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Title: Europe and other continents
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Tarr, Ralph S. (Ralph Stockman), 1864-1912 McMurray, Frank Morton, 1862- (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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sotherms across Europe and explain the causes of theirirregularity. (5) In what section would you expect to find most wildanimals? (Fig. 121). (6) Give reasons why some European countries,such as Germany, take much better care of their forests than Ameri-cans do. (7) Can you tell about any of the great wars and greatgenerals of Germany, England, or France ? (8) Can you tell of anyof the changes in boundary lines; for example, in Poland, or betweenFrance and Germany? (9) Explain how the adoption of Christian-ity by the Roman government was an event of great importance.(10) What distinguished Greeks and Romans can you name? 1 Some of these comparisons will be made easier by examining the fig-ures in Section XXIV. Longitude (i West from 4 Greenwich 2 BRITISH ISLES Scale of Miles. i 50 , Cities with over 1,000,000. . . . LOUtlOU Cities with 200,000 to 1,000,000.. LiverpoolCities with 100,000 to 200,000 . . .Portsmouth Smaller Places Plymouth q )/l/rath Capitals of Countries s Other Places
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Fig. 122. X. THE BRITISH ISLES Map Questions (Fig. 122). (1) Walk toward the British Isles.(2) What two large islands do they include? (3) What waters sepa-rate these two? (4) Name the three divisions of Great Britain.(5) Where are the Orkney Islands? (6) The Hebrides? (7) TheShetland Islands ? (8) Find the Channel Islands. They are includedamong the British Isles. (9) What sea lies east of Great Britain ? (10) What country of Europe is nearest to Great Britain ? (Fig. 172). (11) What waters separate the two? (12) Make a sketch map of theBritish Isles. (13) Compare the coast line with that of Spain (Fig.154). With that of Norway (Fig. 172). What suggestion do youget from this comparison? (14) Notice how many of the large citiesof Great Britain are on or near the coal fields (Fig. 131). Why isthis so? Inhabitants. —When Caesar invaded Britain in 55 B.C.,he found the island inhabited by barbarians whose ances-tors had crossed over from the continent. For the nextfour centuries the Rom

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