Nor is it simply a question of a north-south divide: by the 19th century, west had become not only a direction but a pseudo-ideology, one that reached its epitome in the grasping westward ...

We all know that the planets revolve around the Sun horizontally, but what would happen if the planets orbited the Sun vertically? How do we know the planets orbit horizontally instead of vertically?

Preparation • Cut your paper into four pieces, and label each one with a cardinal direction (North, South, East or West). • Carefully cut off a circular piece of cork about half an inch thick.