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1919 

 GEOGRAPHY 



Friday, June 20 2 p.m. Two hours 



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



Group I 



{Answer one question from this group.) 



1. (a) Define map projection. (6) Make a sketch of the parallels and meridians 



as they are in a Mercator's projection map of the world, (c) Mention the 

 advantages and disadvantages of this kind of map. 



2. In the South Temperate zone a farm on a hillside sloping north can grow 



earlier spring vegetables than a farm situated on level land at the base of 

 the hill. Why is this true ? 



3. (a) How was the so-called "daylight-saving" in summer accomplished by the 



plan practised in 1918 ? (b) Why will this scheme not work in winter ? 



Group II 

 (Answer one question from this group.) 



4. If the master of a sailing ship wished to take advantage of ocean currents 



and prevailing winds, what course would he take, and why, on voyages 

 (a) from Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro and (b) from Cape Horn to Cape of 

 Good Hope ? 



5. (a) Where and how do the icebergs encountered in the steamer lanes of the 



North Atlantic originate ? (b) Why do these icebergs float so far south ? 



(c) Why is it dangerous for a large ship to run into one of these bergs at 

 high speed even if the berg rises only a few feet above the surface of the 

 sea and is not apparently of great areal extent ? 



Group III 

 (Answer two questions from this group.) 



6. (a) Draw an outline map of the part of the earth's surface within the Tropics, 



and on it indicate and label: (1) the equator, (2) the heat equator in July, 

 (3) the heat equator in January, {b) On the same map locate the Sahara 

 Desert and account for its position. 



7. The daily United States weather map for a certain day gave the pressure for 



Denver, Colorado, as 30.00 inches. Denver is one mile above sea-level. 

 What was the actual reading of the barometer at Denver on that day ? 

 Show how }'ou obtain your result. 



8. Distinguish between a temperate-latitude cyclone and a temperate-latitude 



tornado as to (a) place of occurrence, (b) diameter, (t) destructiveness, 



(d) climatic effects. 



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