Indies? + + +Q. Where are the Andes? + + +Q. What three large Rivers in South America? + + +Q. Name all the Countries of South America. + + +Q. What three in the north? + + + + +LESSON XLII. + + +Q. What Isthmus joins North and South America? + +A. Isthmus of Darien. + + +Q. What Islands north of South America? + +A. West Indies. + + +Q. Which is the most southern Country of South America? + +A. Patagonia. + + +[Illustration: Travellers, with their Mules, crossing a Stream.] + + +Q. What Strait south of Patagonia? + +A. Strait of Magellan. + + +Q. What is the southern Cape of South America? + +A. Cape Horn. + + +Q. What two Oceans meet there? + +A. Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. + + + + +LESSON XLIII. + +SOUTH AMERICA. + + +Q. For what is South America noted? + +A. For the largest rivers and longest mountain-chain in the world. + + +Q. What can you say of the Andes Mountains? + +A. The tops of some are continually covered with ice and snow; while at +the foot of the mountains, the heat is very great. + + +[Illustration: Dangers in travelling over the Andes.] + + +Q. What careful animal is used in crossing the Mountains? + +A. The Mule. + + +Q. What if the mule should lose his foothold? + +A. Both mule and rider might fall and perish. + + +Q. What take place in South America? + +A. Earthquakes. + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF EUROPE.] + + +LESSON XLIV. + + +Q. What Ocean north of Europe? + +A. Arctic Ocean. + + +Q. What Ocean west of Europe? + +A. Atlantic Ocean. + + +Q. What Sea south of Europe? + +A. Mediterranean Sea. + + +Q. What is the Mediterranean Sea? + +A. The largest Sea in the world. + + +Q. What Bay west of France? + +A. Bay of Biscay. + + +Q. Which is the largest country of Europe? + +A. Russia. + + +Q. Which is the smallest? + +A. Switzerland. + + +Q. What two Countries touch Russia on the southwest? + +A. Austria and Turkey. + + +Q. What Country south of Turkey? + +A. Greece. + + + + +LESSON XLV. + + +Q. What two Countries west of the North Sea? + +A. England and Scotland. + + +Q. What Country west of England? + +A. Ireland. + + +Q. What Country south of England? + +A. France. + + +Q. What Country south of France? + +A. Spain. + + +Q. What two Oceans touch Europe? + + +Q. What five large Seas do you find on the map of Europe? + + +Q. What four Rivers? + + +Q. What Strait connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic? + + +Q. What Cape in the north of Europe? + + +Q. What Gulf east of Italy? + + +Q. Where is the White Sea? + + + + +LESSON XLVI. + + +Q. What Sea north of Prussia? + +A. Baltic Sea. + + +Q. What large Sea south of Russia? + +A. Black Sea. + + +Q. What large River runs through Austria and Turkey? + +A. Danube River. + + +[Illustration: Sleighing in Russia.] + + +Q. What Mountains between France and Spain? + +A. Pyrenees Mountains. + + +Q. What large Island west of Norway? + +A. Iceland. + + +Q. What Island south of Italy? + +A. Sicily. + + + + +LESSON XLVII. + +EUROPE. + + +Q. Which, are the most powerful Countries in Europe? + +A. Great Britain, France, and Russia. + + +Q. What great General, a few years ago, led the most powerful army in +the world? + +A. Napoleon Bonaparte. + + +Q. Where was he finally overthrown? + +A. At the Battle of Waterloo, in the year 1815. + + +Q. What brave man was a Swiss? + +A. William Tell. + + +Q. What remarkable building in Italy? + +A. The Leaning Tower. + + +[Illustration: Leaning Tower in Italy.] + + +Q. What law in Prussia about attending school? + +A. Every boy and girl is obliged to attend school regularly. + + +Q. What can you say of the northern part of Europe? + +A. It is so cold, that there is good sleighing all the year. + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF ASIA.] + + +LESSON XLVIII + + +Q. What can you say of the size of Asia? + +A. It is the largest Grand Division of the Earth. + + +Q. What Ocean north of Asia? + +A. Arctic Ocean. + + +Q. What Ocean east? + +A. Pacific Ocean. + + +Q. What Ocean south? + +A. Indian Ocean. + + +Q. What Sea south of Asia? + +A. Arabian Sea. + + +Q. What Bay south of Asia? + +A. Bay of Bengal. + + +Q. What four Seas east of Asia? + +A. China, Yellow, Japan and Ochotsk. + + +Q. What Sea between Arabia and Africa? + +A. Red Sea + + + + +LESSON XLIX. + + +Q. What Division of the Earth is west of Asia? + +A. Europe. + + +Q. What Division southwest? + +A. Africa. + + +Q. What large Country in the northern part of Asia? + +A. Siberia. + + +Q. What Empire in the east? + +A. Chinese Empire. + + +Q. What three Oceans touch Asia? + + +Q. What two Seas between Asia and Europe? + + +Q. What Sea between Asia and Africa + + +Q. What two countries of Asia are furthest north? + + +Q. Between what two Countries is the Persian Gulf? + + +Q. What Cape in the north of Asia? + + + + +LESSON L. + + +Q. What country in the southeastern part of the Chinese Empire? + +A. China. + + +Q. What Country between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal? + +A. Hindoostan. + + +Q. What Country in Asia is furthest southwest? + +A. Arabia. + + +[Illustration: The Great Wall of China.] + + +Q. What Mountains between Asia and Europe? + +A. Ural Mountains. + + +Q. What large Island south of China Sea? + +A. Borneo. + + +Q. What large Island southeast of Borneo? + +A. Australia. + + + + +LESSON LI. + +ASIA. + + +Q. What Division of the Earth was first inhabited? + +A. Asia. + + +Q. Who first lived in Asia? + +A. Adam and Eve. + + +Q. What is the color of the Asiatics? + +A. Yellow. + + +[Illustration: Camels in a Desert.] + + +Q. What do many worship? + +A. Idols. + + +Q. For what purpose did the Chinese build the Great Wall? + +A. To defend themselves from their enemies. + + +Q. What animal is very useful in crossing the Deserts? + +A. The Camel. + + + + +[Illustration: MAP OF AFRICA.] + + +Lesson LII. + + +Q. What Division of land is Africa? + +A. A Peninsula. + + +Q. Between what two Oceans is Africa? + +A. Atlantic and Indian. + + +Q. What Division of the Earth north of Africa 2 + +A. Europe. + + +Q. What Sea north of Africa? + +A. Mediterranean Sea. + + +Q. What Division of the Earth northeast of Africa? + +A. Asia. + + +Q. What Sea east of Africa? + +A. Red Sea. + + +Q. What Gulf west of Africa? + +A. Gulf of Guinea. + + +Q. What large Island southeast of Africa? + +A. Madagascar. + + + + +LESSON LIII. + + +Q. What Country in the northeastern part of Africa? + +A. Egypt. + + +Q. What Country south of Egypt? + +A. Nubia. + + +Q. What Country south of Nubia? + +A. Abyssinia. + + +Q. Which are the largest two Rivers in Africa? + +A. Nile and Niger + + +Q. With what Ocean is the Mediterranean Sea connected? + + +Q. With what Ocean is the Red Sea connected? + + +Q. What three Countries of Africa touch the Red Sea? + + +Q. What large River flows into the Mediterranean Sea? + + +Q. What large River flows into the Gulf of Guinea? + + +Q. On which side of Africa is Guinea? + + + + +LESSON LIV. + + +Q. What Desert in the northern part of Africa? + +A. Sahara, or Great Desert. + + +Q. What Mountains in the centre? + +A. Mountains of the Moon. + + +Q. What Isthmus joins Africa with Asia? + +A. Isthmus of Suez. + + +[Illustration: A Traveller attacked by a Crocodile.] + + +Q. What Country in Europe is nearest Africa? + +A. Spain. + + +Q. What Strait between Africa and Spain? + +A. Strait of Gibraltar. + + +Q. What Cape in the southern part of Africa? + +A. Cape of Good Hope. + + + + +LESSON LV. + + +Q. What is Africa? + +A. The warmest Division of the Earth. + + +Q. What animals are found in Africa? + +A. Elephants, Lions, and Leopards. + + +Q. What dangerous reptiles in Africa? + +A. Serpents and Crocodiles. + + +[Illustration: A Sand Storm in the Desert.] + + +Q. What is a great part of Africa? + +A. A Desert, or vast Sandy Plain. + + +Q. How do men cross the Desert? + +A. In large companies, called Caravans. + + +Q. What storms sometimes overtake Caravans? + +A. Storms of scorching sand, raised by the wind. + + + + +RECAPITULATION. + + +OCEANS. + + Where is? + + Pacific Ocean West of America. + + Atlantic Ocean East of America. + + Northern Ocean North of North America. + + Southern Ocean South of South America. + + Indian Ocean South of Asia. + + +RIVERS. + + Where is? + + Amazon In the northern part of S. America. + + Mississippi In the United States. + + Missouri In the United States. + + Ohio In the United States. + + Arkansas In the United States. + + Connecticut In the United States. + + Hudson In the Eastern States. + + Susquehanna Runs through Pennsylvania. + + Delaware Between Pennsylvania and Delaware. + + Volga In Russia. + + Danube Runs through Austria and Turkey. + + Nile In the northeastern part of Africa. + + +SEAS + + Where is? + + Mediterranean Sea Between Europe and Africa. + + Black and Caspian Between Europe and Asia. + + North Sea West of Europe. + + Baltic Sea West of Russia. + + Caribbean Sea North of South America. + + Arabian Sea South of Asia. + + China Sea South of China. + + Red Sea Between Africa and Asia. + + +GULFS AND BAYS + + Where is? + + Baffin's Bay West of Greenland. + + Hudson's Bay In British America. + + Gulf of Mexico South of the United States. + + Bay of Biscay West of France. + + Gulf of Guinea West of Africa. + + Chesapeake Bay In Maryland. + + Delaware Bay Between New Jersey and Delaware. + + +LAKES + + Where is? + + Lake Superior North of the United States. + + Lake Michigan In the northern part of the United States. + + Lake Erie North of the United States. + + Lake Ontario North of the United States. + + +MOUNTAINS. + + Where are? + + Rocky In the western part of N. 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