1916 

 GEOGRAPHY 



Friday 9:00 a.m. Two hours 



A teacher's certificate covering the laboratory instruction must be presented at the 

 time of the examination. 



No extra credit will be given for more than the required number of questions. 



Group I 

 (Answer one question from this group.) 



1. Explain the term heat equator. How does its position vary with the seasons ? 



Why is it an irregular line ? 



2. Draw two diagrams showing the relations of the sun's rays to the Northern 



Hemisphere in summer and in winter. 



Group II 

 (Answer one question from this group.) 



3. Tropical driftwood is brought to the coast of Spain by ocean currents. From 



what land does it probably come, and what course does it follow ? 



4. A vessel was sunk owing to collision with an iceberg during a fog on the 



Newfoundland Banks. What caused the fog? Where did the iceberg 

 come from, and how did it reach the Banks ? 



Group III 

 (Answer two questions from this group.) 



5. Explain the difference in rainfall (a) between the east and west slopes of the 



Andes in Peru and northern Chile; (b) between the east and west slopes 

 of fhe Sierra Nevadas in California; (c) between the northern and 

 southern slopes of the Himalayas. 



6. What facts make it possible to predict the weather in the eastern United 



States ? Why do weather predictions sometimes fail ? 



7. Explain why lowlands under the trade wind belts are usually deserts. Name 



two such deserts. 



Group IV 



(Answer three questions from this group.) 



8. Account for the saltness of Great Salt Lake. What change in natural condi- 



tions would make the lake fresh ? What are the topographical evidences 

 of past changes in the lake level ? 



9. What are glacial erratics (foreign boulders) ? Name the states where you 



would e-xpect to find them. With what peculiarities of topography are 

 they commonly associated ? 



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