GEOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONS. I, 1st Civil Service Report, pp. 173-4, 187, 213-217, 285, 287. 1. What is meant by latitude and longtitude, and from what fixed lines are they measured ? 2. What other circles are used for geographical purposes, and how are their positions determined? 3. Name the principal natural products and manufactures of Great Britain, and the localities in which they are found or carried on. 4. From what countries do we import tea, coffee, sugar, tallow, wool, palm oil ? 5. Through what counties and towns does the Great Northern line of railway from London to Edinburgh pass? 6. Name the capitals of the following countries: Portugal, Kingdom of Sardinia, Norway, Bavaria, Georgia, Arabia, Thibet, Peru. 7. Draw an outline map showing the overland route to India. 8. Name the highest mountains in the four continents, with their heights? 9. What are the principal uses of mountains? 10. Mention seven colonial possessions of Great Britain, specifying wherein their political and commercial importance to this country consists. 11. Describe the trade-winds, and explain their cause. 12. Describe the form of the various continents of the globe, and show how it has influenced the national character and history of their inhabitants. 13. Define the following geographical terms, and mention any countries or districts to which they apply :-Archipelago, Chersonese, Delta, Steppe, Savannah Sound, Fiord, Lagoon. 14. Trace the course of four of the following rivers, stating the countries through which they flow, and the principal towns on their banks? Danube, Amazon, Oder, Indus, Nile, Dnieper. 15. Where are Behring Straits, the Straits of Babelmandel and Bonifaccio, and the Cattegat? B 16. Into how many departments is France divided? Give the names of any you remember, and mention the provinces to which they most nearly correspond respectively. 17. What is the Zollverein? 18. What were the Hanseatic towns, and why so called? 19. Mention the requisites of a good map. 20. Draw a map, either of England and Wales, inserting the county towns and principal seaports, or of Palestine, according to its territorial divisions at the date of our Saviour's birth, indicating the position of the Jewish tribes. 21. Trace the course of the Gulf Stream. 22. Where are the following towns situated :-Barcelona, Messina, Liege, Mosul, Nantes, Nancy, Dinan, Dinant, Kiev, Coleraine, Vera Cruz, and Hyderabad ? 23. What are the principal passes of the Alps? Mention any theories which have been held as to the probable route of Hannibal in crossing them, and give your own opinion. 24. Show how the character of a nation may be influenced by its geology and physical geography. 25. Give the boundaries of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland respectively. 26. Give the names and positions of the various islands belonging to the British group. 27. Name the counties and principal towns on the North-western line from London to Edinburgh. 28. Name the dockyards and chief mercantile seaports of Great Britain, with the counties in which they are situated. 29. What are the principal exports of Great Britain, and the localities where they are produced? 30. Describe the positions of the following British possessions :-Gibraltar, Corfu, Heligola nd, Sierra Leone, Mauritius, Falkland Islands, Jamaica, Newfoundland, and Guiana. 31. Trace the course of the Danube from its source to its mouth. 32. What are the principal seaports of France? 33. Name six rivers of Russia, with the seas into which they fall. 34. Name the capitals of the following countries:- Prussia, Sweden, Persia, China, and Canada. 35. What is the circumference of the globe in miles? Explain and derive the word "hemispherre." How are latitude and longtitude measured? 36. Name the six northern counties of England and their capitals. which of the English counties are hops grown? What are the two In 3 commodities which principally constitute the natural wealth of the country? 37. What are the small islands belonging to England? 38. Name the principal rivers of England, and the seas into which they respectively fall. 39. What are the principal cities and towns of Scotland, and in what counties are they situated? In what district is the population most concentrated? 40. Name the four Irish provinces, and the principal Irish ports. 41. What languages are spoken in different parts of the United Kingdom? 42. What articles have constituted the principal imports from Russia in recent years? What other countries are able to supply the same commodities ? 43. From what countries do we obtain tea, cofee, sugar, wine, cotton, wool, and palm oil? 44. Mention the principal German States, their capitals, and the titles of their sovereigns. 45. What is the date ordinarily assigned to the discovery of America? What are the British Colonies in the northern, and the Independent States in the southern portion of the continent? 46. Give the names, capitals, and position of the Austrian Colonies. 47. Mention the colonial possessions of other European States. 48. Explain briefly the advantages or inconveniences which may result from the maintenance of sovereignty over distant dependencies. 49. Explain fully how latitude and longitude are measured. Between what limits of latitude is Great Britain included? 50. Describe the position of the principal British colonies and dependencies. 51. State the different articles of commerce we import from each of them respectively. 52. In what countries are the following places situated :-Trafalgar, Elsinore, Estamboul, Beirout, Acapulco, Aboukia, Buenos Ayres, Belgrade, Abergavenny, Lima, Cayenne, Aden? 53. Describe the course of six rivers of France, mentioning the chief cities on each. 54. Name the principal seaports on the Mediterranean, and the countries to which they severally belong. Give 55. What was the population of Great Britain-1. At the beginning of the present century? 2. At the time of taking the last census? the population of any other country of Europe. 56. Mention the principal mountain ranges of Europe and Asia; and the height of some of the loftiest mountains. 58. Describe accurately the situation of the following islands:-Malta, Corfu, Bermuda, Minorca, Lewis, Negropont, Borneo, Guernsey, Mauritius, Owhy hee, Juan Fernandez. 58. What are the most important natural productions of the following countries:-England, India, Spain, France, China, Canada, and the United States of North America ? 59. By what counties are Derbyshire and Wiltshire respectively bounded? 60. Through what counties would a person pass who travelled in a straight line from London to Exeter ? 61. Name the Scotch counties and their capitals. 62. Draw a map of Ireland, marking the positions of Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Limerick and Waterford. 63. Explain fully how latitude and longitude are measured. limits of latitude is Great Britain included ? Between what 64. Describe the position of the principal British Colcnies and Dependencies. Into how many presidencies is India divided? What are their capitals ? 65. State the different articles of commerce we import from each of them respectively. 1:-Trafalgar, 66. In what countries are the following places situated :Elsinore, Estamboul, Bierout, Acapulco, Aboukir, Buenos Ayres, Belgrade, Abergavenny, Lima, Cayenue, Aden ? 67. Name some of the principal rivers of India, and give a general account of the nature of the country through which they flow. 68. Name the principal seaports on the Mediterranean, and the countries to which they severally belong. 69. To what districts of India are the terms Deccan and Carnatic applied ? 70. Mention the principal mountain ranges of Europe and Asia, and the height of some of the loftiest mountains. Name 71. In what provinces are Dacca and Arcot respectively situated ? the districts in which cotton and opium are staple productions. 72. How are latitude and longtitude measured? Mention any countries which have nearly the same latitude as London. 73. Into how many counties is England divided? Which are the counties bordering upon Wales? 74. Name the Irish provinces, mentioning their relative situation, and the principal towns in any two of them. 75. Describe the course of a ship from Newcastle-on-Tyne to the Black Sea. 76. Draw a map (1) of any one English county, (2) of any French department, placing in them the rivers and the names of the six principal towns. 77. Where are the following cities situated, and for what are they severally remarkable :-Alexandria, Delhi, Philadelphia, Shanghai, Kars, Mooltan, Mosul, Worms, Nantes, Nancy, Trebizond? 78. Trace the course of four of the following rivers, stating the countries through which they flow, and the principal towns on their banks:Rhine, Rhone, Indus, Oder, Ingour, Bug. 79. What is the country generally known by the name of the Peninsula ? Mention the names of any towns or rivers in that country, to which historical interest is attached, and describe their situation. 80. Describe the situation, height, length, and general appearance of the following mountain chains :-The Cevennes, the Pyrenees, the Sierra Nevada, the Alps, and the Apennines. 81. What are the principal imports which Great Britain receives from America? 82. Explain the terms latitude and longtitude. Estimate roughly the latitude and longtitude of Madrid, Naples, Pekin, New York, and St. Petersburgh. 83. Name (a) the Welsh counties bordering on the Bristol Channel, (b) the two uttermost counties of Cannaught, (c) the two northernmost counties of the Scotch mainland, (d) the counties crossed by a straight line from Lincoln to Shrewsbury. 84. What counties are drained by the Thames, Severn, Trent, and Ouse, Clear, Cape Horn, the Naze, Cape St. Vincent, the Lizard, Cape 86. On a rough outline of the Mediterranean mark the positions of Alexandria, Acre, Barcelona, Tunis, Smyrna, Leghorn, Athens, Genoa. 87. On a rough outline map of India mark Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Agra, Benares, Simla, Lahore, the Ganges, the Indus, the Himalayas. Which is the most fertile district of India ? Whence do calico and muslin derive their names? 88. From what countries do we obtain cotton, deals, tobacco, tea, mahogany, gamboge, guano, currents, sherry? 89. Through what countries do the following rivers flow, and into what seas do they fall: --the Rhine, the Mississippi, the Vistula, the Hudson, the Volga, the St. Lawrence? 90. Give a list of the Atlantic States of the American Union, distinguishing the New England States. 91. State the boundaries of Europe. Name its independent states, with the capital city of each. 92. How are the relative positions of places on the earth's surface deter |