COLTON'S COMMON SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY - Pt. 06 Product booklet

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                QUESTIONS FOR GENEBAIJ REVIEW.


                                   REVTEMT.        QIITSTrONS r''OR GtrNERAL



                                                                                                   and chief peculiarities of the following cities:        NORTH AMERICA.                           IY. What are the situation                                                                                Rio Janeiro ? Buenos Ayres ? Bahia ? Lima ? Santiago ? Quito ? Valparaiso ?
    I. How may the surface of North America be described, as to its plains,     Sucre? Cochabamba? Para? Potosi'l LaPaz? Montevideo?
plateaus, and mountain systems ? What are the principal rivers that flow      V. \Yhat cities are near the parallel of L0' north ? What near the equa-
down the Atlantic Slope ? What are the principal tributaries to ihe Missis-    tor? Near 10" south? Near 20'south? Near the Tropic of Capricorn? Near
 sippi River ? To the Ohio River ? What rivcrs flow into the Gulf of lVlexico ?     30" south ? . Near 40" south ? What is the latitucle of Cape Horn ? What
What rir.ers flow into the Pacific Ocean or its waters ? What river flows into     countries are wholly or partly betv'een the equator and 10' north? Between
the Arctic Ocean ? What river drains the basin of the Great Lakes ? What     the equator aud 20' south ? Between 20' aurl 40' south ? South of 40'?
are its chief branches ?
    II. Horv may the climate of North America be clescribetl, in each of its                                    r
physical sections ? The vegetation ? What animals abound ? What mine-                                      --^y4|9++
 rals ? Of what races do the inhabitants consist ? In what proportion ?                                                   EUROPE.    III. How may the following countrics be described, as tri situation, sur-                 .
face, soil, climate, productions, inhabitants, government, religion, etc.: Green-          I. Where is the principal lowland plain in Europe ? What rivers drain
land ? Iceland ? Ontario ? Quebec ? British Columbia ? New Brunswick ?        it ? What rivers drain the basin of the Baltic Sea ? What rivers flow into
Nova Scotia ? United States ? Central America ? Cuba ?                     the Black Sea ? Where is the loftiest plateau in Europe ? Where is the
   IV. Why is the climate of the  r'r'e stern part of North America warmer than     chief mountain system ? What ranges does it  include ? Which is the
that of the eastern ? Why is Iceland warmer than Greenland ? Why does     highest of these ? Which is the loftiest peak ?
more rain fall on the eastcrn than on the western side of the Rocky }Ioun-         II. What pa,rts of Europe have a wa,rm climate ? Wrat parts have a
tails ? Which of the United. States have a colrl climate ? Which have n      colcl climate ? Can you give any reason for this ? Which are the wind
'rarm climate ? Which of the United States are chiefly agricultural ? Which     coultries of Europe ? Where does wheat grow ? What minerals are abun.
are ct{nmercial princ\ra)ly ? In lvhich is there great manufacturing industry ?    dant'/ In what countries ? What races are included. among the inhabitants
   V. ILrn' nay the following rartscs of mountains be described.  : Alleghany ?    of this grand dir-ision ? What forms of religiou prevail ? What is the
Green ? Cumbcrland ? Itocky ? Sierra Nevada ? Sierra Madre ? Coast Range  ?     preYalent form of government?
Cascade Range? W"here is Mt. Brown? Mt, Washington? Mt. Katahdin?          III. IIow may the following countries be described, as to situation, surface,
trIt. Ilooker ? Mt. Mitchel ? Mt. Ifarcy ? Mt. St. Elias ? Which range has the       soil, etc. : Ilussia ? Sweclen and. Norway ? France ? Spain ? Portugal ? Italy ?
grtratest average heiglrt ?                                                        Greece ? Turkey ? Austria ? Germany ? Switzerland ? Denmark ? Holland  ?
   VI. What are the situation and most prominent charaeteristics of the fol-    Belgium ? Great Britain  ?
lowing cities : Montreal ? Ilalifax ? Ottarva ? Quebec ? St. John ? Toronto  ?      Which of these countrieg are mountainous ? \Mhich ere low and level ?
Yictoria ? Washington ? New York ? Philadelphia ? Brooklyn ? St. Louis  ?   Which are noted for commerce ? Which for manufirctures ? \Mhich are
Chicago ? Baitimore ? Boston ? Cincinnati ? New Orleans ? San Francisco ?     chiefly agricultural ? Which are kingdoms ?  \Yhich, empires ? Which,
Bull'alo ? Newark ? Louisr-illc ? Cleveland ? Detroit ? Portland ? Lolvell ?     republics  ?
Providence ? New Albany ? I\fil'waukee ? Burlington ? Wilmington ? Pitts-       IV. What are the situation and chief characteristics of the followins
burg ? Mexico ? Puebla ? Vera Cruz ? Guatemala ? Havana ?                        cities : London ? Paris ? Constantinople ? Berlin'i St. Petersburg ? Vienfa t
   YII. What cities in the Ilnited States arc near the parallel of t[0' north     Liverpool ? Manchester ? Glasgow ? Naples ? Moscorv ? Lyons ? Dublin ?
latitude ? What cities are near that of 36" north ? What near 32" north ?       Hamburg ? Lisbon ? Amsterdam ? Birmingham ? Rome ? Sheffield ? Madrid  ?
  What states and territories are rvholly or partly between the parallels of     Etlinburgh? Athens? Warsaw? Copenhagen? Bristol? Dresden? Altrverp?
28' and 32' ? \Mhat between 32' 'anrl 36' ? \Mhat betn'een 36' and 40'?     Barcelona ? Frankfort ? Venice ? Genoa ? Geneva ? Bern ?
What between 40" and 44' ? W-hat states are wholly or partly north of 44'?      V. What cities are nea,r the parallel of 70'? What are near that of
Betwecn what parallels is British Columbia ? Mexico ? Central America  ?        55" ? Near 50' ? Near 45' ? Near 40'? Whai cities have nearly the same
                                                                                     latitude as St. Petersburg ? As Moscow ? As London ? As Vienna ? As
                                                                 Rome ? As Athens  ?
                                                         What countries of Europe are wholly or partly betn'een the parallels of
                                                                                                         those of 45' ald 55'? Between those of 55' and 65'?        SOUTH AMERICA.                           35" and 45" ? Between
    I. What and where are the principal lowland plains of South America ?                                         +edP#
What great rivers drain them ? \Mhere are the principal plateaus ? What
                                          peaks                                          among                        systemsare              rnountain                                            lofty    the        chief                    ? \Ylnt                                                       the And.es ?                   ASIA.      are                                                               Plata  ?                              Amazon          the chief                      tributaries                                                   the LaWhat                                 of the                           ? Of
    II. Wrat is the climate of each of the great physical sections of South        'Wllere are the great plains of Asia ? W"hat rivers drain them ? Where
America? \Yhat is the character of the vegetation? What minerals      are the plateaus ? Where is the chief mountain system ? What ranges does
abound? What animals? Desclibe the inhabitants. What forms of re-       it comprehend? What rivers derive their waters partly from thern ? Where
ligion prevail ? What languages are spoken ? What forms of government      are the loftiest peaks ? \Mhat are the situation and direction of the followins
prevail ?                                                                       ranges : Taurus ? Elbrooz ? Altai ? Peling ? Thian Shan ? Bolor ?
   III. I{ow nay the following countries be described : Brazil ? Guiana ?          II. What varieties of climate does Asia present? What parts have a cold
Venezuela ? liritecl States of Colombia ? Ecuador ? Peru ? Bolivia ? Chili ?     climate ? What parts have a temperate climate ? What parts har-e a warm
Patagonia ? Argentine liepublic ? Paraguay ? Uruguay ?                           climate ? \Mhat parts are rvell-watered ? What parts are rainless ? Why ?
  Why is the climate of Brazil moister than that of Peru ? \4rhy js western    What varieties in vegetation does Asia present ? In the animal kingdom  ?
Bolir.ia rainless ? Why is the greater part of Patagonia a desert ? Where is    fn minerals? Of what races do the inlttbitants consist? In what propor-
the vcgetation most luxuriant'? \l'hy ?                                    tion? What form of government prevails?




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