First Lessons in Geography eBook

James Grant (officer of arms)
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 33 pages of information about First Lessons in Geography.

First Lessons in Geography eBook

James Grant (officer of arms)
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 33 pages of information about First Lessons in Geography.

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.

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