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Outline and Questions on Europe Continued 



Questions 



About how many people are there in Europe who are racially connected with the 

 Chinese? 



Where do they live? 



If there had been no mountains in Southern Europe, how might the history of 

 that region have been different? 



How does Europe rank among the continents as regards its production of v/heat? 

 Of sugar? 



How did the entry of the Turks into the continent actually bring about intel- 

 lectual benefits? 



What is indicated by the difference in the shape of the heads of various European 

 peoples? 



In what general way does Europe resemble North America in its relief features? 

 In what way do the two differ? 



Is irrigation of as much importance in Europe as in North America? 



What part did Charlemagne play in the upbuilding of two of the great states of 

 modern Europe? 



What did the ancient Greeks believe was the origin of their ancestors? What 

 connection, had this belief with the story of Cadmus? 



In what way have the coast waters affected the history of this continent? 



What are the relative latitudes of Pittsburgh and Naples? Why is the climate 

 of the latter so much less severe? 



In what sense can it be said truly that "Of all European history, Rome is the 

 center"? 



If North America were as densely settled as Europe, how would its population 

 compare with its present population? 



How does the coastline of Europe compare in length with that of Africa? How 

 do the two continents compare in area? 



What is a "continental climate"? Why is this type to be found in Russia and 

 not elsewhere in Europe? 



What was the great ideal of Greece? Of Rome? 



Since the earliest civilizations did not grow up in Europe, why should that conti- 

 nent be considered the most important in the world's history? 



How large a proportion of the inhabitants of the continent do not hold any 

 Christian faith? 



What is the longest river of Europe? How does it compare in length with the 

 longest river of North America? Of South America? 



Divide the countries of Europe into groups according to their form of government. 



With what justice is the War of the Nations called the greatest conflict in the 

 history of the world? 



What does the name Europe mean? With what other continent name is it in 

 contrast? 



Name at least three important events or discoveries that marked the change 

 from the medieval to the modern period. 



In what relationship does Europe stand, geographically, to Asia? Is the idea that 

 they are two continents an ancient or a modern one? 



