CONCLUSION LESSON I I. The great commercial countries of Asia; II. The most progressive, intelligent nation; III. The country having had the strongest influence upon the early history of America; India. IV. The country which sends most people to America; China. V. The country which has most influenced the Caucasian race; Syria, The Holy Land. VI. The largest country in Asia; Siberia. VII. The countries of least importance to the world; Arabia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan. VIII. The country called the Home of the Oriental Rug; Persia. Discuss the above classification, giving the reasons for such conditions. LESSON II A Trip Around Asia Note the water traversed, capes rounded, countries skirted, cities and mouths of rivers passed, shipping and products carried, change of climate, direction of trip. Arctic Ocean, East Cape, Behring Strait, Siberia, Amur River, Japan Sea, Japan, Korea, Hoang-Ho, Yangtse-Kiang, Formosa, HongKong, Victoria, Philippine Islands, China Sea, Indo-China, East Indies, Malay Peninsula, Cape Romania, Strait of Malacca, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, India, Ganges River, Calcutta, Madras, Ceylon, Cape Comorin, Arabian Sea, Bombay, Indus River, Baluchistan, Persian Gulf, Persia, Euphrates River, Turkey, Arabia, Gulf of Aden, Aden, Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, Red Sea, Strait of Dardenelles, Sea of Marmora, Strait of Bosphorus, European Turkey, Continople, Black Sea. LESSON III Write a letter to a friend describing a trip to the country you would most like to visit. Note. In the foregoing lessons the wall map is to be constantly in view. In addition, a blackboard outline map should be used, the region under study being made especially prominent, and the physical features drawn in with colored chalk and named in print as they are studied. 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