New geographies . DSTATES AND OTHER GREATPOWERS We have seen that there are sixnations of Europe that are callejlGreat Powers, or WorldPowers. Name each of them HlZtt,..(p. 188). The United States woria, anamakes a seventh World *o^gj„^^„\°^Power, and Japan an eighth.,Give the principal boundaries^ of two have a republican form ofgovernment ? Which one is an abso-lute monarchy (p. 203) ? What form ReviewQuestions 1. Describe the governmentof Australia. 2. What is therepeculiar about thenative plants, ani-mals, and people?3. What use was first made ofAustralia? 4. What is the pop-ula


New geographies . DSTATES AND OTHER GREATPOWERS We have seen that there are sixnations of Europe that are callejlGreat Powers, or WorldPowers. Name each of them HlZtt,..(p. 188). The United States woria, anamakes a seventh World *o^gj„^^„\°^Power, and Japan an eighth.,Give the principal boundaries^ of two have a republican form ofgovernment ? Which one is an abso-lute monarchy (p. 203) ? What form ReviewQuestions 1. Describe the governmentof Australia. 2. What is therepeculiar about thenative plants, ani-mals, and people?3. What use was first made ofAustralia? 4. What is the pop-ulation? 5. In what part ofAustralia do most of the inhab-itants live, and why there?6. What are the agriculturalproducts ? 7. The minerals ? 8. Tell about the manufactures. 9. Locate the principal cities. 10. Tell about Xew Zealand. 11. Where are the East Indies ? 12. What are the names of theprincipal islands ? What abouttheir size ? 13. What are theirproducts ? 14. What countriescontrol them? 15. Name several. Fig. 307. — A village in New Guinea, where the houses are built on postsrising ahove the water. groups of islands in the Pacific that belong to the UnitedStates. 16. Tell about New Guinea. 17. Nameother island groups in the Pacific. 1. What other countries, besides Australia, areespecially noted for cattle and sheep ? 2. Forgold mining? 3. Eead about theSuggestions ^.^o^ble caused by rabbits that wereimported into Australia. 4. Name and locate theprincipal desert regions on the earth. 5. Makea sketch map of Australia, putting in the prin-cipal mountains, rivers, and cities. 6. Findwhat spices are used in cooking at your home. of government have the other five?Each of the other nations on the earthis called a Minor or Lesser Power,being much weaker than any one of theeight World Powers. On what continent is each of theeight World Powers located? c^^tj^^^^s andWhat continents, therefore, zone to whichcontain no Great Powers ? the woria ^ ^ T XI Powers belong In what


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