Around the World

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GeographyGeography

An Introduction to the Study of the Earth

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BELLRINGER #1

1.How many continents are there?

2. How many oceans are there?

What is geography?What is geography?

•Geography•Geography is the study of the Earth,including its surface and the people who liveon it.

–The word geography comes from the Greek wordgeographia, which means “description of theEarth”.

–The prefix geo- means “Earth”

Can you name all 7 continents?

Continents

What about the oceans? There are 5!

Oceans

World – Continents and Oceans

Why is the Pacific Ocean on this map twice???

oceans•Most of the world (about 70%) is coveredby water. The largest bodies of salt waterare called oceans. There are 5 major oceansin the world.

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OceansOceans

•Arctic

•Atlantic

•Indian

•Pacific

•Southern

ContinentsContinents

continents•The rest of the world (about 30%) is covered byland. The seven largest landmasses are calledcontinents.

–Africa–Africa

–Antarctica–Antarctica

–Asia–Asia

–Australia–Australia

–Europe–Europe

–North America–North America

–South America–South America

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ContinentsContinents

•Each continent is further divided intoseparate countries, and each country has itsown states and cities.

•Example:

–North America (Continent)

–United States (Country)

–Louisiana (State)

–Baton Rouge (City)

North AmericaNorth America

•What are some ofthe countries thatare in NorthAmerica?

–USA

–Mexico

–Canada

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South AmericaSouth America

•What are somecountries in SouthAmerica?

–Brazil

–Argentina

–Peru

–Chile

AfricaAfrica

•What are somecountries in Africa?

–Egypt

–Kenya

–Libya

–Sudan

–Madagascar (island)

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EuropeEurope

•What are somecountries inEurope?

–Spain

–France

–Germany

–Italy

–United Kingdom(England, etc.)

AsiaAsia

•What are somecountries inAsia?

–China

–India

–Japan

–Russia

AustraliaAustralia

•Australia is thesmallest continentand also its owncountry. The onlycountry in Australiais…Australia!

AntarcticaAntarctica

•There are nocountries inAntarctica! Why?Because it has zeropermanent humanresidents. 98% ofAntarctica iscovered in ice.

Continents PoemContinents Poem

CONTINENTS TOUR

ZEBRAS live in AfricaLIONS and ELEPHANTS, too.Australia is down under,Home of the KANGAROO!

Clap your hands for Asia!It's the largest one.Antarctica is covered in ice.The PENGUINS sure have fun!

North America is where I live.It's where I work and play.In Europe you'll find England,Where the queen rules every day.

South America is home to Brazil.It's the largest country there.The world has seven continents,And I've just named them with care!

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The Seven Continents

North America, South America, holdinghands in the west

Europe and Asia, side by side, and on Africathey rest

Australia stands alone, floating down below

And Antarctica is the loneliest, where onlypenguins want to go!