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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 41
Geography (Descriptive and Physical)
Geography (Descriptive and Physical).
1. Explain the following:
- strait, isthmus, gulf, peninsula, lake, island, cape, bay, mountain, table-land, valley; and give examples.
2. Give the position of the following mountain-ranges; and say what countries, if any, they separate: Pyrenees, Caucasus, Alps, Himalaya, Nieuwveld, Alleghany, Apennines, Ural.
3.
| (a) | Say what you mean by the bed, banks, basin of a river. |
| (b) | Trace the courses of five important European rivers. |
| (c) | Where are the following:
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4. Name the position of these islands, and give a few particulars about each:
- Iceland, Malta, Corsica, Ceylon, Sumatra, St. Helena, Mauritius, Newfoundland, Cyprus, Madagascar, Elba, Java, Jamaica.
5. Give the situation of the following places which are associated with important events in British History, naming the events connected with each:
page 33- Londonderry, Trafalgar, Waterloo, Blenheim, Rorke's Drift, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Sebastopol.
6. Name, and state the noteworthy features of the capitals of the following countries:
- Ireland, Germany, France, England, Russia, Scotland, New South Wales, Austria, Bengal, Turkey, Transvaal, United States, Egypt, Cape Colony, Holland.
7. Suppose you were to start in the Steamer Melrose from Table Bay on a voyage to Natal, and to stop at every port on the way, at what places could you stop?
Draw an outline map, illustrating your answer.
8. What are the uses of railways and canals? Name some with which you are familiar.
9. What do you understand by the climate of a country? Name the causes which operate on climate.