LONDON 



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LONDON 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON LONDON 



Outline 



I. Location and Size 



(1) Southeastern part of England 



(2) On Thames River 



(3) Area 



(4) Population 



(a) Of the "city" 



(b) Of Greater London largest 



the world 



(5) Comparison with New York 



II. Description 



(1) Chief streets and squares 



(a) Trafalgar Square 



(b) Streets leading from it 



(c) The Strand 



(d) Fleet Street 



(e) Piccadilly 



(2) Famous buildings 



(a) Westminster Abbey 



(b) Houses of Parliament 



(c) Buckingham Palace 



(d) National Gallery 



(e) Law Courts 



(f) Saint Paul's 



(g) The Guildhall 

 (h) British Museum 

 (3) Parks 



(a) Hyde Park 



(b) Regent's 



(c) Heaths or commons 

 in (4) Bridges 



(5) Fogs and smoke 



III. Industrial Life 



(1) Manufactures 



(a) Greatest manufacturing center in 



kingdom 



(b) Chief products 



(2) Commerce 



IV. Government 



(1) The lord mayor of the "city" 



(2) Separate boroughs 



V. History 



( 1 ) Antiquity of the city 



(2) Under William the Conqueror 



(3) Disasters 



(4) Steady modern growth 



Questions 



What honor was shown to a former United States President by the mayor of 

 the "city" of London? 



What famous document in the possession of the city dates back to the eleventh 

 century? 



How does London rank among the cities of the world as to population? As to 

 commercial importance? 



Where is the greatest newspaper center in the world located? 



How long are the London docks? How does the city rank among cities of the 

 kingdom as to commercial importance? Among those of the world? 



What is the king's London residence called? 



What is the weight of all the soot, dust and dirt which falls in London in a 

 month? * 



What marks the center of Greater London? What is the chief ornament of this 

 square? 



When was the present London Bridge built? What was there noteworthy about 

 the former one? 



How large a resident population has the "city" of London? How greatly is this 

 increased during the day? 



What is London's most famous park, and how large is it? 



How much longer has this city been in existence than has the second largest 

 city in the world? 



How much larger is the area of Greater London than that of the "city" and 

 administrative county? The population? 



