Continents and Oceans
Arctic Ocean
Europe
North
America
Asia
Atlantic
Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Ocean
Africa
Indian Ocean
South America
Australia
Southern Ocean
Antarctica
Asia
•Largest continent in the world
•About 60% of the world’s population lives in Asia
•Home to the 2nd (China), 3rd (Japan), and 4th (India) biggest economies in the world
•Borders three oceans (Arctic [to the north], Indian [to the south], and Pacific [to the
east])
Africa
•2nd largest continent
in the world
•Borders two oceans
(Atlantic [to the west],
and Indian [to the
east])
•Home to the world’s
largest desert (Sahara)
•Home to the world’s
longest river (Nile)
•Produces roughly
50% of the world’s
diamonds
•Produces roughly
50% of the world’s
gold
•Is home to roughly
10% of the world’s
known oil supply
•Why did so many
nations from other
continents fight for
control of land on
this continent?
North America
•Third largest continent
•Borders three oceans:
(Atlantic [east], Pacific
[west], and Arctic [north])
•Three main languages
spoken: English, Spanish,
French…why is that?
South America
•4th largest continent
•Made up of 12 countries
•Located in the Southern
Hemisphere
•Borders the Pacific Ocean (to
the west), and the Atlantic
Ocean (to the east)
•Two main languages spoken:
Spanish and Portuguese
•Home to the largest river in the
world (Amazon River), and the
world’s largest tropical rainforest
(Amazon)
Antarctica
•5th largest
continent in the
world
•Made up of ice
•Summer
temperatures
average about -30
degrees…in the
summer!!
•It is so cold, dry,
and barren, that
no one lives there
permanently (only
scientific bases)
Europe
•6th largest continent (2nd smallest)
•Has been the center of much of Western Civilization throughout the history of mankind
•Is designated as a continent (for political reasons), but it is actually a peninsula
•Borders the Atlantic Ocean (to the west), and the Arctic Ocean (to the north)
Australia
•Smallest continent in the
world
•Only continent that is also
an island
•Australia is bordered by
three oceans: the Indian (to
the west), Pacific (to the
east), and Southern (to the
south)
Oceans
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Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Southern
Arctic