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EASTERN HEMISPHERE

What continents lie wholly north of the equator?

What continent lies wholly south of it? Which two are crossed by the equator? Is there more land north or south of the equator?

Which hemisphere contains the larger amount of land? What ocean must be crossed to go from South America to Africa? From North America to Europe?

In what direction is Europe from Asia? Africa from South America? Point in the direction in which Asia lies from us.

In what direction is the north pole from the south pole? The north pole from the equator? The south pole from the equator?

What continents form the Old World? Which form the New World? Point out an island, peninsula, cape.

What oceans would you cross in sailing from Australia westward to South America? What islands lie between North America and South America? What islands lie between Asia and Australia? What large island east of Africa? Name some islands found in the Pacific ocean. In the Atlantic ocean. In the Indian ocean.

Name some of the large rivers that you see on each of the continents. Name the ocean into which each flows.

What continents are crossed by the Tropic of Cancer? What continents are crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn?

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