A System of Questions in Geography; Adapted to Any Modern Atlas Embracing Geographical Definitions, Introduction to the Use of the Terrestrial Globe, and Ancient Geography - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874. Excerpt: ... RUSSIA IN EUROPE. 129 Q. To whom does it belong? A. Nominally to Sweden and Russia; but owing to the poverty of the country, the inhabitants are not subjected to any control. What is the largest town, and how situated? T. What 'own in the northern part near the Arctic Ocean? What lake west of it? Where is Uleaborg? What is its latitude? RUSSIAN EMPIRE. Q. What does the Russian Empire comprise? A. About one-half of Europe and nearly a third of Asia, embracing about one-eighth of the land surface of the earth. What part of Europe belongs to Russia? Of Asia? In In what direction is it longest? What is the Emperor called? Czar, and sometimes Autocrat. What part of the Russian Empire extends farthest north? What part farthest south? (See Map of the World.) RUSSIA IN EUROPE. How is Russia bounded? What is the capital, and how situated? In what part is Moscow? What curiosity at Moscow? An enormous bell weighing nearly 200 tons. It is the largest in the world, and has never been removed from the pit in which it was cast. It is 67 feet in circumference and 19 feet high. What two large lakes north-east of the Gulf of Finland? Which is the larger? What mountains separate European from Asiatic Russia? What river empties into the sea of Azof? What three empty into the northern part of the Black Sea? What town stands near the mouth of the Dnieper? What two gulfs on the eastern part of the Baltic? Which one has a town situated on it, of the same name with the gulf? At the mouth of what river is Riga? Where is Lake Peipus, or Tchoudsko? What lake east of it? What town on lake Ilmen? How is Viborg situated? Abo? Cronstadt? For what noted? It is the chief station of the Russian Navy? How is Archangel situated? For what noted? It is the most northern seaport in Europe. Wher...

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