QUESTIONS ON THE MAP OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE, NETHERLANDS, AND BELGIUM. 97 XCII. QUESTIONS ON THE MAP. What Germany. What two seas bound Germany on the north? kingdom? What empire east? What empire south? What republic? What three countries on the west? What German state north of the Prussian province of Brandenburg? What one nearly enclosed by Hanover? What kingdoms between Prussia and Austria? What group of small states west of Saxony? (The Saxes.) What kingdom west of Bavaria? What state west of Wurtemberg? What state between Baden and Prussia? (Hesse.) What German province west of Baden? (Alsace-Lorraine.) Prussia. What five rivers cross Prussia? What mountains in Prussian Saxony? What city in the Rhine Provinces? Which are the two chief branches of the Rhine? What city on the Main? In Westphalia? In Hanover? In Prussian Saxony? On what river is Magdeburg? What city is the capital of Prussia? On what river is Berlin? What port near the mouth of the Oder? What city in Silesia? What mount ains between Silesia and Bohemia? What city on the Gulf of Dantzic? What one in the northeastern part of Prussia? Bavaria. What mountains east of Bavaria? What Austrian province? What river crosses Bavaria? What German states form the northern and western boundaries? What city is the capital? On what river? What city nearly west of Munich? What one in the northern part of the kingdom? Saxony. What German states border on Saxony? What Austrian province? What mountains between them? What city is the capital? What city in the northern part? Other States. What city is the capital of Wurtemberg? Of Baden? What city in Alsace? What port on the Elbe near its mouth? What city on the Weser? On the Baltic northeast of Hamburg? Netherlands. What water on the west and north? What country south? What three provinces of Prussia on the east? What sea in the Netherlands? What great river crosses the kingdom? What city on the Zuyder Zee? What one south of Amsterdam? West of Utrecht? Southwest of Leyden? Southeast of The Hague? What city is the capital? 98 THE GERMAN EMPIRE AND NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM: REVIEW EXERCISES.-DESCRIPTION. Belgium. What German provinces east of Belgium? What one south? What country southwest? What two rivers in Belgium? Into what do they flow? What mountains near the French border? What cities on or near the Scheldt? What city west of Antwerp? Northwest of Ghent? On the Meuse? What city is the capital? XCIII. REVIEW EXERCISES. Cities. In what part of the country? How situated? - BERLIN? Breslau? Cologne? Magdeburg? Konigsberg? Hanover? Frankfort on-Main? Dantzic? Stettin? Barmen? Posen? MUNICH? Nuremberg? Augsburg? DRESDEN? Leipsic? STUTTGART? HAMBURG? BREMEN? LUBEC? CARLSRUHE? Strasbourg? THE HAGUE? Amsterdam? Rotterdam? Utrecht? Leyden? BRUSSELS? Antwerp? Ghent? Liege? Bruges? Mountains. Where are they?-Bohmerwald? Erz? Riesen? Harz? Ardennes? Rivers. Where does it rise? In what direction does it flow? Into what body of water?-Rhine? Moselle ? Main? Weser ? Elbe? Oder? Vistula? Meuse? Scheldt? Seas and Gulfs.- Where is it?-North Sea? Baltic Sea? Zuyder Zee? Gulf of Dantzic? GERMAN EMPIRE AND NETHERLANDS AND BELGIU M. XCIV. DESCRIPTION. EHRENBREITSTEIN. 1. The German Empire is a confederation of twentysix states, and is the greatest military power in the world. It contains four kingdoms-Prussia, the largest and most populous, Saxony, Bavaria, and Wurtemberg. Besides these kingdoms there are grand duchies, duchies, principalities, and the free cities Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubec. 2. Government.-The general government of the empire is a limited monarchy. All the separate states are also limited monarchies, excepting the three free cities, which are democratic republics. The King of Prussia is the German Emperor. The Legislature of the empire consists of two bodies-the Federal Council, consisting of 58 members, and somewhat resembling the English House of Lords; and the Reichstag, consisting of 397 members, who are elected by universal suffrage. The Kingdom of Prussia is one of the most powerful monarchies of Europe. It is noted for its great and efficient armies, the general intelligence of its people, and the most complete and comprehensive system of public schools in the world. 3. Population.-The total German population of Europe is about sixty-two millions. Of these about fortynine millions are inhabitants of the empire. Austria has about ten millions, Switzerland two millions, and Russia one million. The Germans are remarkable for their attainments in science, literature, and art, and for their military skill. 4. Manufactures.-The manufactures are varied and extensive. The exports are wheat, wine, zinc, and manufactured articles. Prussia furnishes about half the zinc used in the world. 5. The principal cities of the German Empire are Berlin, the capital and largest city of Prussia; Breslau, the principal wool market on the Continent of Europe; Cologne, the chief city of the Rhine Provinces, noted for its cathedral and its trade in wines; Konigsberg and Dantzic, the principal grain ports of Prussia; Stettin, an important port; Coblentz and Magdeburg, famous for their strong fortifications; Barmen, celebrated for its extensive cotton manufactures; and Frankfort, the financial THE GERMAN EMPIRE.-NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM. 99 centre and the emporium of inland trade. Of the free cities, or small republics, Hamburg is the chief commercial city of the continent of Europe, and the depot of trade with America and Great Britain; and Bremen is the principal port for the German emigration to the United States. Dresden, the capital of Saxony, is noted for its art galleries; Leipsic, for its extensive manufacture of books and for its annual fairs. Munich, the capital of Bavaria, is noted for its art gal leries and its manufacture of telescopes and other scientific instruments. COLOGNE. Among other cities of Germany are Stuttgart, celebrated for its vineyards; and Strasbourg, for its cathedral and for its famous sieges. 6. Netherlands and Belgium.-These countries are HEIDELBERG. the foremost in the world in all the forms of mechanical industry, in foreign and domestic commerce, and in wealth. 9. Occupations.-Agriculture is the principal cccupation in the Netherlands, and manufactures and mining in Belgium. 10. Commerce. The foreign trade is one of the largest in the world. The Netherlands export fish, dairy products, and the produce of their extensive East and West Indian colonies. Belgium exports a great amount and variety of fine manufactured goods, including those of silk, cotton, wool, linen, leather, and iron. 11. Amsterdam, the largest city of the Netherlands, is remarkable for its many street canals, its great dikes, and its extensive maritime commerce; and Rotterdam, the second city, for its distilled liquors. The Hague, Utrecht, and Leyden are important cities. The chief cities of Belgium are Brussels, the capital and largest city, celebrated for its manufactures of lace and carpets; Antwerp, the principal port and fortress of densely populated, Belgium being the most crowded part Belgium; Ghent, second only to Manchester in England of Europe. 7. Possessions.-The colonial possessions of the Netherlands are, next to those of Great Britain, the most valuable in the world. in the manufacture of cotton goods; Liege, noted for firearms and cutlery; and Bruges, celebrated for its manufactures of linen and lace. They include the most important portions of the East Indian Archipelago, Dutch Guiana, and several islands in the West Indies. 8. Surface.—A considerable portion of Belgium, and Prussia? For what is it noted?-3. What is the total German population of Europe? Questions (I.)-1. What is the German Empire? How many and what kingdoms does it contain?-2. What is the government of the empire? Of the separate states? Of the free cities? Who is the German Emperor? What is said of the Kingdom of a still larger part of the Netherlands, lie below the level of the sea. The waters of the ocean are kept out, in part, by long hills of sand called "dunes," which have been thrown up by the waves and winds, and in part by great banks of earth called dikes, which face the sea and extend up the rivers. The southern part of Belgium is mountainous, and is rich in timber, coal, and iron. These supply the elements of mechanical power, and, together with the abundance of labor and the number of the ports, railways, navigable rivers, and large canals, place these countries among Of the German Empire? Of Austria? Of Switzerland? Of Russia? For what are the Germans remarkable?-4. What is said of the manufactures? What are the exports?-5. What is said of Berlin? Breslau? Cologne? Konigsberg? Dantzic? Stettin? Coblentz and Magdeburg? Barmen? Frankfort? Hamburg? Bremen ? Dresden? Leipsic? Munich? Stuttgart? Strasbourg ?-6. What is said of the population of the Netherlands and Belgium ?-7. Of the colonial possessions of the Netherlands?-8. Of the surface of the Netherlands and Belgium? Of the southern part of Belgium? In what is it rich ?-9. What are the leading occupations in these countries? -10. What is said of the foreign trade? What are the principal exports of the Netherlands? Of Belgium?-11. For what is Amsterdam noted? Rotterdam? What other large cities? For what is Brussels noted? Antwerp? Ghent? Liege? Bruges? (II.)-1. What other political divisions are included in the German Empire?-2. Of what does the legislature consist?-7. Which are the colonial possessions of the Netherlands?-8. How are the Netherlands and Belgium protected from the waters of the ocean? In what respects are these countries among the foremost in the world? What are the causes? What belt south of Arctic Asia? What plateau is the narrowest on the plateau of Iran? What mountains separate it from the Sibe- What belt south of the plateau belt? Which are the chief penin- PHYSICAL ASIA: QUESTIONS ON THE MAP.-ANIMALS. 101 101 |