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the principal carnivora, herbivora, cetacea, cheiroptera, Define ethnography.
marsupials, birds, and reptiles. ‘What arguments can be adduced to show the probable
State the characteristics of the temperate fauna, naming. unity of the human race ?
the principal carnivora, herbivora, rodentia, cetacea, mar- Name the primary races.
supials, birds, and reptiles. Name the secondary races.
State the characteristics of the arctic fauna, naming the Into what three branches may the Caucasian race be
characteristic terrestrial and marine species. divided?
What peculiarities characterize the fauna of North What peoples have descended from the Aryans, or the
America? What is the cause of these peculiarities? Indo-Europeans?
What are the peculiarities of the fauna of the South Name the principal Celtic nations.
American continent? What is the cause of these pecu- What nations have sprung from the ancient Romans?
liarities? What nations have descended from the Germans?
What is the main peculiarity of the Asiatic fauna? Name the Slavonic nations. The Iranians.
Describe the districts of fur-bearing animals of North Name the parts of the world inhabited by each of the
America. Of Asia, primary and secondary races.
For what peculiarity are the animals of the deserts of Describe the peculiarities of each of these races.
Africa and Arabia noted ? Name a few of the peoples which belong to each of the
What is the main characteristic of the Australian fauna? races.

 
 
 

MAP QUESTIONS.

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Trace on the map of the Vertical Distribution of Ani- Locate the chief districts of venomous serpents in the
mal Life, the characteristic fauna in those parts of each eastern and western hemispheres.
of the continents, lying between the level of the sea and Describe the region of the musk-ox. Of the grizzly
5000 feet. Between 5000 and 10,000 feet. Between 10,000 bear. Of the buffalo.
and 15,000 feet. Between 15,000 and 20,000 feet. State, from the Ethnographic Map, the portions of the
Name from the map of the Distribution of Animals, the world inhabited by the Caucasian race. The Mongolian
tropical species of the Americas. Of Africa. Of Asia. race. The Ethiopian race. The Malay race. The Amer-
Of Australia. ican race. The Australian race.
Name, in a similar manner, the temperate and arctic | What different peoples dwell north of the arctic circle?
species of the Americas. Of Europe. Africa. Asia. Aus- South of the tropic of Capricorn?
tralia. Trace on the map the northern limit of permanent
In what portions of the world is the seal found? The habitation. The southern limit.
walrus? The whale? What race inhabits Hindostan? What people? What
Trace on the map the southern limit of the polar bear. race inhabits Abyssinia? What people? Greenland?
Of the reindeer. Of monkeys. Of the elephant and rhi- Patagonia? China? Mexico? France and Spain? North-

   
     
 

noceros. The northern limit of the camel. Of monkeys. ern Norway and Sweden? Arabia? Madagascar ?