SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY.--1. Locate Metz, Cologne, Liege,
Namur, Lille, Verdun; the Meuse, the Marne, the Oise, the
Aisne; Lemberg, Warsaw, Königsberg. 2. Look at a large map of
Europe and by reference to the scale find out the following
distances: Metz to Paris; Cologne to Paris (via Liege);
Verdun to Berlin; Verdun to Strassburg; Liege to Paris;
Warsaw to Berlin. What is the length of the Belgian
coast-line; of the Dutch coast-line; of the Franco-German
frontier? 3. Collect pictures and charts illustrative of
trench warfare, and of devastated areas of Belgium and
France. 4. Explain fully the influence of geography upon the
campaigns of 1914. 5. Define neutrality; guarantee; treaty.
6. On an outline map of Europe indicate the countries
fighting against Germany at the close of 1914. Indicate those
fighting on the side of Germany at that time. Indicate the
date when each of these countries entered the war. Draw a
line showing the farthest German advance into France, and the
farthest Russian advance into Germany and Austria (map, page
124). 7. What might have been the consequences if the
Belgians had not resisted the German invasion? 8. Describe
the German effort to reach the French coast in 1914. What
would have been the probable consequences of its success? 9.
What was the purpose of the English blockade of Germany? How
did this blockade affect the rights of neutrals? Find out
what the United States government did in the matter.

REFERENCES.--_War Cyclopedia_ (C.P.I.); _Study of the Great
War_ (C.P.I.); McKinley, _Collected Materials for the Study
of the War; National School Service_, Vol. I, No. 3 (C.P.I.);
_New York Times History of the European War_.