Geography Lesson
Questions & Answers:
Q1. Find three or four phrases in stanzas one and two which are likely to occur in a geography lesson.Ans. scaled six inches to the mile, inevitable, cities where the rivers ran, valleys were populated, logic of geography
Q2. Seen from the window of an aeroplane, the city appears
(i) as haphazard as on ground.
(ii) as neat as a map.
(iii) as developed as necessary.
Ans. (ii) as neat as a map.
Q3. Which of the following statements are examples of “the logic of geography”?
(i) There are cities where there are rivers.
(ii) Cities appear as they are not from six miles above the ground.
(iii) It is easy to understand why valleys are populated.
(iv) It is difficult to understand why humans hate and kill one another.
(v) The earth is round, and it has more sea than land.
Ans. (i), (iii), (v)
Q4. Mention two things that are
(i) clear from the height.
(ii) not clear from the height.
Ans.
(i) Clear: The earth is round; there is more sea than land.
(ii) Not clear: Why men hate each other; why they build walls and kill.
