NOTE.--_The following questions are given for the purpose of
indicating to the student the sort of knowledge he ought to be
possessed of after he has made a careful study of the papers of
the course. The student is recommended to write out carefully
the answers to the questions asked. Only such answers need be
attempted as can be made from a careful study of the papers._
_PART I_
1. GREAT BRITAIN. Give as full an account as you can of the causes
which have made London the great commercial centre of the world.
2. GREAT BRITAIN. England is said to be "a beehive of mercantile and
manufacturing industry." Give reasons for this statement and also show
how England has become such.
3. GREAT BRITAIN. (_a_) Describe the foreign trade of Great Britain.
(_b_) Describe the steps taken by Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow
to improve their natural facilities for external trade.
4. FRANCE. (_a_) Describe the conditions which (1) conduce toward, and
(2) militate against, France's being a great commercial nation. (_b_)
Give an account of the distinctive manufactures of France.
5. GERMANY. (_a_) Give an account of what Germany has accomplished in
technical education. (_b_) Compare Germany and France as commercial
nations. (_c_) Give a brief account of Germany's foreign trade.
6. SPAIN AND ITALY. (_a_) Why are Spain, Italy, and Turkey sometimes
called "the three decadent nations of Europe"? (_b_) Give some account
of Spain's foreign trade. (_c_) Give an account of the conditions that
militate against Italy's prosperity as a trading nation.
7. RUSSIA. (_a_) Describe the social condition of the Russian people.
(_b_) What are the "artels" of Russia? (_c_) Describe Russia's export
trade.
8. INDIA. (_a_) Describe the present condition of the manufactures of
India. (_b_) Give a brief account of India's trade--(1) external, (2)
internal.
9. CHINA. (_a_) Give an account of China's size, population, and trade
resources. (_b_) Give an account of China's present foreign trade.
(_c_) Give an account of the trade possibilities of China, and show in
what manner an increase of the foreign trade of China is most likely
first to occur.
10. JAPAN. (_a_) Describe the transformation which in recent times has
been witnessed in the Japanese nation. (_b_) Describe Japan's
manufactures. (_c_) Show in what respects an increase in the foreign
trade of Japan is presently possible.
_PART II_
1. AFRICA. (_a_) Describe the "partition of Africa." (_b_) Describe
more particularly Great Britain's possessions in Africa. (_c_)
Describe South Africa's mineral wealth.
2. AUSTRALIA. (_a_) Describe Australia's "peculiarities." (_b_)
Enumerate the political divisions of Australia, and for each describe
briefly (1) its climate, (2) its resources and trade.
3. SOUTH AMERICA. (_a_) Describe the social and political condition of
the various peoples of South America. (_b_) Describe the agricultural
resources and export trade of Argentina. (_c_) Describe (1) the
resources, and (2) the export and import trade, of Brazil.
4. CANADA. (_a_) Describe Canada's resources (1) in forest wealth, (2)
in minerals, (3) in fisheries. (_b_) Describe Canada's agricultural
trade. (_c_) Describe Canada's trade with the United States.
5. THE UNITED STATES. (_a_) Describe the export trade of the United
States. (_b_) Compare our export trade with that of Great Britain.
(_c_) Compare our import trade with that of Great Britain.
6. THE UNITED STATES. (_a_) Describe our cotton production and our
cotton export trade. (_b_) Describe briefly our export trade in
"breadstuffs." (_c_) Describe briefly our export trade in "provisions"
and "animals."