Class V.
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1. Explain the terms-pole, delta, isthmus, archipelago, watershed.
2. Mention some countries on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and mention also the capitals of
these countries.
3. Describe the boundaries of Austria.
4. Where are the following islands? To which country does each belong?
Java.
Malta.
5. What and where are the following?
Cuba.
Jamaica.
Cape Horn. Hainan.
Euphrates. Pyrenees.
Minorca.
Madeira.
St. Vincent.
Tanganyika. Elbe.
Winnipeg.
6. Name the principal Bays, and Gulfs, of the Indian Ocean.
Babel-mandeb. Cyprus. Nile. Good Hope.
Class VI.
1. How do we know that the earth is round? Why does the earth appear flat to us?
2. What is an ocean, a sea, a gulf, a roadstead, a channel, a creek, an estuary?
3. What is the difference between an island and a peninsula? How can a peninsula become an
island?
4. Define a river basin, and tell how rivers are formed. Explain what is meant by banks, sources,
and bed of a river.
5. Give the names of three well known capes, three mountains, and one volcano.
HISTORY.
Class I A.B.C.
(Six questions to be done, among which must be those marked.*)
* 1. Explain-Benevolences, Extinction of Villenage, Tudor Dynasty, Heretics, Bill of Attainder,
Impeachment, a monarchy, taxes, a protector, an usurper, Habeas Corpus.
*2. Who were-The Lollards, The Lords Ordainers, Wycliffe, Wat Tyler, Joan of Arc, Empson,
The Woodvilles, John Knox, Lady Jane Grey, Sir Walter Raleigh, Somerset?
3. Trace briefly the course of the Reformation in England, naming the chief individuals concerned,
the measures passed, and the state of public feeling.
4. What was Edward I.'s claim to the throne of Scotland? and how did he enforce it?
5. Trace the progress of the French wars in the reigns of Edward III. and Henry V., naming, and
describing, if you can, the principal battles.
6. Which do you think had the better right to the throne, Lancaster or York? And why? Give a
list of the chief battles during the Wars of the Roses, saying by which side each was won.
7. Write a short character of either (i) Richard III., or (ii) Wolsey.
8. Who were the great foreign rivals of Henry VIII.? and how did he come in contact with each of
them?
9. Write a short account of Mary Queen of Scots.
Class II. A.B.
(Six questions to be done, among which must be those marked.*)
*1. In what reigns were the following persons or events?-John Knox, Archbishop Laud, Buck- ingham, Thomas Cromwell, Hampden, Cranmer, Colonel Pride. The Field of the Cloth of Gold, Lady Jane Grey, Blake, Duke of Monmouth, Lord Strafford, Wolsey, Flodden, The Gunpowder Plot, Sir Walter Raleigh, Marlborough, Milton, Battle of Spurs, John Bunyan, Judge Jeffreys.
*2. Explain-A monarchy, an usurper, a protector, a commonwealth, Benevolences, Dauphin, Papal
Supremacy, Act of Conformity, Shipmoney, Habeas Corpus.
3. Do you consider the execution of Charles I. just, or unjust? Give your reasons in full.
4. Write a short character of either (i) Elizabeth, or (ii) James I.
5. What was the cause and the result of the Spanish Armada? Name several of the leaders.
6. Why did James II. lose his crown?
7. What do we mean by the Reformation?
8. Write a list of the sovereigns in your period, giving the dates of accession and death; and the
relationship of each to the immediate predecessor and successor.