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46. Desert of Sahara.

Find on the map on page 25 the place
marked desert. On pages 49 and 52 there
are pictures of parts of this desert.

Have you ever seen any land like that in

the pictures 2? How does it differ from the

land near your school ?
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it are covered with sand. Perhaps the little
children there never saw any rain.
South of this dry land there are long rivers

flowing through dense forests and over grassy
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47. The Grand Divisions.

What strait cuts across the world ridge ?

Where is South America? Where is North Amer-
ica? What isthmus joins these two parts of America ?
Which part is the larger ?

What lands are joined by the isthmus of Suez?

Where is Europe ?- Which is the larger, Europe
or Asia ?

What very large island.,is southeast of Asia?
Which looks the larger, Europe or Australia?

What lands are crossed by the equator ? On which
side of the equator is the greater part of the land?
On which side is the greater part of the sea ?

Which of these large bodies of land lie wholly
north of the equator? Do any lie wholly south of
the equator ?

South America, North America, Hurope,

Asia, Africa and Australia are called grand

divisions or continents.
What grand divisions are in the Old World ?