World Geography What Do You Know????

How many continents are there? Seven

Can you name them? North America North America South America South America Europe Europe Asia Asia Africa Africa Australia Australia Antarctica Antarctica

What is the world’s longest river?

The Nile River in Africa.

The largest river? The river with the most water volume?

The Congo River has the highest volume. The Amazon River is the largest.

What is the largest desert in the world?

How many guessed The Sahara Desert?

Northern Africa's Sahara Desert is more than 3.5 million square miles (9 million square kilometers), which is slightly smaller that the size of the United States, the world's fourth largest country.

Nice try, BUT………

The world's largest desert is actually the continent of Antarctica; it is the world's driest place. It receives less than two inches of precipitation annually. Antarctica is 5.5 million square miles (14,245,000 square kilometers) in area.

What is the world’s largest country? The smallest Country? Russia is the largest. Russia is the largest. Vatican City is the smallest. Vatican City is the smallest.

What are the world’s most populous countries? Rank Country Population Rank Country Population 1.China 1,321,851,888 1.China 1,321,851,888China 2.India 1,129,866,154 2.India 1,129,866,154India 3.United States 301,139,947 3.United States 301,139,947United StatesUnited States 4.Indonesia 234,693,997 4.Indonesia 234,693,997Indonesia 5.Brazil 190,010,647 5.Brazil 190,010,647Brazil 6.Pakistan 169,270,617 6.Pakistan 169,270,617Pakistan 7.Bangladesh 150,448,339 7.Bangladesh 150,448,339Bangladesh 8.Russia 141,377,752 8.Russia 141,377,752Russia 9.Nigeria 135,031,164 9.Nigeria 135,031,164Nigeria 10.Japan 127,467, Japan 127,467,972Japan

Do you know the Great Lakes? They are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario.

Why do we study Geography? Geography enables us to understand change, conflict and the key issues which impact on our lives today and will affect our futures tomorrow. Geography enables us to understand change, conflict and the key issues which impact on our lives today and will affect our futures tomorrow. Students need to study their own locality and build their own sense of identity and self-esteem whilst learning to respect diversity through appreciating other people’s places and cultures. Students need to study their own locality and build their own sense of identity and self-esteem whilst learning to respect diversity through appreciating other people’s places and cultures. Map reading and way finding are crucial to help students locate themselves in their surroundings and explore places. Map reading and way finding are crucial to help students locate themselves in their surroundings and explore places.