About Europe. 159 



1. Most of the white people in the world live 

 in Europe. 



2. All the white people now in America 

 either came from Europe or are descended 

 from those who came ; therefore they speak 

 European languages and are more interested 

 in the people and places of Europe than in 

 those of Asia or Africa. Europe was inhabited 

 by white people many centuries before America 

 was discovered (in 1492). 



3. The English language is spoken in the United States 

 and Canada; the Spanish, in Mexico, Central America, 

 and nearly all South America ; the Portuguese, in Brazil ; 

 and the French, in parts of Canada. 



4. You have already learned (on p. 97) that 

 America was for a long time the home only of* 

 Indians, or until it was visited and settled by 

 Europeans. 



5. The nations of Europe have ever since continued to 

 send ships to every part of the world to promote civiliza- 

 tion and to establish trade. There is not a port or harbor in 

 the world that is not visited by an English ship, nor a city, 

 town or village where the English language is not heard. 



6. The greatest nations in Europe are the Brit- 

 ish, the Germans, the French, and the Russians. 



7. Europe is celebrated for its learned men, 

 fine churches and schools, large cities, splendid 

 palaces, extensive mines and factories, its kings, 

 queens, princes, and powerful armies. 



