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MAP STUDIES.

The Southern states, with their Capitals and Chief Cities.

States. Capitals. Chief Cities.
North Carolina, Raleigh (raw'-le), Charlotte.
South Carolina, Columbia, Charleston.
Georgia, Atlanta, Atlanta.
Florida, Tallahassee, Jacksonville.
Alabama, Montgomery, Birmingham.
Mississippi, Jackson, Meridian.
Louisiana, Baton Rouge (bat'-
on roozh
),
New Orleans.
Texas, Austin, San Antonio.
Arkansas, Little Rock, Little Rock.
Tennessee, Nashville, Memphis.
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City.

Which four of the Southern states border on the Atlantic? Which border on the Gulf? Those last are often called the Gulf States. Which state is farthest east? Farthest west? Which two states extend farthest south, and have therefore the warmest climate? Which Southern state is the largest? The smallest?

What three capes on the coast of North Carolina? The coast near Cape Hatteras is very dangerous.

What two sounds are nearly enclosed by the coast? Albemarle Sound is famed for its herring fisheries.

What mountains cross the state? Mount Mitchell is the highest peak east of the Mississippi. Find it on the map. What large city just north of Cape Fear?

What is the chief seaport of South Carolina? Name the principal rivers. If you cross the Savannah river from South Carolina, what state do you enter?

Which is the mountainous part of Georgia? In what part of the state is Atlanta? What is the chief seaport? On what river?

What state is south of Georgia? For what fruit is Florida famed? In what direction do most of the rivers of this and the other Gulf states flow?

What state lies west of Georgia? What two rivers of Alabama unite, and flow into Mobile bay?

What city is on this bay? What river crosses the