1. CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD BY LEE BERFIELD MARCH, 2004
OUR WORLD
CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD BY
LEE BERFIELD
MARCH, 2004

2. CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD
Our world is divided into seven large land masses called continents.
The seven continents are:
North America
South America
Antarctica
Australia
Europe
Asia
Africa
Most of the continents are divided into countries

3. Continents of the World

4. NORTH AMERICA North America is divided into 23 countries
North America has the fourth largest population (501,500,000)
North America is the third largest continent.
North America is located in the Northern and Western Hemispheres

5. SOUTH AMERICA
South America has the 5th largest population (379,500,000)
South America has 12 countries.
The equator lies in parts of South America
It is the 4th largest continent
It is home to the largest rain forest

6. ANTARCTICA THE FIFTH LARGEST CONTINENT LOCATED AT THE SOUTH POLE
IS COVERED BY ICE ALL YEAR LONG
SCIENTISTS ARE THE ONLY HUMANS THAT LIVE ON THIS CONTINENT

7. EUROPE Europe is the 2nd smallest continent It has 46 countries
Russia is its largest country and Vatican City is its smallest country
About 1/8 of the world’s population lives in Europe (727,000,000)

8. ASIA is the largest continent is home to over 3 billion people
contains over 44 countries
is connected to Europe

9. AFRICA The second largest continent 53 countries Over 1000 languages
8 regions
877 million people
Has the 2nd largest population
Is home to the largest land animals in the world.

10. CONTINENT STORY
North America married South America and they went away to a small private continent named Europe for their honeymoon. When they returned, they had 4 kids and each kid's (continent) name started with the letter A. The biggest kid (continent) has the smallest name.. Asia. Africa looks like a backwards F. The last 2 are Antarctica and Australia.