The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-01-21
Questions for the Second Grade.
HISTORY,

HISTORY.
l. BY whom was the Mississippi River
discovered?
y. Give the date and place ofthe earliest
settlements in tho U. S. by the English,
the Spanish, and the Dutch.
3. Who was Gen. BraddOck?
4. What were the principal colonial
wars previous to the Revolution?
). Whom did the Indians usually aid
in the contests between the English and
French cOloniSts?
6. Where is Valley Forge, and for what
Revolutionary event is it noted?
7. Name tho connection the following
names have with American history: Sir
Walter Raleigh, Thomas Jefferson, Gen.
Warren.
S. How and from whom did tho U. S.
obtain Florida, Louisiana and California?
9. What was the most important battle
of the war of 1872?
10. What arc the branches of the gen.
eral government?
ARITHM ETC.
l. Define integcr, prime number, ratio,
asst common multiple.
.. Define common and decimal frac-
lions, simple and compound interest.
j. flIll pTDlllCL vi lul anu lsuI tllu
uuoticnt of SE75 by 3.T5.
4. Reduce of ! of two-fiflhs to a deci-
NAL and multiply it by 81.
5. What number diminished by 4 per
cent. of itself will give 3l2?
6. ABBEvILLE, August 10, 1870.
One day after date / promise to pay
A. i. or order S672, for value received,
with interest at 3 per cont. G. ID.
Find amount of this note Dec. %, 1871.
I. Add siX-scvenths, scver-cighths,
thrce-fourtccntls, five twentv-eighths.
?, and the difference between II and thir-
tccn-iiltcenthS, and > 5an1 seven-tenths.
S. Find the square root Of 1851.
q. If So gain sri 8 months, how long
will it take Sl75 TO gain SIP
10. If = men and II boys weave G3 yds.
in = days, q boy doing one-half a mans
work, how long will 4 men and 81 boys
take to weave los yds.?
GRAMMAR.
I. What is meant by comparison Of Ad-
jcctivcs? Compare good, ill-tcmpcrcd,
little. bountilul, perfect, total.
=. How do nouns ending in y form
their plural? Give examples.
,. low is the posscssive case plural OF
nouns formed? Give examples.
1. How many kinds of pronounS arc
there? Give an example OF each kind.
). Write the plural of city, life, OK, fox,
sock, thief, leaf, vail, cheese, hclr-at-
law.
6. Write the singular Of data, crises,
clothes, children, hose, Chinese, SCISSORS,
knives, slaves, Mcssrs.
:. Give the principal parts of the verbs,
take, break, tear, dare, fight, bite, learn
smell. tell, fell.
$. Write Il sentence containing a transit
tive verb and ono containing al mtransi-
tive verb. -.
8. Correct crrors:-(a) Who did you
sneak to? (b) Between me and you,
them folks aint kind. (c) She don't know
nothing. [dl Was the man and woman,
what Won seen, pleasant to you?
10. Parse this sentence: Dreams are
but children of an idle brain.
GEOGRAPHY.
/. Define latitude and longitude.
.. Where must a place DC situated 10
have neither latitude nor longitude?
3. Name and locate the important sea-
ports of the Southern States.
i. Describe the Potomac River.
). Name the two most important NOUN
tain ranges in North America, and tell i'll
what direction eacn one cAtelldS'
6. Bound North Carolina.
:. State situation of the following cities:
Paris, Heddo. London. Calcutta.
S. What countries OF Europe are called
the five great powers! ,
9. What two motions has the earth, and
which causes changes ol season?
10. Draw a MAJ Of United States, in
scrIiny chief towns, rivers, &c.
SPELLING.
Correct errors; Polish, Marriage, MI