QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT.
1. Why do we have counties in the United States? Contrast the popular
reason with the historic.
2. What relation did the tribe hold to the clan among our ancestors?
3. In time what did the clans and the tribes severally become?
4. Show how old county names in England throw light on the
county development.
5. Trace the growth of the English nation in accordance with
the following outline:--
a. Each tribe and its leader,
b. A powerful tribe and its leader.
c. The relation of a little kingdom to the shire.
d. The final union under one king.
e. The relative ages of the shire and the nation.
6. Give an account (1) of the shire-mote, (2) of the two kinds
of representation in it, (3) of its presiding officers, and
(4) of its two kinds of duties.
7. Let the pupil make written analyses or outlines of the following
topics, to be used by him in presenting the topics
orally, or to be passed in to the teacher:--
a. What changes took place in the government of the shire
after the Norman Conquest?
b. Trace the development of the coroner's office.
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