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Facts About Continents

The document discusses the continents and oceans of the world. It provides details on the seven continents, listing their names and areas in square miles. Asia is the largest continent, while Australia is the smallest. The continents are surrounded by oceans, which cover around three-fourths of the Earth's surface. The document also gives directions for labeling a map with the continents, oceans, and other geographic features.

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Facts About Continents

The document discusses the continents and oceans of the world. It provides details on the seven continents, listing their names and areas in square miles. Asia is the largest continent, while Australia is the smallest. The continents are surrounded by oceans, which cover around three-fourths of the Earth's surface. The document also gives directions for labeling a map with the continents, oceans, and other geographic features.

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FACTS ABOUT THE CONTINENTS AND OCEANS

The earth’s surface is divided into large, unbroken masses of land.  These large masses of land are the 
continents. There are seven continents. This table shows the names of the continents and their areas in 
square miles.

THE CONTINENTS

Asia 17,100,000 sq. mi.

Africa 11,800,000 sq. mi.

North America 8,500,000 sq. mi.

South America 6,900,000 sq. mi.

Antarctica 6,000,000 sq. mi.

Europe 4,000,000 sq. mi.

Australia 3,000,000 sq. mi.

Europe and Asia together are sometimes called Eurasia. Antarctica is the continent surrounding the 
South Pole. It is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.

Two continents, North America and South America, are in the Western Hemisphere. The other continents 
are in the Eastern Hemisphere.

In addition, there are other smaller masses of land near the continents. They are called islands. The 
largest of these is Greenland. Australia is the smallest of the continents. It is sometimes called the Island 
Continent.

Around the continents is a great sheet of salt water. This sheet of water is divided into several large 
portions. Each is called an ocean. The largest ocean is the Pacific Ocean. Other oceans are the Atlantic, 
the Arctic, and the Indian. The oceans cover almost three­fourths of the earth’s surface.

I. Directions for using your map:

1. Label the equator on the map.

2. Write the name of each continent in the right place on your map.

3. Label the oceans on the map.

4. Label Greenland.

5. Label north, south, east, and west on the map, by compass rose.

6. Put a figure 1 next the largest continent on the map.
II. Without looking at your map try to answer the following questions.

1. Write the names of the continents in alphabetical order.

2. Do the same for the oceans. 

3. Which two continents are entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?

4. What ocean separates North America and Asia?

5. What continent is sometimes called the Island Continent?

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