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Page 9 - A. The top of the map is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west.
Page 10 - There are five zones ; one torrid, two temperate, and two frigid zones. The torrid zone is that part of the earth's surface...
Page 6 - March and the 23rd of September, when the Sun is directly over the Equator, it enlightens half of each hemisphere, and the days and nights are equal in all parts of the world. These periods are, therefore, called equinoxes.
Page 7 - The LATITUDE of a place is its distance from the equator. If a place is north of the equator, it is said to be in NORTH LATITUDE, and if south, in SOUTH LATITUDE. It is evident, that the entire northern hemisphere is in north latitude, and the entire southern hemisphere in south latitude.
Page 11 - An Isthmus is a neck of land joining a peninsula to the main land. The Isthmus of Darien, which unites North and South America, and the Isthmus of Suez, which unites Asia and Africa, are th
Page 10 - The North Temperate Zone lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle. The South Temperate Zone, between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle.
Page 5 - Geography is a description of the earth. The Earth is the planet on which we live, and is nearly round.
Page 12 - ... isometrical, periphery, homologous. GEOGRAPHY treats of the world, its races of men, other animals, products, etc. Earth is our planet, globe, world, etc. Parts of land are called continent, island, isthmus, peninsula, cape, promontory, steppe, mountain, volcano, desert, oasis, plain, shore, prairie, etc. The water is divided into oceans, seas, lakes, gulfs or bays, straits, etc. The races of men are the Caucasian, Mongolian, African, American, and Malayan. Other words used are, city, country,...
Page 12 - Channel to some other portion of water. A Lake is a body of water surrounded by land.
Page 14 - How much greater is its equatorial than its polar diameter ? 10. What is the distance of the earth from the sun ? 11.