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Do you know youDo you know yourcontinents andcontinents and

Try this game to practice your world map.

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North America is where the United States islocated.

Other countries include Mexico, Canada,Central American countries, and Caribbean

Islands.

North AmericaNorth America

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South America has 12 countries.The Amazon River is the second longest

river and the largest river in the world.The Amazon Rainforest is the largest

rainforest in the world.

South AmericaSouth America

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Africa has 53 countries. It is smaller than Asia in both size and

population. It has the longest river in the world the Nile.

AfricaAfrica

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EuropeEurope

The number of countries in Europe variesbased on the definition of a continent andwhere Russia and Turkey are placed.

Parts of Russia and Turkey are considered

both part of Europe and Asia.The Ural mountains separate the two

continents.

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AsiaAsia

Asia is the largest continent. It also has thehighest population.

China is the largest country in the world.

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AustraliaAustralia

Australia is the only continent occupied witha single country.

It is the smallest continent. A large part of Australia is a desert.

http://www.bom.gov.au.

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AntarcticaAntarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmostcontinent.

It is the fifth-largest continent in area

Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiestcontinent. Since there is little precipitation

the interior of the continent is technically thelargest desert in the world.

There are no permanent human residents.

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The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions.

Its name is derived from the Latin nameMare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowedupon it by the Portuguese explorerFerdinand Magellan.

Pacific OceanPacific Ocean

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The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest ofthe world's oceanic divisions.

It covers approximately one-fifth of theEarth's surface.

The first part of its name refers to the Atlas

ofGreek mythology, making the Atlantic the"Sea of Atlas".

Atlantic OceanAtlantic Ocean

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The Arctic Ocean is located in the northernhemisphere and mostly in the Arctic northpolar region.

It is the smallest and shallowest of theworld's major oceans.

Arctic OceanArctic Ocean

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Indian OceanIndian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of theworld's oceanic divisions, covering about20% of the water on the Earth's surface.

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The Southern Ocean, also known as the GreatSouthern Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and theSouth Polar Ocean, comprises the

southernmost waters of the World Ocean southof 60 S latitude. Many countries and people do not recognize this

as an ocean.

Southern OceanSouthern Ocean

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EquatorEquator

0 degree line of latitude.

Separates the Earth into the Northern andSouthern Hemispheres.

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Prime MeridianPrime Meridian

0 degree line of longitude.

Separates the Earth into the Western andEastern Hemispheres.