World Geography Copywork Copyright ©2015 Homeschool Giveaways

This copywork pack is intended to enhance your child's knowledge of World Geography. It is not a Geography Curriculum or a complete Geography study and therefore, is not inclusive of all Geography facts. When researching facts, there were so many things I wanted to place on each map that I had to be careful not to over crowd them or they wouldn't be legible for copying. I sorted through all the information and only included facts that are the most important, the largest, the longest, the most well-known, or the must-know of each map topic. These facts will enhance the learning your child is already getting from their Geography program. I recommend that your child copy the names of the continents and oceans on every map they produce. This will help them quickly learn the most important basic facts. I also recommend that when copying the maps with color distributions, have your child copy one color at a time so they can see the distribution of that particular item on the map, for example, Mineral Distributions Map - color all of the iron shapes first so the child will see where all the iron deposits are located around the world and proceed with each mineral until complete. Credits and Acknowledgments Author - Janeen Herlugson of Sprouting Tadpoles, created for Homeschool Giveaways. Cover designed by Richele McFarlin of Crisp Apple Design. Graphics by Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Designs.

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Asia

Europe

Antarctica

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Africa

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

The World Continents & Oceans

The world has seven continents and five oceans. The continents are, from largest to smallest in land mass size, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia. The oceans are, from largest to smallest, the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean.

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Tropic of Capricorn 23°S Lines of Latitude run east to west

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The World's Great Lines & Divisions

Lines of latitude run parallel to the equator around the earth's surface with the equator being designated at 0° parallel. The equator also separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The Prime Meridian separates the Eastern and Western Hemisphere and is located at 180°. The combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of the earth.

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TransAntarctic Mountains

The Himalayas

Andes Mountains

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

Africa

Asia Europe

Australia

Antarctica

Atlas Mountains

Great Dividing Range

Kunlun Mountains

South America

Rocky Mountains

North America

Ural Mountains

Appalachian Mountains

The Alps

Mt. Everest Mt. Fuji Cascade Range

Mt. St. Helens

The World's Mountain Ranges

Mount Everest is earth's highest mountain with a peak of 29,029 ft. above sea level. It is located in the Himalaya mountain range in Asia. The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars with a peak of 69,459 ft.

Karakoram Range

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Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

Africa

Asia

Europe

Australia

Antarctica

South America

North America

Tibetan Plateau

Gobi Desert

Siberian Plateau Siberian Plain

Arabian Desert

Amazon Basin

Patagonia Steppe

Sahara Desert

Great Plains

Great Basin

Great Victoria Desert

Great Sandy Desert

Great Rift Valley

Horn of Africa

World Deserts, Plains & Plateaus

The Sahara Desert is located in Northern Africa, stretching from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the worlds largest hot desert with average temperatures reaching 104° F during the summer. The Sahara Desert is the third largest desert after the Antarctic Desert and the Arctic Desert.

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Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

Africa

Asia Europe

Australia

Antarctica

South America

North America

Amazon River

Drake Passage

Strait of Magellan

Darling River

Murray River

Yellow River (Huang He)

Yangtze River Indus River

Ganges River

Brahmaputra River

Mekong River

Tigris River Euphrates

Nile River

Danube River

Niger River

Congo River

Colorado River

Rio Grande

Mississippi River

Yukon River

The World's River Systems

The Nile River is the longest river in the world with a length of 4,258 miles. The Amazon River is the second longest river at 4000 miles. The Amazon River holds more water than any other river in the world and accounts for one-fifth of the worlds total river flow.

Rhine River

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World Seas, Bays & Gulf's

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

Africa

Asia

Europe

Australia

Antarctica

South America

North America

Mediterranean Sea

Red Sea

Persian Gulf

Black Sea Caspian Sea

North Sea Baltic Sea

Norwegian Sea

Barents Sea Baffin Bay

Tasman Sea

Arafura Sea Great Barrier

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Great Australian

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Sea of Japan

East China Sea

Sea of Okhotsk

Arabian Sea Bay

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South China Sea

Bering Sea

Bay of Biscay

Gulf of Mexico

Caribbean Sea

Hudson Bay Labrador Sea

Gulf of Alaska

Beaufort Sea

Drake Passage

Strait of Magellan

Gulf of Arica

Ross Sea Ross Sea Weddell Sea

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system. It is composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 1400 miles. It can be seen from outer space and is the world's largest single structure made by living organisms.

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Islands Around the World

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

Europe

Australia

Antarctica

South America

North America

Africa

Asia

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Solomon Islands

Marshall Islands

Coral Sea Islands

Easter Island

Tasmania

The Philippines

Islands in Indonesia

Okinawa

St. Lawrence Island

Kuril Islands

Canary Islands

Madeira Islands

Cape Verde

Greek Islands

Orkney Islands

Shetland Islands

Falkland Islands

Aruba

Curacao Bonaire

Bahamas

Caribbean Islands

Bermuda

Channel Islands

Aleutian Islands

Ellesmere Island

Baffin Island Victoria Island

Banks Island

Queen Elizabeth Islands

New Siberian Islands

Fiji

Berkner Island

Kerguelen Islands

Galapagos Islands

Christmas Island

Marquesas

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The Galapagos Islands are home to some of the highest levels of species found no where else on earth. The giant Galapagos tortoise is only found here and the Galapagos penguin is the only penguin species found in the Northern Hemisphere. The giant land iguanas can grow up to 3ft in length.

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Major World Biomes

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

Antarctica

Africa

Asia

Amazon Rainforest

North America

Australia

Africa

Asia Europe

Antarctica

Polar Ice Caps Polar Tundra Temperate Arid / Dry Mediterranean Mountains Tropical

South America

Congo Rainforest

Madagascar Rainforest

Southeast Asia Rainforest

Central America Rainforest

A Biome is classified according to the plants and animals that live in it. An Ecosystem is the interaction of living and nonliving things in an environment. A biome can be made up of many different ecosystems.

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Mineral Distributions

Iron

Nickel

Copper

Mercury

Diamonds

Gold

Silver

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic OceanPacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

North America

Australia

Asia Europe

Antarctica

South America

South America

Africa

Arctic Ocean

Minerals are inorganic and naturally occurring substances that we use everyday in many different ways. Salt contains the mineral halite, pencils contain the mineral graphite, roads are made using crushed stone and cell phones are made with many different minerals mined from places around the world.

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Hurricanes & Tornadoes

Cyclones October - November

Typhoons May - December

(The strongest area of all ocean storms)

Hurricanes August - October

Hurricanes June - October

Cyclones December - March

Tornado Alley

Cyclones January - March

Areas where Tornadoes can form

Areas where Hurricanes can form

Arrows show the direction of the storms. The months are when they

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Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

North America

Australia

Asia Europe

Antarctica

South America

South America

Arctic Ocean

Africa

The United States has the most tornadoes of any country, as well as the strongest and most violent tornadoes. The United States averaged 1,274 tornadoes per year in the last decade with most of those occurring in Tornado Alley.

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Areas where Tornadoes can form

Areas where Hurricanes can form

Arrows show the direction of the storms. The months are when they

occur.

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Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes & Tsunamis A Tsunami is a series of waves that occur in the ocean and are caused by an earthquake, volcanic

eruption or underwater explosion. Tsunamis can have a wavelength up to 120 miles long and a height up to 100 ft. Most of the turbulence from tsunamis occurs underneath the water.

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Pacific Plate

African Plate

Arabian Plate

Nazca Plate

Philippine Plate

Indian-Australian Plate

Antarctic Plate

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The Ring of Fire - This is where most earthquakes occur. Tsunami Risk Area - Most Tsunamis occur around the Indonesia islands.

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The World's Volcanoes

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

North America

Australia

Asia Europe

Antarctica

South America

South America

Arctic Ocean

Africa

Yellowstone Caldera

Mt. Vesuvius

Popocatepetl

Sakurajima

Kilauea

Lake Taupo

Mt. Etna Mt. Fuji

Chaiten

Mt. Merapi Nyiragongo

Mt. Rainier Mt. St. Helen

Mt. Ararat

Kilimanjaro Krakatau

Mt. Surtsey

Yasur

Yellowstone National Park is located in the US state of Wyoming. Yellowstone Lake is one of the largest high-elevation lakes in North America and is centered over the Yellowstone Caldera. Termed a "supervolcano", the Yellowstone Caldera is the largest volcanic system in North America.

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Reference Map

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

North America

Australia

Asia Europe

Antarctica

South America

Arctic Ocean

Africa