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 Questions upon the Geography 
 
 Of the State of New York 
 
 LETTIE L. WATEROUS 
 
QUESTIONS 
 
 UPON THE 
 
 GEOGRAPHY 
 
 STATE OF NEW YORK 
 
 LETTIE L. WATEROUS 
 
 SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
 
 C. W. BARDEEN, PUBLISHER 
 
 Copyright, iy03, by Lettib L. VVatbeous 
 

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 Two Copies Receivwl 
 
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PREFACE 
 
 Feeling the need of something to fix the 
 principal facts of New York geography in the 
 minds of pupils, I have arranged these ques- 
 tions and am sure that they will meet all re- 
 quirements. 
 
 Lettie J. Waterous. 
 
 Rathbone, N. Y., April 16, 1903. 
 
Questions upon New York Geography 
 
 1. Between what parallels of latitude is New 
 York situated ? 
 
 2. Between what meridians is it situated ? 
 
 3. Bound New York. 
 
 4. Give the length and breadth of the State. 
 
 5. What is the extent of its boundary ? 
 
 6. What is the area of New York ? 
 
 7. Compare the size of New York with that 
 of Rhode Island. 
 
 8. What European cities are due west from 
 New York city ? 
 
 9. What city in New York is directly north 
 of Washington ? 
 
 10. How many miles from Albany is New 
 York? 
 
 11. What is the general form of New York ? 
 
 12. From the mouth of the Columbia Eiver 
 to New York Bay, there is an unbroken chain 
 
 (7) 
 
8 QUESTIONS UPON THE GEOGRAPHY 
 
 of water with the exception of one mile. 
 Where is this ? 
 
 13. What is the average height of New York 
 above sea-level ? 
 
 14. How many ranges of mountains enter 
 the State from the south ? 
 
 15. Name these ranges. 
 
 16. In what counties are the Highlands ? 
 
 17. Mention the highest mountain peak in 
 the State. How high is it ? 
 
 18. How many and what river systems in 
 the State ? 
 
 19. What river is the outlet of Lake Erie ? 
 
 20. To how many horse power is the available 
 power of Niagara Falls equal ? 
 
 21. Where does the Genesee River rise ? Into 
 what does it flow ? 
 
 22. What falls in the Genesee River ? 
 
 23. Name five cities in New York not on the 
 Hudson River. Name the county in which 
 each is situated. 
 
 24. Locate each of the following places and 
 state for what each is noted : (a) Ticonderoga, 
 
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 (6) Oriskany, (c) Clinton, (d) Fredonia, (e) Sara- 
 toga. 
 
 25. Name three canals in the State, giving the 
 length and termini of each. 
 
 26. (a) Name tivo lakes in New York whose 
 waters find their way to the ocean through the 
 Gulf of St. Lawrence ; (6) one through the Gulf 
 of Mexico; (c) one through Chesapeake Bay. 
 
 27. Locate (a) Saranac Lake; (6) West Point; 
 (c) Brooklyn Bridge ; (d) Catskill Mountains ; (e) 
 Mount Marcy. 
 
 28. For what is West Point noted ? 
 
 29. In what counties are the following cities 
 respectively located: (a) Buffalo; (6) Rochester; 
 (c) Binghamton ; (d) Ogdensburg; (e) Ithaca; (/) 
 Auburn ; (g) Utica ; (h) Syracuse ; (z) Troy ? 
 
 30. Mention three large islands belonging to 
 the State of New York. 
 
 31. Name in order, beginning at the west, 
 the counties that border on Lake Ontario. 
 
 32. (a) What four counties on Long Island ? 
 (6) What county on Staten Island ? (c) What 
 county on Manhattan Island ? 
 
10 QUESTIONS UPON THE GEOGRAPHY 
 
 33. State approximately the distance from (a) 
 New York to San Francisco. (6) New York to 
 New Orleans, (c) New York to Chicago, {d) 
 New York to Washington, (e) New York to 
 Buffalo. 
 
 34. Where is Three River Point ? 
 
 35. Why is the St. Lawrence River never sub- 
 ject to sudden rises ? 
 
 36. In what mountains does the Hudson River 
 rise ? 
 
 37. Where is " Tappan Bay " ? 
 
 38. Where is (a) East River ? (6) North River ? 
 
 39. Describe Brooklyn Bridge. 
 
 40. What two noted bridges span Harlem 
 River ? 
 
 41. Where does the Delaware River rise ? 
 
 42. In what lake does the Susquehanna River 
 rise ? 
 
 43. Mention the principal harbors on the 
 American side of Lake Ontario. 
 
 44. Why is the surface of the Great Lakes 
 subject to variations of level ? 
 
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 45. What lake furnishes water to the city of 
 Eochester ? 
 
 46. What village at the head of Seneca 
 Lake? 
 
 47. From what lake is Syracuse supplied 
 with pure water ? 
 
 48. Where is Cooperstown, and what famous 
 novelist had his residence there ? 
 
 49. Which is, probably, the highest navigable 
 lake east of the Rocky Mountains ? 
 
 50. Mention the lakes in the central part of 
 the State. 
 
 51. How many falls in the near vicinity of 
 Ithaca ? 
 
 52. Where are Trenton Falls ? 
 
 53. Mention two counties noted for oil. 
 
 54. Mention some counties noted for springs 
 of natural gas. 
 
 55. In what county, and on what water is (a) 
 Poughkeepsie ; (6) Oswego ? 
 
 56. What rivers are the final outlets of the 
 streams and lakes of New York ? 
 
 57. How many counties in New York ? 
 
12 QUESTIONS UPON THE GEOGRAPHY 
 
 58. Mention three large cities in New York 
 north of parallel 42° north latitude. 
 
 59. Mention three of the largest lakes drained 
 by the Oswego River. 
 
 60. Which is the most (a) westerly county of 
 New York; (6) the most northeasterly; (c) the 
 most easterly ? 
 
 61. Which county contains the highest land ? 
 
 62. How many of the United States are 
 larger than New York ? 
 
 63. Mention any five continuous border coun- 
 ties of New York. 
 
 64. What waters does the Erie Canal connect ? 
 
 65. What city near the Pennsylvania line 
 west of the Susquehanna ? 
 
 6Q. {a) What city on the St. Lawrence ; (6) 
 near the confluence of the Mohawk and Hud- 
 son ; (c) on the Genesee n<ear Lake Ontario ; {d) 
 near Onondaga lake ? 
 
 67. Mention (a) the chief sea-port; (b) the 
 chief lake-port of New York. 
 
 68. Mention three large lakes, and three large 
 
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 rivers that form part of the boundary of New 
 York State. 
 
 69. What mountains between Lake Cham- 
 plain and the St. Lawrence ? 
 
 70. Compare the area of New York with that 
 of Texas. 
 
 71. What city at the western extremity of 
 the New York Central and Hudson River R.R? 
 At the eastern extremity ? 
 
 72. Mention three other cities on the same 
 railroad. 
 
 73. On what lake is (a) Buffalo ; (6) Plattsburg ? 
 
 74. To what place is the Hudson River navi- 
 gable ? 
 
 75. Name the three most northern counties 
 of New York. 
 
 76. (a) Mention three rivers that flow into 
 Lake Ontario; (6) two that flow into Lake 
 Champlain. 
 
 77. Which is the most westerly of the lakes 
 wholly in the State of New York ? 
 
 78. In what mountain does the Hudson River 
 rise ? 
 
14 QUESTIONS UPON THE GEOGRAPHY 
 
 79. What river is crossed three times by the 
 southern boundary of New York ? 
 
 80. What river forms part of the boundary 
 between New York and Pennsylvania ? 
 
 81. What is the length and greatest width of 
 Long Island ? 
 
 82. What is often called the " American 
 Mediterranean ' ' ? 
 
 83. For what is Great South Bay noted ? 
 
 84. Who founded Garden City ? 
 
 85. What waters separate Staten Island from 
 New Jersey ? 
 
 86. What bay between Staten Island and Long 
 Island ? 
 
 87. What county is noted for its oyster trade ? 
 
 88. On what island is the quarantine head- 
 quarters ? 
 
 89. On what island is the Statue of Liberty ? 
 
 90. On what island are foreign immigrants 
 received ? 
 
 91. What island is a station for United States 
 troops ? 
 
 92. Mention three islands in East River, and 
 teU for what they are used. 
 
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 93. How many islands in the group known 
 as the " Thousand Islands " ? 
 
 94. In what stone product does New York 
 rank first ? 
 
 95. What is the rank of New York in its iron 
 product ? 
 
 96. Has New York any coal product ? 
 
 97. Mention one or more counties in which 
 salt is found. 
 
 98. Why has Long Island and its vicinity an 
 even temperature ? 
 
 99. What parts of New York have the deep- 
 est snows ? 
 
 100. About how many species of trees are 
 found in New York ? 
 
 101. Which is the most abundant ? 
 
 102. How many species of flowering plants ? 
 
 103. How many species of ferns ? 
 
 104. What has reduced the number of native 
 wild animals ? 
 
 105. (a) Which county of New York has the 
 most population ? (6) The least ? 
 
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 106. How many counties of New York have 
 names of Indian origin ? 
 
 107. Name the counties that border (a) on 
 New Jersey ; (6) on Pennsylvania. 
 
 108. How many Indian reservations in the 
 State ? 
 
 109. Name these reservations. 
 
 110. About how many Indians in the State ? 
 
 111. From what tribe has the presiding officer 
 of the general league always been chosen ? 
 
 112. How many cities in New York ? 
 
 113. Under whose control are the schools 
 which are supported by public tax ? 
 
 114. Under what control is secondary and 
 higher education in this State ? 
 
 115. What is the salary and length of term 
 of the Superintendent of Pubhc Instruction ? 
 
 116. How many colleges and universities in 
 the State ? 
 
 117. Name and locate some colleges. 
 
 118. How many Normal schools in New York ? 
 
 119. (a) What counties and part of a county 
 are included within the boundaries of New York 
 
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 City ? (6) Name the boroughs into which the 
 city is divided, (c) What is the population of 
 New York City ? 
 
 120. In what river system is (a) Lake Cham- 
 plain; {b) Chautauqua Lake; (c) Mohawk Eiver; 
 (d) Delaware River ? 
 
 121. Name (a) five cities on the Erie Canal; 
 (b) five on the Hudson River. 
 
 122. What parallel forms part of the north- 
 ern boundary of the State ? 
 
 123. On what water is each of these cities 
 located: (a) Oswego; (6) Jamestown; (c) Pough- 
 keepsie ; (d) Ithaca ; (e) Plattsburg. 
 
 124. Name a waterway from Buffalo to New 
 York. 
 
 125. Name the Normal schools. 
 
 126. Mention three State prisons. 
 
 127. Mention two State institutions for the 
 blind. 
 
 128. Where is the State Soldiers' and Sailors' 
 Home ? 
 
 129. What railroad is called " America's 
 greatest railroad " ? 
 
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 130. What city claims to be the healthiest in 
 the United States ? 
 
 131. By what names is Rochester known ? 
 
 132. Why is Lockport so named ? 
 
 133. What place has distilleries of peppermint 
 oil? 
 
 134. By what names is Syracuse known ? 
 
 135. What city at the junction of the Erie 
 and the Oswego canals ? 
 
 136. In what city was the first State Consti- 
 tution adopted ? 
 
 137. What city half-way between Albany 
 and New York ? 
 
 138. Where is the State Homeopathic Insane 
 Hospital ? 
 
 139. What city is called the " Parlor City " ? 
 
 140. What coUege was the first ever estab- 
 lished for women ? 
 
 141. What city is noted for its cut glass ? 
 
 142. Mention some of the leading railroads 
 in the State. 
 
ANSWERS 
 
 1. 40° 29' 40" and 45° 0' 42" N. 
 
 2. 70° 51' and 79° 47' 25". 
 
 3. See any text-book. 
 
 4. Length, 340 miles; breadth, 310 miles. 
 
 5. 1420 miles. 
 
 6. 49,170 square miles. 
 
 7. New York is 40 times as large as Rhode 
 Island. 
 
 8. Madrid, Naples, and Constantinople. 
 
 9. Elmira. 
 
 10. 143 miles. 
 
 11. That of an isosceles triangle. 
 
 12. There is the distance of one mile, be- 
 tween the head waters of the Missouri and 
 those of the Columbia River. 
 
 13. 1,200 feet. 
 
 14. Three. 
 
 15. Highlands, Catskills, and Adirondacks. 
 
 (19) 
 
20 KEY TO QUESTIONS UPON THE GEOGRAPHY 
 
 16. Rockland, Orange, Putnam and Dutchess 
 counties. 
 
 17. Mt. Marcy in the Adirondack range. 
 5344 ft. high. 
 
 18. Five. St. Lawrence, Hudson, Delaware^ 
 Susquehanna, and Ohio systems. 
 
 19. Niagara Eiver. 
 
 20. 125,000 horse-power. 
 
 21. In the northern part of Pennsylvania. 
 Into Lake Ontario. 
 
 22. Portage Falls and Genesee Falls. 
 
 23. Buffalo, Erie County; Rochester, Monroe 
 County ; Syracuse, Onondaga County ; Bingham- 
 ton, Broome County ; Schenectady, Schenectady 
 County. 
 
 24. (a) Northern part of New York. Fort 
 Ticonderoga, which was captured by Ethan Al- 
 lan in 1775. (6) In Oneida County, near Utica; 
 a battle was fought there during the Revolu- 
 tion, (c) In Oneida County; seat of Hamilton 
 College, (d) In southwestern New York; seat 
 of a State Normal school, (e) Eastern part of 
 New York ; a summer resort. 
 
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 25. Erie Canal, 363 miles long; between 
 Buffalo and Albany. Oswego Canal, 38 miles 
 long; between Syracuse and Oswego; Cham- 
 plain Canal, 64 miles long; from the Erie Canal 
 near Cohoes to Lake Champlain. 
 
 26. (a) Lake George, Cayuga or any of the 
 lakes in Central New York; {b) Chautauqua; 
 (c) Otsego. 
 
 27. (a) Northern part; (b) southeastern part; 
 (c) across East River between New York and 
 Brooklyn; (d) southeastern part; (e) northeast- 
 ern part, in the Adirondacks. 
 
 28. It is the seat of the United States Military 
 Academy. 
 
 29. (a) Erie; (6) Monroe; (c) Broome; (d) St. 
 Lawrence; (e) Tompkins; (/) Cayuga; (g) Onei- 
 da; (h) Onondaga; (i) Rensselaer. 
 
 30. Long Island, Staten, and Manhattan. 
 
 31. See map of New York State. 
 
 32. (a) Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk; 
 (6) Richmond; (c) New York. 
 
 33. (a) 3,000 miles; (6) 1,300 miles; (c) 860 
 miles ; (d) 200 miles ; (e) 400 miles. 
 
22 KEY TO QUESTIONS UPON THE GEOGRAPHY 
 
 34. 20 miles above Oswego. 
 
 35. Because it is fed by the great lake reser- 
 voirs. 
 
 36. In the Adirondacks. 
 
 37. A wide expanse of the Hudson Eiver be- 
 low the Highlands. 
 
 38. (a) The western arm of Long Island Sound. 
 (6) The Hudson at New York. 
 
 39. 5,989 ft. long, 135 ft. above the water, 
 and cost 15 millions. It is suspended by steel 
 wire cables from stone piers 272 ft. above high 
 tide, and carries promenades, carriage ways and 
 railway tracks. 
 
 40. High Bridge, and Washington Bridge. 
 
 41. In the northeastern part of Delaware 
 County. 
 
 42. Otsego Lake. 
 
 43. Lewiston, Youngstown, Port Genesee, 
 Sodus and Little Sodus Bays, Oswego, Sacketts 
 Harbor, and Cape Vincent. 
 
 44. Prevailing winds, unequal amounts of 
 rain, and evaporation. 
 
 45. Hemlock Lake. 
 
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 46. Watkins. 
 
 47. Skaneateles Lake. 
 
 48. At the foot of Otsego Lake; James Feni- 
 more Cooper, 
 
 49. Chautauqua Lake. 
 
 50. See map of New York, 
 
 51. 96 falls. 
 
 52. Near Utica. 
 
 53. Cattaraugus and Allegany. 
 
 54. Albany, Ontario, Niagara, and Chautau- 
 qua, Allegany. 
 
 55. (a) In Dutchess, on the Hudson River; (6) 
 In Oswego, on the Oswego River. 
 
 56. St. Lawrence, Mississippi and Susque- 
 hanna. 
 
 57. 61 counties. 
 
 58. Buffalo, Albany, Rochester. 
 
 59. Seneca, Oneida, and Cayuga. 
 
 60. (a) Chautauqua; (6) Clinton; (c) Suffolk. 
 
 61. Essex. 
 
 62. 22. 
 
 63. Answers will vary. 
 
 64. Lake Erie with the Hudson River. 
 
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 65. Elmira. 
 
 66. (a) Ogdensburg; (6)Cohoes; (c) Rochester ; 
 (d) Syracuse. 
 
 67. (a) New York; (6) Buffalo. 
 
 68. Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Champlain, St. 
 Lawrence, Delaware, and Niagara Rivers. 
 
 69. Adirondack. 
 
 70. Less than one-fifth. 
 
 71. Buffalo, New York. 
 
 72. Rochester, Syracuse, and Rome. 
 
 73. (o) Erie; (b) Champlain. 
 
 74. To Troy. 
 
 75. St. Lawrence, FrankUn, Clinton. 
 
 76. (a) Black, Oswego, and Genesee; (6) Sara- 
 nac and Au Sable. 
 
 77. Chautauqua. 
 
 78. In the Adirondacks. 
 
 79. Susquehanna. 
 
 80. Delaware. 
 
 81. 120 miles long; greatest width, 24 miles. 
 
 82. Long Island Sound. 
 
 83. It furnishes the " Blue Point " oysters, 
 and employs 1,500 fishermen. 
 
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 84. A. T. Stewart. 
 
 85. Staten Island Sound, and Kil van Kull. 
 
 86. The Narrows. 
 
 87. Eichmond County. 
 
 88. On Staten Island. 
 
 89. Bedloe's Island. 
 
 90. Ellis Island. 
 
 91. Governor's Island. 
 
 92. Ward's, Blackwell's, and Randall's; they 
 are used for charitable and correctional institu- 
 tions. 
 
 93. About 1800. 
 
 94. Bluestone, millstones, and graphite. 
 
 95. Second. 
 
 96. No. 
 
 97. Wyoming and Onondaga. 
 
 98. Because of the influence of the ocean. 
 
 99. Central New York, and the Adirondack 
 region. 
 
 100. 70 species. 
 
 101. Oaks. 15 species. 
 
 102. More than 1,540. 
 
 103. 54 species. 
 
26 KEY TO QUESTIONS UPON THE GEOGRAPHY 
 
 104. Civilization, which has caused the re- 
 moval of the forests. 
 
 105. (a) New York. (6) Hamilton. 
 
 106. Eleven. 
 
 107. See map of New York. 
 
 108. Seven. 
 
 109. Tuscarora, Tonawanda, Onondaga, St. 
 Eegis, Shinnecock, Cattaraugus, Allegany. 
 
 110. About 5,000. 
 
 111. From the Onondagas. 
 
 112. Forty-one. 
 
 113. Under control of the Department of 
 Public Instruction. 
 
 114. Under the University of the State of 
 New York, usually called the Regents. 
 
 115. $5,000. Three years. 
 
 116. 32. 
 
 117. Colgate University, Hamilton; Columbia 
 College, New York ; Cornell Umiversity, Ithaca ; 
 Elmira College, Elmira; Hamilton College, Clin- 
 ton; Hobart College, Geneva; Rensselaer Poly- 
 
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 technic Institute, Troy; Syracuse University, 
 Syracuse ; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 
 
 118. 12, with Albany Normal College. 
 
 119. (a) New York, Kings, Richmond, and 
 part of Queens. (6) Manhattan, The Bronx, 
 Brooklyn, Richmond, Queens, (c) 3,437,202. 
 
 120. (tt) St. Lawrence; (b) Ohio; (c) Hudson; 
 (d) Delaware. 
 
 121. (a) Utica, Rome, Syracuse, Rochester, 
 and Lockport. (b) Troy, Albany, Hudson, 
 Poughkeepsie, and Newburg. 
 
 122. 45°. 
 
 123. (a) Oswego River; (b) Chautauqua Lake; 
 (c) Hudson; (d) Cayuga Lake; (e) Lake Cham- 
 plain. 
 
 124. Erie Canal and Hudson River. 
 
 125. Buffalo, Brockport, Geneseo, Oswego, 
 Potsdam, Plattsburgh, Jamaica, New Paltz, 
 Oneonta, Cortland, Fredonia. 
 
 126. Auburn, Dannemora, and Sing Sing. 
 
 127. Batavia and New York. 
 
 128. In Bath. 
 
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 129. The New York Central and Hudson 
 Eiver E.R. 
 
 130. Buffalo claims to be the cleanest, best- 
 lighted, and healthiest city in the United States, 
 with the best water, and the best and most com- 
 plete sewerage. 
 
 131. "The Flour City " and " The Flower 
 City ". 
 
 132. From the locks on the Erie Canal. 
 
 133. Lyons. 
 
 134. "The Salt City," and "The Central 
 City " from its location. 
 
 135. Syracuse. 
 
 136. In Kingston. 
 
 137. Poughkeepsie. 
 
 138. In Middletown. 
 
 139. Binghamton. 
 
 140. Elmira College. 
 
 141. Corning. 
 
 142. New York Central & Hudson River R.R. 
 New York, Lake Erie and Western R. R. Rome, 
 Watertown and Ogdensburg R.R. Delaware & 
 Hudson R.R. Delaware, Lackawanna & West- 
 ern R.R. 
 
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