HISTORY
What period do mammals date from? 749.
In what period do remains of birds appear? 749.
When were the chalk deposits made? 749.
When did modern types of plants and fishes appear? 749.
What is the Cenozoic era? 750.
Why was the Pleistocene period remarkable? 750.
Where were the ice sheets developed? 750.
What various conjectures have been made concerning the age of the
earth? 750.
How are the ages of the various eras thought to compare? 750. What has been the character of the climatic changes? 750. What may be said as to volcanic activity? 750.
PALEONTOLOGY.
What does paleontology deal with? 1409.
What are the three divisions of the science? 1409.
Do all the systems of rocks contain fossils? 1409.
What is it the province of paleontology to determine? 1409.
What is involved in the first point? 1409.
What is meant by cosmopolitan faunas and colonial faunas? 1410.
What is involved in the second point? 1410.
What does the third point consider? 1410.
What would a complete knowledge of paleontology involve? 1410.
How does paleontology aid in determining the age of rock formations?
1410.
What is paleontologic geology? 1410. What is paleontologic zoology? 1410. What is paleontologic botany? 1410.
Are all animals and plants of higher types than their ancestors? 1410. Is evolution ascent or differentiation? 1410. What is differentiation? 1410. Does the succession of fossils demonstrate the doctrine of evolution?
1410. Why is present knowledge of ancient life very far from complete ?1410.
HISTORY
EGYPT.
What was the condition of the Egyptians when they first became
known in history? 591. What system of writing had they? 591. Why is the early history dated by dynasties? 591. Who founded the city of Memphis? 591. What marks the site of the ancient city today? 1202. What was the duration of the first dynasty? 591. Who built the pyramids of Ghizeh? 591. How many pyramids are there in Egypt? 1565. How large is the Sphinx? 1797. When did the shepherd-kings arise? 591. What famous Hebrew of Scripture was prime minister to one of
these kings? 591.
What is the capital of these kings called in the Bible? 906. How did the kings of Egypt get the name of Pharaohs? 1464. What are the most famous ruins in Egypt? 1898. Who raised Egypt to its highest point of glory? 591. What inscription did Rameses I have over his library door? 1063. Under what king did the Israelites depart out of Egypt? 1585. In what1 dynasty did Egypt come into touch with Greece and Judea?
591.
Who planned the Suez Canal and conquered Palestine? 591. How was Moses reared? 1269. When was Egypt conquered by the Persians? 591. How did Cambyses die? 313.
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