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What is Europe's average population to the square mile? 633.

Where is Pompeii? 1524.

Why did the Phoenicians give the name to Europe? 632.

What gives it such an extensive coast line? 632.

Where are the two mountain systems? 632.

What is the center of the mountain system in the south and west? 632.

What waters nearly surround Europe? 632.

What islands cluster around the mainland? 632.

What are the largest rivers. 632.

Where do the myrtle and the date-palm grow? 632.

Where did the plants of southern Europe come from? 633.

Name some of the wild animals of Europe? 6331

What is the best method of classifying the races? 633.

How many languages are spoken in Europe? 633.

What geographical changes were made in Europe in the last century?

635.

What is the longest river of Europe? 2028. How is the Danube controlled? 503.

Where is the most difficult passage of the Danube? 502. What is one of the most noted rivers in the world? 1606. What sea has long been one of the commercial highways of the

world? 1360.

What prevents the Mediterranean from evaporating away? 1198. How many railroad tunnels pierce the Alps? 55. Where is the Balkan peninsula? 161.

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

What are the boundaries of Great Britain? 798.

What is the greatest length of the kingdom? 798.

Why is the geological formation of the country interesting? 798.

What is the greatest natural wealth of Great Britain? 798.

Why has Great Britain one of the healthiest climates in the world? 798.

How much of the world's shipping is done by British vessels? 798.

What countries compose the United Kingdom; what the British Empire? 799.

What are the shape and size of England? 615.

What makes its coast line so long? 615.

How does it compare in size with New York state? 615.

How much of its area is productive? 615.

What are the yearly exports and imports? 615.

When did agriculture represent half the wealth of the nation? 615.

What port has one-third of the foreign trade of the whole kingdom? 1103.

What is the area of London? 1110.

What makes London the wealthiest city in the world? 1111.

What is the North Channel, the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel? 937.

What are the provinces of Ireland? 937.

What is the size of Ireland? 937.

What advance has the country made in recent years? 937.

What makes Dublin one of the most beautiful capitals in Europe? 556.

What is the Cove of Cork now called? 1574.

How does Scotland compare with Indiana in size? 1707.

Why are few places more than 40 miles from the sea? 1707.

How long is the Clyde? 1708.

How many mountain peaks above 3,000 feet? 1708.

How do the cool summers affect agriculture? 1708.

What is said of salmon in Scotland? 1708.

What is the state religion? 1708.

What is the source of Glasgow's prosperity? 772.

Where is Fingal's Cave? 674.

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