What is the natural boundary between Asia and Europe? What does the Western continent comprise ? Which of these is the main body? How are North and Central America united? What islands along the east coast of North America ? What islands west of Patagonia and Chî'le ? What islands along the west coast of North America ? What chain of islands between the peninsulas of Alias'ka and Kamtchat'ka ? What islands along the east coast of Asia ? Name the principal islands between Asia and Australia. What large islands south and south-east of Australia ? What islands east of Africa ? What groups of islands west and north-west of Africa ? What islands in the Mediterranean Sea ? What islands in the Bâl'tic? What islands north of Europe and Asia? Principal groups in the North Pacific Ocean ? Principal groups in the South Pacific Ocean? Where are the South Shetland Isles? Kergue'lan's Island? What on the west of America? What peninsulas on the east of Asia ? What on the south and south-east of Asia ? What on the south of Europe? West and north-west? Where is the Isthmus of Sulez? Of Kraw? Where is the Isthmus of Panama'? Of Tehuän'tepec ? Mention the name and situation of the chief capes of Europe on the north? West? South ? What capes on the north of Asia? East? South? What capes on the north of Africa? East? South? West? East? West? What capes on the north of North America? What three systems of mountains in North America? What three systems in South America? What mountain chains in Europe? What mountain chains in Asia P What mountain chains in Africa? South? West? What large rivers of North America flow into the Arctic Ocean? The Atlantic? The Gulf of Mexico? The Pacific? What large rivers in South America? Which are the chief rivers of Europe? Which are the chief rivers of Africa? What three large rivers in the north of Asia? What three flow east into the Pacific? What four flow into the Indian Ocean? Name the chief seas, gulfs, and bays in North America. In South America. Name the seas, gulfs, and bays of Europe. Name the seas of Asia. Name the gulfs and bays of Asia. Name the seas, gulfs, and bays of Africa. Give the name and place of the principal lakes of North America. Of South America. The lakes of Europe. Of Asia. Of Africa. What waters are connected and lands separated by Davis's Straits? By Smith's Sound? By Lancaster's Sound ? By Barrow's Straits? By Wellington Channel? By Fox Channel? By Hudson's Straits? By the Straits of Belle Isle ? By Florida Pass? By the Yucatan' Pass? By the Windward Passage? By the Straits of Juan de Fuca? By Behr'ing's Straits? By the Straits of Magel'lan? Where is Pu'get's Sound. What waters are connected and lands separated by the Straits of Gibrâl'tar? By the Straits of Bonifacio? By the Straits of Messi'na? By the Straits of Oträn'to? By the Dardanelles'? By the Bos'porus? By the Straits of Yenikä'le? By the Skåg'er Rack and Cat'tegat Channels? By the English Channel and Straits of Dover? By the Bristol Channel ? By St. George's Channel? What waters are connected and lands separated by the Straits of Ba'belmăn'deb? By the Straits of Or'mus? By Pâlk's Straits? By the Straits of Malǎc'ca? By the Straits of Sun'da ? By the Straits of Macăs'sar? By Formo'sa Straits? By the Straits of Core'a? By the Straits of Săn'gar? By the Channel of Tartary? By Torres' Straits? By Bäss Straits? By the Channel of Mozambique' ? 5 CHAPTER VI. SPECIAL GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA. REPARATORY EXERCISES ON THE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA. 139. WHAT is the shape of this continent? What cape forms its eastern angle ? What cape at the north-west angle? Find the latitude and longitude of Tehuan'tepec. What branches of the Atlantic Ocean indent the eastern coast ? What passage leads into each branch ? What branches has Baf'fin's Bay? What branches has Hud'son's Bay? Where is the Gulf of St. Lawrence? What branches has the Gulf of Mexico? What branches of the Pacific indent the western coast? How are the Pacific and Arctic Oceans united? What branches of the Arctic Ocean indent the northern coast? Name the chief islands along the eastern coast. Name those on the Pacific coast. What peninsula extends south-west from Russian America? What large island north of Hudson's Bay? How is the peninsula of Labrador' situated? Where is Cape Charles? [C. St. Lewis.] What peninsula lies south-west from Labrador' ? By what waters is it bounded? What is its southern cape? What peninsula projects south between the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico ? By what cape is it terminated? Where is the peninsula of Yucatăn' ? What cape north of Yucatàn'? What peninsula on the south-west of North America? What is its direction from the main land? By what cape does it terminate? Where is the peninsula of Alias'ka ? Which is the most northern cape of North America ? Where is Cape Båth'urst? What cape east of Central America ? Where is Cape Farewell? What cape of Labrador' west of Cape Farewell? Name the principal capes on the Atlantic coast. Name those on the Pacific coast. What group of islands six hundred miles east of South Carolina ? What are the three groups of the West Indies? What do the Greater Antilles' comprise ? How are the Baha'mas situated ? How are the Lesser Antilles' situated ? What capes east and west of Cuba ? Name the political divisions of North America. What isthmus unites North and Central America ? What isthmus unites Central and South America? What body of water is enclosed between the Greater and Lesser Antilles' and the main land? What lands enclose the Gulf of Mexico? What are the boundaries of the United States ? What country between the isthmuses of Tehuän'tepec and Panama' ? On what parallel of latitude is North America widest? On what meridian is North America longest? Between what points can the longest straight line be drawn on the land? What parallel crosses New'foundland' and Vancôu'ver Islands? Where is Cape Prince of Wales? What place is in 16° north latitude and 95° west longitude ? What large island north of Hudson's Strait? Of what is Hud'son's Bay a branch? Of what is Băf'fin's Bay a branch? What strait between Cumberland Island and Greenland ? Where is James's Bay? Where is the Strait of Belle Isle ? Where are the Campea'chy and Hondūras Bays? Where are the California and Tehuän'tepec Gulfs? Where is Behr'ing's Strait? Where is Corona/tion Gulf? Where are Sit'ka, Prince of Wales, and Queen Chär'lotte Islands? Where is Southampton Island? What large peninsula forms the most eastern portion of North America? Where is No'va Scotia ? What islands next north and north-east of No'va Sco'tia? What bay between New Brunswick and No'va Scotia ? Where are the Sable Capes? Where and what is Florida ? What peninsula projects north from Central America ? Where is Cape Cato'che? Where and what is Lower California? Where is Cape St. Lü'cas? Where is Point Băr'row? Name the chief islands of the Arctic regions. Where is the Gulf of Bôô'thia ? What capes between the mouth of the Macken zie River and Corona'tion Gulf? Where is Cape Grä'cias a Dios? Where are Capes Cod and Hât'teras? What circle crosses Mexico ? What circle crosses Russian and British America ? What does the Isthmus of Tehuän'tepec connect ? What the Isthmus of Panama' ? Where is the Caribbe'an Sea? What island between the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico? Of what countries is this parallel the boundary line for about 30°? In what zones does North America lie? What part of Europe corresponds in latitude with the New England States ? What part of Europe corresponds in latitude with the British Provinces ? What part of Africa corresponds with Florida? § 1. EXTENT AND GENERAL FEATURES OF NORTH AMERICA. 140. North America comprises a vast extent of territory, situated in the northern hemisphere. The Arctic Ocean is on its northern border, the Atlantic on the east, and the Pacific on the west and south. It approaches within forty-eight miles of Asia on the north-west, from which it is separated by Behr'ing's Straits. 141. It lies between the parallels of 16° and 72° north latitude, and the meridians of 56° and 168° west longitude. Its surface is estimated at about 8,000,000 square miles, and its coast line at 24,000 miles, or one mile of coast to every 345 square miles of surface. 142. The continent comprises the countries of Rússian America, British America, United States, and Mexico. Greenland is a detached portion lying to the north-east, and 140. The limits of North America. 141. Extremes of latitude and longitude. Area. Coast line. 142. Countries of North America. - 143. Indenta |