[Illustration:  Columbus discovering America.]

Q. After whom was America named?

A. A man named Americus.

Q. What can you say of the Northern part of N. America?

A. It is very cold.

Q. What of the Southern part of N. America?

A. It is very warm.

[Illustration:  Map of the United states.]

LESSON XVI.

Q. How many States are there? 31.

Q. How are they divided?

A. Into Eastern, Middle, Western, and Southern States.

Q. Which is the largest State?

A. Texas.

Q. Which is the smallest State?

A. Rhode Island.

Q. What State on the Pacific?

A. California.

Q. What State in the north, almost surrounded by Lakes?

A. Michigan.

Q. Which is the largest of these Lakes?

A. Lake Superior.

Q. What Lake east of Michigan?

A. Lake Huron.

Q. What Lake west of Michigan?

A. Lake Michigan.

Q. What River west of Texas?

A. Rio Grande.

LESSON XVII.

Q. What large River flows south into the Gulf of Mexico?

A. Mississippi River.

Q. What large Rivers flow into the Mississippi?

A. Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas, and Red.

Q. What River between Texas and Mexico?

A. Rio Grande.

Q. What Ocean east of the United States?

Q. What Ocean west?

Q. What Country south?

Q. What Gulf south?

Q. In what State do you live?

Q. What States touch your State?

Q. Where is Lake Superior?

Q. What Lake in Utah?

Q. Into what does the Ohio flow?

LESSON XVIII.

Q. Which State is furthest northeast?

A. Maine.

Q. Where is Maine?

A. In the northeastern part of the United States.

Q. Which State is furthest south?

A. Florida.

[Illustration:  Locomotive.  Telegraph.  Steamship.]

Q. Between what Ocean and Gulf is Florida?

Q. What State is furthest west?

A. California.

Q. Where is California?

Q. What States touch the Mississippi River?

Q. What States touch the Gulf of Mexico?

Q. How many Territories are there?

A. Eight.

Q. Which is the largest Territory?

A. Nebraska.

LESSON XIX.

The United states.

Q. What are the people of the United States called?

A. Americans.

Q. Who governed this Country about 80 years ago?