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IN THE SUNNY SOUTH

Scenes in the southern part of the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf Coastal Plain. Describe each.

tops and melt into streams of water as they reach lower, warmer land. Glaciers

increase in number and size northward from the United States. In southeastern Alaska there are many great ice-rivers and ice-sheets which slowly move to the

together with the breaking up of the ice on the northern rivers, form ice-packs which are extremely difficult for vessels to pass through.

From the map on page 118 tell in which section of North America only grass and moss grow. Where are the great forests? What trees are in the forest section? What industries are carried on in a forest region? Tell the different uses of lumber.

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successful raising of agricultural products. Grass grows abundantly, however, and grazing is the most important occupation of this great agricultural section.

What is done with the great herds of cattle and swine which feed on the plains? (Page 52.) Locate the tropical fruit sections. Tell what fruits are raised. More fruits are grown than can be used in the regions where they are raised. They are shipped away to supply the Northern markets. What other important products do you find in the Eastern fruit region? What can you tell us of cotton? (See page 26.) What can you tell of the production of sugar from sugar-cane? (Page 148.) In which part of North America is tobacco

belong? What animals are used as beasts of burden and for work in the northern part

of North America? What in the mountainous regions? What in the southern sections? What fish or sea animals are mentioned in the map?

Review pages 44 to 49, inclusive. What people live in North America? To what races do they belong? Describe the homes of the White people; of the Eskimos; of the Indians. Tell what you can of the Negroes in North America. (Page 57.) From the map on this page tell in what occupations the people are engaged in the different sections. Tell what you can about each of these occupations. In what ways is the manufacturer dependent upon what the farmer raises? In what ways is the farmer dependent upon the miner and the manu

facturer? Think of other occupations, and tell how each depends upon or contributes to one or more other occupations.

The cities and towns are outgrowths of the great production sections. The largest trade-centers of North America are on the rivers, the lakes, and the sea-coast.

Locate New York, the largest city; Chicago, the second largest city; and Philadelphia, the third largest city of North America. Also locate St. Louis, San Francisco, New Orleans, Sitka, Montreal, Havana, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

New York is the second largest commercial center in the world, and has one of the finest harbors. It is the largest manufacturing and the largest book-printing

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nected by water with the Atlantic. Trace the route. It is connected by railroad with all other cities of North America, and is the greatest railroad center in the world.

San Francisco, from its position, is now one of the most important seaports of North America. Most of the merchandise and people pass through this port in going to or coming from our Pacific islands. This will soon cause San Francisco to rival in size and importance

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city in North America.

Chicago is the sixth largest city in the world. It is located at the head of Lake Michigan, in the heart of the great northern agricultural section. It can be easily reached from both the lumber and grazing sections. Hence it is the greatest grain and meat market in the world, and one of the leading lumber markets in North America. It is con

many of the seaports of the world.

North America comprises the countries of United States (including Alaska), Canada,

Mexico, and Central America.

Point out each on the map and tell which part of North America it occupies. Tell which country is largest; which smallest. Tell the capital of each.

Neither Canada, Mexico, nor Central America is as thickly settled as United States. The northern part of Canada is too cold, and the larger portions of Mexico and Central America are too warm and unhealthful, to admit of a large population.

NOTE.-In connection with the study of the United States you should read about the early colonies; how they gained their freedom from English rule; of the thirteen original States; of the growth in States and territory to the present. You should make a political, a surface and climate, and a product map.

Bring in pictures of mountain, river, lake, and coast scenery; also of different industries, and of the buildings and prominent features of any city about which you study. Arrange them all neatly and in order.

Bring in specimens of products and manufactures, thus making collections for yourself and school.

islands in the Pacific. The island of Cuba, the largest of the West Indies, is now a protectorate of the United States. Take your political map of North America and cut Canada from the northern boundary and Mexico from the southern bound

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united der one government, the seat of which is at Washington.

The country of the United States comprises forty-five States; five Territories, including Alaska; the District of Columbia, in which Washington, the capital, is located; Porto Rico, one of the West Indies; the Hawaiian Islands; the Philippine Islands, and several smaller

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ers, lakes, and celebrated falls does the northern boundary pass? Through what river does the southern boundary pass? Point out and name other water boundaries. Trace the shape of the United States in the air. Sketch it. In what direction is the United States from Canada? From Mexico? From the Atlantic Ocean? From the Pacific? From the Gulf of Mexico? Trace the coast line. Name and locate the peninsulas and capes on the eastern coast; on the southeastern coast; on the western coast. Name and locate the indentations in each coast; also the islands which lie near the coast.

What part of the Pacific or Primary Highland of North America is in the United States? What great plain? What coastal plains? What large river basin lies wholly in the United States? What river basins lie partially in the United States? On the physical map trace the Rocky Mountain

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