WG Continents and Regions 1 Name the seven

WG Continents and Regions 1

Name the seven continents in alphabetical order. • • Africa Antarctica Asia Australia Europe North America South America 2

Name the four oceans in alphabetical order. • Arctic • Atlantic • Indian • Pacific 3

What continent includes Quebec, a land divided by language? • North America 4

What continent is home to the following cities…Canberra, A. C. T. , Sydney, Melbourne? • Australia 5

Which continent has low per capita GDP, low life expectancy, low literacy rates, high infant mortality, high population growth rate, and large percentage of population under age 15? • Africa 6

What continent includes air and water travel that bring goods and services to remote areas? • Australia 7

Which continent has natural hazards-monsoons, typhoons, volcanoes, and earthquakes? • Asia 8

What continent has the Great Dividing Ranges? • Australia 9

Which continent has silks, batiks, woods and ivory carving, ideograms, unique alphabets, and jewels? • Asia 10

What region includes a vast land area, two continents, and covers 11 time zones? • Russia 11

What two continents are divided by the Strait of Gibraltar? • Europe • Africa 12

What two continents are divided by the Straits of Bosporus? • Europe • Asia 13

Which continent includes Fjords? • Europe 14

Which continent’s lifestyles range from subsistence farming to modern city living? • Australia 15

Which two continents are part of a large landmass called Eurasia? • Europe • Asia 16

Which continent is a major exporter of technology? • North America 17

Which continent includes Spanish and Portuguese languages? • South America 18

Which continent includes ranching and mining as its primary activities? • Australia 19

Which continent is the home of Machu Picchu ? • South America 20

What continent is home to the Kurds who live in parts of Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria? • Asia 21

What region of the world is now called North Africa and Southwest Asia? • Middle East 22

Which two continents includes NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)? • Europe • North America 23

What continent includes the continental divide? • North America 24

What continent is home to the Yangtze River of China? • Asia 25

Which continent sports highly developed infrastructures and economies? • North America 26

Which continent includes the Black Forest, Venice, Rhine, Danube, and Seine? • Europe 27

What region of the world is the cross roads of Europe, Africa, and Asia? • Middle East 28

What region of the world has water features such as Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Black Sea, and Arabian Sea? Middle East 29

What continent has the most advanced road system or infrastructure? • North America 30

What region of the world is the birthplace of three major monotheistic religions? • Middle East 31

What continent is home to the Suez Canal which connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea? • Africa 32

Which continent has oil reserves in the North Sea? • Europe 33

What continent is home to the Andes Mountains? • South America 34

What region of the world depends on oil drilling, agriculture, and pastoralism? • Middle East 35

Which continent includes Pampas and Llanos? • South America 36

Which continent is part of NAFTA? • North America 37

Which continent includes many rainforests? • South America 38

What region of the world has been the crossroads of many world-wide shipping routes? • Middle East 39

Which continent includes calypso, steel drum bands, and reggae? • South America 40

What region of the world is home OPEC? • Middle East 41

Which continent has Tierra Caliente, Tierra Templada, and Tierra Fria? • South America 42

Which continent is the center of the world’s financial markets? • North America 43

Which continent includes Haciendas, Ejidos (communal land)? • South America 44

Which continent has The Chunnel? • Europe 45

What region of the world has water features such as Volga River, Ob River, Amur River, and Lake Baikal? • Russia 46

What region of the world has diverse ethnic groups, and cultural heritages such as Ballet and Faberge eggs? • Russia 47

Which continent has exported Mc. Donald’s, Coca Cola and blue jeans? • North America 48

What region of the world has rich chernozem soil? • Russia 49

What region is home to the Caucasus Mountains? • Russia 50

Which continent has the biggest variety of ethnic groups, languages and customs? • Africa 51

Which continent includes cities such as Toronto, Quebec, Chicago and Los Angeles? • North America 52

Which continent has the Himalayas? • Asia 53

What region of the world divides Europe from Asia? • Russia 54

Which continent has few cities with population over 1 million? • Africa 55

What region of the world is called the sleeping land, and located east of the Urals? • Russia 56

Which continent includes the Columbia and St. Lawrence Rivers? • North America 57

What region of the world has Matrioshka dolls, Oriental Carpets, and Samovars? • Russia 58

What continent’s population lives near the coast? • Australia 59

Which continent includes the cities of Berlin, London, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Athens, and Warsaw? • Europe 60

What region of the world has cultural landscapes such as St. Basils? • Russia 61

What region of the world includes Red Square? • Russia 62

What region of the world has Kremlin, Mosques, minarets, Siberian villages, and Sovietstyle apartment blocks? • Russia 63

Which continent includes the Aleutian Islands, the Great Plains and the Hudson Bay? • North America 64

What region of the world has center of culture and trade such as St. Petersburg, and Novosibirk? • Russia 65

What continent includes the center of world financial markets, New York Stock Exchange? • North America 66

Which continent is the birthplace of Industrial Revolution? • Europe 67

What continent includes the widening gap between rich and poor? • North America 68

Which continent has a Caste system in India? • Asia 69

Which continent hosts the world’s longest unfortified border? • North America 70

On which continent is Japan the economic leader? • Asia 71

Which continent has crop yields, fertile soils, black earth (chernozem), and farming techniques? • Europe 72

Which continent has names related to historical empires? • Africa 73

What continent enjoys the highest standard of living? • North America 74

Which continent did the “Green Revolution” in food production begin? • Asia 75

What continent is home to the following cities. . Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Vancouver, Chicago? • North America 76

Which continent has masks, sculpture, dance, music, colorful dress, jewelry? • Africa 77

Which continent includes cities such as Tokyo, Beijing, and New Delhi? • Asia 78

What continent is mostly dessert? • Australia 79

Which continent includes the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges River, the Indes River, the Brahmaputra River, the Pacific Ocean, Yangtze River, the Mekong River, and the Yellow River? • Asia 80

What continent has the Great Barrier Reef ? • Australia 81

Which continent is Kalahari and Namib Deserts placed on? • Africa 82

What continent has cattle and sheep stations? • Australia 83

Which continent includes the cities of Lagos, Darkar, Johannesburg? • Africa 84

What continent has European and indigenous cultures? • Australia 85

Which continent has the Andes Mountains and Sahara Madres? • South America 86

What two continents include parts of what are known as Latin America? • North America • South America 87

What continent reflects the mix of European and indigenous cultures such as the Maori and the aborigines? • Australia 88

Which continent is the birthplace of western democracy? • Europe 89

What continent has the Sydney Opera House? • Australia 90

Which continent has knowledge of history through oral tradition? • Africa 91

What region is home to the Suez Canal which connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea? • Middle East 92

Which continent’s population predominantly lives along the coast? • Australia 93

Which continent is home to the Atacama? • South America 94

What continent is the home of research station outposts but no permanent inhabitants? • Antarctica 95

Which continent is mostly desert? • Australia 96

On what continent will you pass the World Geography SOL test? • North America 97