GEOGRAPHY FLIPBOOK Facts about the Continents Oceans Continents

GEOGRAPHY FLIPBOOK

Facts about the Continents & Oceans Continents = large, unbroken masses of land on the Earth’s surface. There are 7. -Asia -Africa - South America - Antarctica - Australia / Oceania - North America - Europe **Europe and Asia together are sometimes called Eurasia. Australia and the surrounding islands are sometimes referred to as Oceania. Label the 7 continents on your map Around the continent is a great sheet of salt water. This sheet of water is divided into several large portions. Each portion is an ocean. The 5 oceans cover almost three-fourths of the earth’s surface. Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean Southern Ocean Label the 5 oceans on your map Circle the continent YOU live on

Southern Ocean

Countries Definition: a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory. Depending on the source, there are 189, 191, 192, 193 or 194 independent countries in the world today. Many World Almanacs use 192 countries however, the political world is constantly changing. Label 1 country on each continent – total 6 (non on Antarctica) Circle the country you live in.

Use the word bank and class Atlas to label the following on your map. Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Great Lakes Mississippi River Rio Grande River Appalachian Mountains Rocky Mountains Sierra Nevada Mountains Great Plains Great Basin

Great Lakes Mississippi River Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Rio Grande River Gulf of Mexico

Use colored pencils to color each region. Then label each region. West Midwest Southeast Northeast

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming