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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, STп DECEMBER, 1905.
No. 9.
GEOGRAPHY.
CLASS IV.
CHINESE EMPIRE.
1. Draw a map of the Chinese Empire, marking the chief rivers and mountain ranges.
2. Which are the chief peninsulas and islands in China? Which of them now belong to foreign nations?
3. Give an account of the Great Desert of Gobi.
4. Give a list of the eighteen provinces, and their principal towns,
5. Sketch the course of the Yang-tse-kiang, and name the chief towns on its banks.
6. What are the chief mineral products of China, and from what pro- vinces are they obtained?
7. Give an account of Kwangtung Province and enumerate its chief
Lowns.
S. Where are the following towns, and what do you know of them:-- Tientsin, Shanghai, Port Arthur, Hankow, Wuchow, Pakhoi ?
No. 10.
ENGLISH HISTORY.
CLASS 1. A., I. B.
1815-1871.
1. Why were the people discontented in the years following the close of the Peninsular War? What were the means by which their condition was gradually improved up to 1850?
2. What was the cause of the Crimean War? Give an account of it. 3. What disputes took place between England and China during this period, and what was their result?
4. What changes and revolutions occurred in Canada at this time?
5. What changes were made in the Criminal Laws of the country in the early part of this century, and why were they necessary?
6. What do you know of the Corn Laws? When were they repealed, and what general question do they raise?
7. Trace the general progress made at this time, and especially that due
to the introduction of steam power.
8. Give an account of the wars with Afghanistan in this period: draw
a small map of the Indian Frontier.
9. What were the causes of the American Civil War, and what was its result? Did England take any part in it?
10. Give au account of the fighting in India during this period.
11. What do you know of the following:-Poor Laws, Chartists, Eastern Question, Rebecca Riots, Great Exhibition, Volunteer Movement, Suez Canal, Fenianism.
-Daniel O'Connell, Lord Dalhousie, Sir Colin Campbell,
12. Who were :-.
John Frost, Lord Napior, Wm. Gladstone.
No. 11.
ENGLISH HISTORY.
CLASS II.
JAMES I TO WILLIAM III.
1. What was the religion of the four Stuart Kings and what was the religious policy of each ?
2. How did Charles I act during the first part of his reign? What were the causes of the rebellion against him?
3. At what time in the 17th century did the English make war against the French, and with what results?
4. Give an account of the battles fought by Oliver Cromwell from 1644 to 1651.
5. Give an account of the wars between England and Holland in the second half of the 17th century.
6. What rebellion took place against James II and what was its result? 7. Who were :-Guy Fawkes, Sir Walter Raleigh, General Monk, John Bunyan, the Seven Bishops, Peter the Great ?
8. What do you know of:-The Petition of Right, Court of the Star Chamber, the Test Act, the Declaration of Rights, the Act of Settlement?
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