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Questions.] 1. What possessions has Great Britain in North America? 2 What possessions has she in South Americe? in the West Indies? in Africa? ia Asia? in Europe? 3. What passessions has Spain in the W. Indies? in Asia? 3. To what nation does Iceland belong? 4. To what nation the Azores? Madeira? Greenland? Egypt? Java? the Canaries? &c.

GENERAL VIEWS OF THE WORLD.

I. EXTENT AND POPULATION. The following table shows the extent, population, and density of population of the grand divi sions of the earth, according to Hassel.

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Questions. 1. Which is the largest division of the globe? 2. Which next? 3. Which is the smallest? 4. Which contains the greatest population? 5. Which is most thickly settled? 6. Which is most thinly settled? 7. What is the population of the world according to Hassel? 8. What is the population of Europe 9. How many million square miles in Europe? 10. How many in Asia? 11. How many in America!

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II. MOUNTAINS. The fellowing table shows, at one view, the hight of the most celebrated mountains and other objects in the world, above the level of the sea.

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11. Mount Fairweather, in North America, 12. Mont Blanc, highest mountain in Europe, 13. Mount Ophir,

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New Granada,

19,300

New Granada,

18.898

Owhyhee,

18,400

N. W. coast,

17,850

Mexico,

17,720

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14. Highest spot inhabited by man,

15. Mount Rosa, a summit of the Alps,

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16. Highest summit of the Atlas mountains,

17. Highest limit of pines under the equator, 18. Peak of Teneriffe,

19. Mount Etna, a volcano,

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20. Mount Perdu, highest summit of the Pyrenees,
21. Highest limit of oaks under the equator,
22. Mount St. Bernard, a summit of the Alps,
23. Mount Lebanon,

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27. Peak of Lomnitz, highest of the Carpathian

28. Mont Velino, highest of the Appennines,
29. Mount Pico, highest in the Azores,
30. Mount Washington, highest in the United States,

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36. Saddleback, highest in Massachusetts.
37. Round Top, highest of the Catskill mountains,
38. Vesuvius, a volcano,

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Questions. 1. Which is the highest mountain in the world? 2. Which is the highest in America? 3. What is the height of Chimborazo? 4. Which is the highest mountain in Europe? 5. What is the height of Mont Blanc ? 6. Which is the highest mountain in the United States? 7. What is the height of Mount Washington? 8. Which is the highest mountain in Great Bri tain? 9 What is the height of Ben Nevis? 10. What is the height of Mount Etna ? 11. Of Vesuvius? 12. Did a balloon ever ascend as high as Chimborazo? 13. Did a Condor ever fly as high? 14. How high is the highest spot of earth ever trod by man? 15. How high on the sides of mountains will pines grow under the equator? 16. How high above the level of the sea is the city of Quito? 17. How high are the pyramids ?

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III. COMMERCE. The following table exhibits at one view the principal exports of the various countries of the world, arranged in geographical order.

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Wheat, flour, and from Maryland tobacco.
Cotton, to an immense amount, tobacco
and rice.

Silver and gold to an immense amount.
Logwood.

Sugar, rum, molasses, coffee, cotton and
indigo.

Cacao, the chief ingredient in chocolate;
indigo, coffee and tobacco.
Sugar, rum, cotton and coffee.

Cotton, sugar, coffee, tobacco and dye-
woods,from the northern provinces;
gold and diamonds, from the middle;
wheat, hides and tallow, from the
southern.

Silver and gold, hides, beef and tallow. Silver, gold and copper, from the nor thern provinces; wheat and hemp from the southern.

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