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?

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Q. What Mountains in the Southern States?

A. c.u.mberland, Alleghany, and Blue Ridge.

Q. What large Island south of Florida?

A. Cuba.

Q. Where is Cuba?

A. South of Florida.

[Ill.u.s.tration: 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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THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Q. What is the Climate of the Southern States?

A. Warm.

Q. What do the Planters of the Southern States own?

A. Large plantations cultivated by slaves.

Q. What are raised on these plantations?

A. Sugar, Tobacco, and Cotton.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Catching Wild Horses with the La.s.so.]

Q. From what State does most of the Sugar come?

A. Louisiana.

Q. What Presidents were born in Virginia?

A. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Harrison, and Taylor.

Q. How are wild horses caught?

A. By means of a leather rope called a La.s.so.

[Ill.u.s.tration: MAP OF THE WESTERN STATES.]