Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-16
letters? Give your method Of teach
ing beginners.
GEOGRAPHY,

letters? Give your method Of teach
ing beginners.
GEOGRAPHY.
l. Name and bound the three
oceans occupying the temperate and
torrid zones.
2. What is climate and what are
the three principal conditions upon
which 1t depends?
8. Define parallels of latitude,
meridians, and zones.
4. Can you find all climates in
the same zone, If SO, where and what
is the cause?
S. Make a map of Iowa naming
its boundaries, locating the principal
towns, railroads and rivers.
6. Name the States bordering on
the Atlantic ocean, commencing
with the most southern and proceed
ing in order to the north; name their
capitals.
Z. Name the exports Of the At
lantic States and their productions.
8. Name the principal mountain
chains OF Europe.
9. What are some of the .princi-
pal possessions of the British EN-
pire outside Of the mother country?
10. Give three rivers Of Asia
flowing into the Arctic Ocean, three
flowing into the Pacific and three
flowing into the Indian Ocean.
IL. Give the causes for the
change of seasons.
l2. Describe Journey by water
from Albany, N. Y, to St. Peters
burg, Russia.
| 13. What is the climate of the
Pacific cost of the U. S. compared
with that Of the Atlantic cost, and
what is the reason for the difference?
IA. What are isothermal lines
and what is their direction in the
United States compared with the
parallels Of latitude?
Is. Name characteristic tree in
each of the temperate, torrid and
semi frigid zones. What is the vegc.
tation of the frlgid zones?
GRAMMAR.
l. Define noun; personal pro-
noun; adjective.
2. Write sentence containing
noun, verb and participle, and parse
the same.
5 Define simple and compound
sentence.
4. Give the three rules for the
use of capital letters.
5. What definition of subject and
predicate do you require from the
child?
6. How do you form the posses
sive plural of nouns?
Z. In the following statement,
change the verb from the active TO
the passive voice: "John drove the
horses to the barn to shelter them"
8. Write short letter, making
application Tor a situation.
9. Give synopsis of tn" word
"saw," in the first person singular,
throughout all the moods and lenses.
10. Write Il complex sentence,
illustrating the use Of the subjunc-
tive and potential moods. Analyze
1t, and parse all nouns, pronoun> and
verbs.
IL. Form correct sentences, ,using
the following words: Ought, lie,
lay, sit, effect, each other, and learn
and taught.
II. Correct errors in the follow
ing sentences:
Be that as it will, l cannot give
my consent.
Every one was dressed alike.
Was it him, or her?
1t l were her, / would know whom
it is.
Between you and I, it was him
that done it.
Is. Give your method of correc-
ting false syntax in schools.
Ia. At what age would you com
mence teaching language, and what
subjects would you first present?
Is. Analyze the following SEN
tence, and parse the words in italics:
"What! can younot teach me achat
is true?
PHYSIOLOGY.
l. Define Anatomy, Physiology
and Hygiene.
9. Of what are the bones compos-
ed? Give the process of re-uniting
in case of fracture.
3. Give the four general divi-
sions Of the bones, and the number
in each.
4. Name the digestive, respirato-
ry and circulatory organs.
5. What changes are wrought i'll
the blood by respiration?
6. What kind of blood flows
through the arteries? Exception
What kind through the veins? Ex-
ception.
7. What is the chief function of
the muscles?
8. Name the principal fluids
which influence digestion.
Q. Give thenumberof the temper
ary teeth. The division of the per-
manent teeth, and the number in
each.
10. Tell why, when, and how
long we should sleep.
IL. Give the alIatomyof the heart
its chambers, valves and membranes.
IL. Why is the skull composed
of several bones? How are they
united, and what changes take place
between infancy and adult age?
l3. Give the names of the nerves
OF special sensation.
IA. State the effects Of use on
the organs OF the body; bones, mus
cles, nerves, and organs of the speci
al senses.
Is. Give your views on the sub
ject Of ventila,ing school-rooms and
dwellings,, and reasons therefor;
also, the average temperature.
HISTORY.
l. What theory and facts led to
the discovery Of America by Chris
topher Columbus?
2. How did European nations &C.
quire possession Of American terrific
ry?
3. Name some Of the earliest set
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