GREAT BRITAIN 2593 GREAT BRITAIN 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON GREAT BRITAIN 



Outline 



I. Size and Location (2) Central government 



(1) Rank among islands of the world (a) King 



(2) Actual size, 88,094 square miles (*>) Cabinet 



(3) Situation with reference to Europe (c) Parliament 



(4) Effect of shape and position * House of Commons 



2. House of Lords 



II. Physical Features and Industries ^ Courts 



See outlines on England, Scotland, WaZes (3) Local government 

 III. Transportation and Commerce 



(1) Navigable rivers ... N 



(2) Canals neglected state 



(3) Railroads VI. History 



(4) Foreign trade For early stages, see England, Scotland, 



(a) Effects of, on history and on Wales 



naval supremacy ( i ) Union with Scotland 



(b) Merchant marine largest in world ( 2 ) The accession of the Hanoverians 



(c) Imports greater than exports (3) Spread of empire 



IV. Colonial Possessions < a > In America 



(1) Extent of empire ReUutiona'ry War in America 



(2) Protectorates The Napoleonic struggle 



(3) Colonies An era of reform 



a Self-governing Recent happenings 



(b) Crown colonies Imperial growths 



(4) Government (fe) gouth Afr , can War 



V. Government (c) Irish Home Rule question 



(1) Unwritten law (d) War of the Nations 



Questions 



What change was made in the management of railroads at the outbreak of the 

 War of the Nations? 



What happens to the Cabinet when an important measure is defeated? 



Sketch briefly the part which Great Britain has played in the development 

 Australia; of North America. 



How can the country be governed without a constitution? 



What part has British inventive genius played in bringing about the great growth 

 of the country? 



If Great Britain were deprived of all that has grown out of the vid 

 and Wolfe, how much smaller would its empire be? 



Why was there objection to Irish Home Rule in Ireland itself 



How many islands as large as Great Britain would its greatest colonial posse 



make? 



What king of England could not speak English? 



Show by means of a globe that "the sun never sets on British soil.' 



Describe the British flag. How was it made? 



How does the merchant marine of Great Britain rank with thoa 

 tries? 



How did a law of 1911 in which Home Rule was not mentioned 



Rule for Ireland? 



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