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Section B.
Two questions should be attempted from this Section.
3. State the latitude, the longitude, the average annual
rainfall, the mean January temperature, and the mean
July temperature of your school district. If your school
stood 900 feet higher, how would some of these figures be
affected ? (15)
4. You are offered the choice of a holiday either in Skye
or in the Isle of Wight. Describe the scenery and attractions
of each place. Indicate briefly how each place would be
reached from Edinburgh. (15)
5. Draw a sketch-map of Fife showing upland regions,
agricultural regions, and mining areas. Insert the names of
two rural market towns and two mining centres. (15)
6. What are the main commodities passing between
British ports and Limerick, Cork, and Belfast ? Account
briefly for this trade. (15)
Section C.
Two questions should be attempted from this Section.
7. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Sir John Hawkins
proposed that an English fleet should be stationed con¬
tinuously at the Azores (38° N., 30° W.) in order to intercept
treasure ships from the Spanish Main and also Portuguese
ships from India. Explain by reference to the winds of the
Atlantic how the Azores formed a nodal point on these
routes. (15)
8. Give a geographical account of Jugo-Slavia, or
Czecho-Slovakia, or Finland. (15)
9. Describe with the aid of a sketch-map the course of the
River Mississippi and its main tributaries. Show how the
climate, productions, and occupations of the people vary in
different parts of the river-basin. (15)
10. Where are the chief sources of the world’s supply of
crude mineral oil ? Give fuller particulars of one of these
fields, stating how the oil is obtained, transported to the
coast, and exported. (15)