What names are given the different highlands in this section? Judging from the position, what must be the prevailing weather for the greater part of the year? Judging from the highlands, what parts must have cooler weather? What winds must blow over the eastern part? What over the southern part? As they blow from the sea what must they carry?

What products have you already learned about as growing in this section? Which States manufacture as well as raise cotton? Name the leading cotton markets. (Page 130.) What localities are especially engaged in fruit-raising?

For what purpose? What localities raise

tobacco?

This is the

great

cotton

producing sec

tion of

the world. Sugarcane is

another

impor

tant

section. Rice and sugar-cane grow well in the rich and very moist or swampy soil of the coastal plains. of the coastal plains. (Page 129.) Coffee is the chief import of this section.

In which States are oats produced? In which is corn produced? What are the only localities where wheat is grown? Locate grazing in the States which are engaged in it. What part of this section leads in this industry? What are the

product of this section. From it sugar is produced. New Orleans is the leading sugar-shipping port.

Sugar-cane is a plant belonging to the grass family, living from year to year and growing to a height of from ten to fifteen feet. When mature the canes are cut and then crushed between heavy rollers to get the juice out. The juice is boiled, a part forming into crystals, the rest making molasses. Both the sugar and the

molasses are refined into the different grades

which we find in the markets.

Rice is an important food grain of this

only localities where wool is produced? In which State and Territory are there

no forests? Which sections

are en

gaged in lumber

ing? What other industry is an outgrowth of this southern forest region? (Page 33.) What minerals are found in this section?

As you see, the great industries of this section are those connected with farming and commerce. Commerce is the direct result of agriculture. How? Manufacturing industries are on the increase.

How does the number of people in this section compare with the number in other sections of United States? Which of these States are most thickly settled? Which part of each of the different States is most thinly peopled?

Most of the Negroes of the United States live in this section. In some of these States there are more Negroes

than Whites. Before the Civil War there were no public schools for all

classes in any of these States, and in consequence only the wealthy were educated. After the war the people were left very poor, and public schools have been slowly established. But they are now increas

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tell of what these exports consist. Key West is the Southern naval station for the United States. It is noted for its sponge fisheries, and its trade in tobacco. Mobile is the chief port on the Gulf of Mexico east of the Mississippi, and exports cotton,

lumber, and naval stores.

lug in number

and improving in quality, and already results are being shown

in the increased business inter

the education
of the poorer classes.

Locate a seaport in each of the following States: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Texas. Locate an important trade center on a river in each of the following States: Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas. Find and name the capital of each State.

There are not as many railroads as in the other sections, but the important industrial centers are connected with other great commercial centers? Which State has the fewest railroads? Which has the greatest number?

New Orleans is the leading commer cial port in this section, and ranks second to New York in the United States, in the value of its exports. From its position,

nooga are

noted for

their recent develop. ment of large and important iron industries.

Many people

who find the cold winters of the north

ern sec

tions of the United States too severe for their health, visit sections of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida during the winter months.

Indian Territory has been reserved by the United States Government as a home for several tribes of Indians. Many of these Indians live in villages, their houses being constructed of wood as ours are. They have schools and churches, and are quite advanced in civilization.

have no sea-coast? Trace the coast-line and locate any projections and indentations you find. Also name and locate the islands near the coast. Can you think of any reason why there are but few harbors on this coast?

From the relief map of United States, trace and describe the surface of this region. Which mountain range has the greatest number of peaks? Find and name some of them. Trace the rivers which flow down the western and south western slopes. What two rivers unite to form the Colorado? Which mountain range prevents this river from

those of the coast, are the finest in the world.

Trace the rivers of the California Valley. What mountains does the Sacramento River gap? What can you find out about this valley? (Page 123.) In which States are the rivers that have no outlets. Trace the rivers which flow down the eastern and southeastern slopes. To what great river system do most of them belong? What is the largest tributary of the Missouri in this sec tion? What is the largest tributary of the Colo