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140. The United States.

Review. — Bound the United States. _ ;
What parts of the United States are high land? —
What parts are low plains? What part of the United

States is in the warm belt? What
part is in the cool belt?

Name some of the products of the
prairies; of the western. plains ; of
the southern plains; of the Rocky
Mountain highland; of the Appala-
chian highland ; of the Pacific slope ;
of the Atlanticslope.

What part of the United States
produces the largest amount of cot-
ton? Of corn? Of gold and silver?
Of beef? Of wheat? Of lum-
ber? Of coal? Of iron?

What have you learned about
New York? About Chicago?
Philadelphia? St. Louis? Bos-
ton? San Francisco? New
Orleans ?

_ Which of these cities are sea-
ports? Which part of the United
States is most thickly set-
tled? Can you tell why?

What took place on July
4,1776? Name the capi-
tal of the United States.
Where is it?

Name the capital of the
state in which you live.

141. Canada.

Bound Canada.
Which belts of heat
cross Canada? °

‘On what river is Montreal ?
_ A large part of Canada,
lyimg northwest of the Great

Lakes, is rich prairie. land.
Tt yields heavy crops of

wheat, and supports large

  
 
  
  
 
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
 
   
 

herds of cattle. A great deal of wheat is also
raised north of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

The sea on the east of Canada abounds in
fish. Every year many cargoes of cod and

mackerel are sent from that
country to other lands.

The chief exports of Canada
are lumber, beef and wheat.
Montreal is the leading port.

142. Mexico.

What bodies of water border
on Mexico? In which belt of
heat does the greater part of
Mexico lie?

Name the capital of Mexico.
Where is this city?

Mexico consists mainly of
a plateau, about a mile and a
half above the level of the
— sea. Along the coast
there is a low, narrow
plain. |

Hemp, cotton, coffee
and corn thrive here.
Hemp is used in mak-
ing cloth and rope.

Millions of cattle and
horses graze on the
high plain of Mexico. —
Among the mountains
there are rich mines of
silver. This country sends
to the United States silver,
hemp, coffee and hides. In
return Mexico receives raw
cotton, iron goods, cotton
cloth and coal. Vera Cruz .
is the chief port.