GEOGRAPHY
What European country has the greatest trade with India? 919.
Politically, India is a dependency of what nation? 919.
For purposes of administration, India is divided into how many great
divisions? 919.
What is the occupation of two-thirds of the people? 919. To what religion do most of the people belong? 919. How early were modern missions established? 919. What city of India is entered by metaled roads through thirteen gates?
1021-2.
What famous palace has made Delhi, India, noted? 517. Why do the Hindoos refuse to kill the cobra? 417.
JAPAN.
What is the wealth of Japan, and what is the national debt? 964. How much of Japan's trade is carried on with the United States? 964. What has made navigation safe? 964. What is the mileage of the railways? 964. How do the chief cities compare with Chicago, Milwaukee, San
Francisco and New Orleans? 964. What is said of cloisonne? 965.
Which industries are increasing, and which are decreasing? 965, What country is under the protection of Japan? 1157. What naturally impregnable naval station now belongs to Japan? 1529.
CHINESE EMPIRE.
By what name do the natives call their kingdom? 389. What provinces or divisions has the empire? 389. What emperor, B. C., formed China from eight kingdoms into one
great empire? 384. What is the most extensive mountain range, and of what great
mountain system is it a spur? 389. How does this mountain range divide China? 389. What is that portion of China between this range of mountains and
the Great Wall called? 389.
Describe the earth covering most of this great plain. 389. What part of China is called the granary of the nation? 389. What two rivers are the largest in China? 389. What name is given the river Ho because of its many floods? 389. What canal joins the northern and southern parts of the empire, and
when was it built? 389. How long is the Great Wall? 389. How does the emperor open the farming season, and how does the
queen start the work among the silkworms? 390. How long has the silkworm been cared for in China? 390. What articles are used as food, not common in European countries?
390.
What is the great beverage? 390. What are the best buildings seen? 390. Has China's mineral wealth been developed? 390. What manufactured article is superior to any made in the west? 390. What two articles are the cnief ones of export? 390.
AUSTRALIA.
To what European power does Australia belong? 142. What is the size of Australia? 142. What ranges of mountains are found in Australia? 142. What river is the only large one in Australia? 142. What is the nature of a large part of the interior? 142. Where is the lake district, and what are the four largest lakes? 142. What is the general climate of Australia? 142. Do the native people differ from those of other continents? 142. What is the chief occupation of the natives? 142. What is their sense of right and wrong? 142. How many political divisions has Australia? 143.
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