LAND AND WATER. 23 



Questions. 



How may the shape of a body be discovered ? 

 How do we know that the earth is round ? 

 What is the circumference of a globe ? 

 What is the extent of the earth's circumference ? 

 If we were to set out and keep travelling in one direction, 

 what would happen ? 



W 7 hat are the parts of which the earth consists ? 



What proportion does the water bear to the land 1 



Is the surface of the earth even or uneven 1 



What occasions the inequality ? 



How is the earth represented in maps ? 



What name is given to each of the circles ? 



What is the meaning of hemisphere ? 



Into how many principal parts is the world divided ? 



What are their names ? 



Which is the smallest of them] 



In which of the hemispheres is Europe? 



What other parts of the world are in the same hemisphere? 



Which of them are in the other hemisphere ? 



How are rivers marked in maps ? 



What is an island ? 



What is a peninsula ? 



Of what are mountains composed? 



Where are metals and minerals found ? 



What is a mine ? 



What are volcanoes ? 



Which are the principal European volcanoes ? 



By what means have caverns been formed ? 



What has been the effect of torrents ? 



