HISTORY
Wliat was the result of the battle of Navarino? 1956.
In what year did Greece become independent? 1956.
When was Turkey admitted into the political system of European states? 1956.
What caused the Russo-Turkish war? 1956, 1957.
How did this war change the map of European Turkey? 1957.
What was the cause of the Armenian massacres? 1957.
When did they occur? 1957.
What was the extent of their design and how far was this accomplished? 1957.
What is the largest city? 1957.
What city contained three thousand statues, including the wonderful Helios? 1607.
JAPAN.
Who is the Japanese Bismarck? 960.
How many small islands in Japan? 961.
What is the population of Japan? 961.
'What kinds of wood are grown in Japan? 961.
What makes the coast look like a Japanese screen? 961.
What is the character of a large percentage of the country? 961.
Do Japanese babies cry? 961.
How do the Japanese dress? 961.
What are the houses built of? 961.
What gives Japan a holiday air? 961.
What happens at cherry-blossom time in April? 962.
What are the two religions of Japan? 962.
When did St. Francis Xavier introduce Christianity. 962.
When did true historic records begin to be kept? 962.
What made Japan a hermit empire? 962.
When did the Dutch and Portuguese trade with Nagasaki? 962.
What did Commodore Perry demand in 1854? 962.
What singular distinction belongs to Mutsuhito? 1292.
Who told the powers they had been hoaxed? 962, 1293.
What dramatic changes mark the seven decades of Mutsuhito's life?
1293.
What is the Era of Enlightened Peace? 963. What did the daring young nobles do in the 50's? 963. How did the boy-emperor instruct the Japanese representatives? 963 What are the five orders of the new nobility? 963. After what model was the army organized? 963. What countries were imitated in the navy? 963. What countries furnished the pattern for the constitution? 963. When was Port Arthur fired dn? 964. Where was the first great modern naval battle? 964. Who helped to end the Russo-Japan war? 964. How big is Tokyo? 964.
What trouble arose in San Francisco in 1906? 964. What arts are declining in Japan? 965.
CHINESE EMPIRE.
How many years back do the annals of China extend? 390. China as an empire dates from what year? 390. In what year did the present dynasty begin to reign? 390. What two personages are always found in China, no matter how far
back you go? 39®.
Whose death in 1405 saved the independence of China? 1914. From what has the custom grown, since the seventh century, that all
officers of the government must be educated? 390. What are the three religions of Chma? 390-1. What is the charcteristic of each religion? 390. Of what does the governing power of the empire consist? 391. At what hour of the day does the Grand Cabinet meet? 391.
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