What great divisions are partly in the Southern Hemisphere? Aa. S.-Aa., Oa. What four regions lie nearest the North Pole ? Sn., Gd. N.-Sa., N.-Za. Nearest the South Pole? Va.-Ld., Ac.-Ct., Gs.-Ld., Es.-Ld. What navigator has sailed nearest the South Pole? A. Captain James C. Ross, in 1840. What other navigator sailed nearly as far south? Captain Ross sailed within 830 miles of the South Pole. Some navigators have gone still nearer to the North Pole: Captain Parry went within 500 miles of it, but was stopped by the ice from approaching closer. He found the sea, even in the middle of summer, covered with ice, and no signs of either birds or beasts were to be seen. 36 MAP NO. 3.- NORTH AMERICA. What Ocean bounds North America on the East? Ac. What Ocean bounds it on the West? Pc. What Ocean bounds it on the North? Ac. An Ocean is a vast body of salt water. What Sea is north of British and Russian America? Pr. What Sea between the West Indies and South America? Cn. Tell what a Sea is. Refer to Question 22, page 11. What great Gulf lies east of Mexico? Mo. What Gulf between Mexico and California? Ca. What Gulf west of Newfoundland? S.-Le. What Gulf south-east of Boothia Felix? Ba. What great Bay separates Prince William's Land from Greenland ? Bs. What great Bay is south-west of Prince William's Land? Hs. What Bay south of Hudson's Bay? Js. What Bay between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick? Fy. What two Bays on the east coast of the United States? De., Ce. What Bay east of Yucatan? Hs. What Bay west of Yucatan? Ce. What Bay cast of Guatimala? Ga. What Bay west of Alaska? Bl. What Strait between America and Asia? Bs. What does it connect? B.-By. and the A.-On. What three Straits north of Labrador? Hs., Fs., Cd. What Strait separates Newfoundland from Labrador? Be What is a Strait? 25. What two Sounds in Baffin's Bay? Ss., Ls. What Sound on the east coast of Greenland? Ds. What two Sounds in Russian America? Nn., P.-Ws. What Sound between Queen Charlotte's and Vancouver's Island. Q. Cs. What Sound north of Cape Hatteras? Ae. Describe a Sound. 26. What five Lakes are in the northern part of the United States? Sr. Mn., Hn., Ee., Oo. What river do they all flow into? S.-Le. What are the four principal Lakes in British America? Wg., Aa., G.-Se., G.-Br. What two Lakes are in the northern part of Mexico? Ts., Ba. What Lake is in the southern part of Guatimala? Na. Which are the two chies Rivers that flow into Hudson's Bay? Nn., CI. What River of the United States flows into the Pacific Ocean? Ca What River flows into the Gulf of California? Co. Which two large Rivers flow into the Gulf of Mexico? Mi., Ne. What River flows into the Gulf of St. Lawrence? S.-Le. What Peninsula is in the south part of Russian America? Aa. What Peninsula north of Hudson's Bay? Me. What Peninsula in the southern part of British America? N. Sa. What Peninsula in the southern part of the United States? Fa. What Peninsula in the western part of Mexico? Ca. What Peninsula in the eastern part of Mexico? Yn. What Island lies east of Greenland? Id. What Island west of Greenland? Do. What Island in Hudson Bay? Sn. What four Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence? Nd., Ai., C.-Br, P.-Es. What Islands east of Savannah? Bs. What Islands south-east from Florida? Ba. What Islands between North and South America? W.-Is. Which are the four largest of the West India Islands? Ca., Hi., Ja., P.-Ro. These are called the Great Antilles. Which are the two chief Islands on the west coast of the United States? Vs., Q.-Cs. Tell what Islands are. 56. Which is the most western Cape of North America? P.-Ws. Which is the most eastern Cape? Re. Which is the most southern Cape? Ga. Which is the most southern Cape of Greenland? Fl. What three Capes on the east coast of the United States? Cd., Hs., Cl. Which is the most southern Cape of the United States? Se. The most southern Cape of California? Ls. The most eastern Cape of Guatimala? G.-Ds. What is a Cape? 57. 38 What Mountains extend through the whole of North America? Ry What are they called in Mexico? M. Cs. What Mountains extend along the west coast of Mexico? Sy. What Mountains extend through the eastern part of the United States? Ay. What two Mountains are in the southern part of Russian America? S.-Es., Fr. What two Mountains are in the western part of British America? Bn., Hr. What is a Mountain? 59. What Highlands are in the northern part of Greenland? A.-Hs. Mountains and Hills are often called Highlands. What two Peaks are in the western part of the United States? Ls., Js. Mountains that are higher than those around them are sometimes called Peaks. What Peaks are in the northern part of Mexico? Sh. What Volcano is in the southern part of Mexico? Pl. What is a Volcano? 62. What Desert lies in the western part of the United States? G.-An. What Desert lies in the northern part of Mexico? G.-Sy. What is a Desert? 70. Which is the most western division of North America? R.-Aa. This is called Russian America because it belongs to Russia. Which is the most eastern division of North America? Gd. This is sometimes called Danish America because it belongs to Denmark. Which is the largest division in the North? B.-Aa. This is called British America because it belongs to Great Britain. Which is the largest division in the Centre? U.-S. Which is the largest division in the South? Mo. What division lies between the United States and Mexico? Ts. Which division lies south of Mexico? Ga. This division is likewise called Central America. What small division lies north of Guatimala? Be. What great Archipelago lies east of Mexico and Guatimala? W.-Is. What is an Archipelago? 23. What is the capital of British America? Qc. What is the capital of the United States? Wn. What is the capital of Texas? Hn. What is the capital of Mexico? Mo. What is the capital of Guatimala? S.-Sr. What part of North America is crossed by the Tropic of Cancer? Mo. What parts are crossed by the Arctic Circle? Gd., B.-Aa., R.-Aa. In what Zone is the middle part of North America? N.-Te. In what Zone is the southern part? Td. In what Zone is the northern part? N.-Fd. H What countries of North America are in the North Frigid Zone? Gd., B.-Aa., R.-Aa. What countries are in the North Temperate Zone? B.-Aa, U..S., Ts., Mo. What countries are in the Torrid Zone? Mo., Ga., W.-Is. 39 MAP NO. 4.— UNITED STATES. What country bounds the United States on the North? B.-Aa. What Ocean bounds it on the East? Ac.-On. What Ocean bounds it on the West? What Gulf bounds it on the South? Pc.-On. What Gulf separates Vancouver's Island from Oregon Territory? Ga. What Republics lie west of the United States? Mo., Ts. What five great Lakes are in the northern part of the United States? Sr., Hn., Mn., Ee., Oo. What is the name of the eastern part of Lake Huron? Me. What Lake lies east of Lake Ontario? Cn. What Lake lies north-west of Lake Superior? Ws. What great river extends through the middle of the U. States? Mi. Which are its three great western branches? Mi., As., Rd. Which is its principal eastern branch? Oo. Into what Gulf does the Mississippi flow? Mo. What River with two names in the western part of the United States? On. or Ca. What are its two principal branches? Ls., Cs. What three Rivers flow into the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Cod ? Pt., Kk., Mk. What three between Cape Cod and Cape Charles? Ct., Hn., De. What three flow into Chesapeake Bay? Sa., Pc., Js. What River flows into Albemarle Sound? Re. What two flow into Pamlico Sound? Tr., Ne. What seven Rivers flow into the Atlantic between Cape Lookout and Cape Canaveral? C.-Fr., G.-Pe., Se., Sh., Aa., S.-Ms., S.-Js. What three Rivers flow into the Gulf of Mexico east of the mouth of the Mississippi? Pl., Aa., Apalachicola. 40 There are eight Capes on the Atlantic coast of the United States. |