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GEOGRAPHY

I. THE EARTH AS A WHOLE:

1. THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH: 573; 745; 730; 451.

a. Proofs that it is spherical: 573; 127.

2. THE SIZE OF THE EARTH:

a. Length of circumference and diameters: 573.

3. MOTIONS OF THE EARTH:

a.  Rotation: 573; 451; 279; 730.

(1)  What is meant by poles and axis:  573;  1516.

(2)  The Pole Star and the Big Dipper: 1516; 186.

(3)  Cause of daylight and darkness:  573;  1848.

(4)  Longitude and Time. The Meridian of Greenwich:  1204;  807;

1114; 1913.

b. Revolution:

(1)  The Earth's orbit:   574;  451;  1000;  1344;  127;  796.

(2)  The angle of inclination:  573;  1544;  2133.

(3)  The cause of the seasons of the year: 574; 1715.

4. THE CONTINENTS AND THE OCEANS:

a. Relative location and areas:   No. America 58;  So. America 61; Africa 22;

Asia 119; Australia 142; Europe 632.

b. The oceans: Atlantic, 132; Pacific, 1407; Indian, 921; Arctic, 94; Antarctic, 77.

c. The movements of the water of the oceans:

(1)  Ocean  currents —causes:    1369;   813;   1017.

(2)  Tides —causes:    1910;   1259. (9) Waves —causes:  2058.

5. MEANS BY WHICH THE  EARTH'S SURFACE IS CHANGED:

a. Work of volcanic forces:

(1)  Geysers, hot springs, volcanoes, earthquakes: 762; 2027;  1805;

574.

(2)  Rising and sinking of land: 2028; 749; 1483.

b. Work of the atmosphere:

(1)  The changes of the atmosphere:  33;  1931'  2094;  1833; 750.

(2)  How it makes soil: 1778.

(3)  The winds:   2094;  Trade, 1931; monsoon, 1253;  simoom, 1759;

cyclone, 492.

c. Work of running water:

(1)  How it wears away the earth's surface: 747;  2051; 100.

(2)  How  it carries  earthy  material  and  deposits sediment:    518;

1240; 590; 2122; 53.

(3)  The general effect of running water:   2051.

d. Work of the glaciers:

(1)  How they wear away the land: 770; 1206; 365.

(2)  How they make deposits of rock and soil:  553;  Soils, 1778.

(3)  Which part of the Earth has been most affected:  750.

6.   DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS ON THE EARTH:

a. Plants:

(1)  Vegetation regions:   Africa, 23;  America, 59;  Central America,

60; South America, 61; Asia, 119; Austria, 145; Europe, 633; France, 705; German Empire, 756; Mexico, 1215; Italy, 947; Spain, 1788.

(2)  Control by moisture, soil, heat, latitude and altitude:   Iceland,

911;  Soils, 1778;  Agave, 25;   Crops, 29;  Australia 142.

(3)  How plants are adapted to conditions in which they live: 1501.

(4)  The  great deserts, grasslands and forests of the world:   Af-

rica, 22; Gobi, 776; Sahara, 1654; Mohave, 1247; Australia, 142; Pampas, 1415; Tibet, 1909; Texas, 1895; Central America, 60; S'o. America, 61; Black Forest, 222; Forest Reserves, 693; Russia, 1646; Mexico, 1214.

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