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Features of Land. Basic Geography 1. A continent is a large land mass. There are six continents on Earth: Africa Antarctica Australia Eurasia North America South America. Eurasia is the largest continent. Australia is the smallest continent. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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1Features of LandBasic Geography 1A continent is a large land mass. There are six continents on Earth:AfricaAntarcticaAustraliaEurasiaNorth AmericaSouth AmericaEurasia is the largest continent.

Australia is the smallest continent.A continent can contain one or more countries/regions.

There are 54 countries/regions on the continent of Africa.4North America and South America are large land masses. Are they continents?

North AmericaSouth America

YesNoAn island is a body of land smaller than a continent.

Madagascar is a very large island.How many islands do you see on this map of Hawaii?789

A peninsula is a piece of land attached on one side that sticks out into a body of water.

The U.S. state of Florida is a large peninsula.What bodies of water surround the Italian peninsula?Aegean Sea and Ionian SeaAlboran Sea and the Gulf of LionAdriatic Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, and Ionian Sea

An isthmus is a strip of land that connects two larger land masses.Panama is one country/region on the isthmus that connects North America and South America.

On the map below of an imaginary world, draw a line from a label to a correct sample land feature. There is more than one correct answer for most of the labels.ContinentPeninsulaIsthmusIsland