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Welcome to World Geography

Welcome to World Geography. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=wher+ein+the+hell+is+matt&mid=B59D2AC7B3BE689448B0B59D2AC7B3BE689448B0&view=detail&FORM=VIRE2&adlt=strict. The WORLD’S SUPERLATIVES. ASIA LARGEST IN SIZE AND POPULATION OVER 4 BILLION PEOPLE 17.2 MILLION MILES.

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Welcome to World Geography

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  1. Welcome to World Geography http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=wher+ein+the+hell+is+matt&mid=B59D2AC7B3BE689448B0B59D2AC7B3BE689448B0&view=detail&FORM=VIRE2&adlt=strict

  2. The WORLD’S SUPERLATIVES

  3. ASIA • LARGEST IN SIZE AND POPULATION • OVER 4 BILLION PEOPLE • 17.2 MILLION MILES LARGEST CONTINENT?

  4. SMALLEST CONTINENT? AUSTRALIA;Followed by Europe, then Antarctica

  5. HOW MANY COUNTRIES ARE IN THE WORLD? HOW MANY COUNTRIES ARE IN EUROPE? • The UN recognizes 193 • The US recognizes 195 • Most common answer 196 • 48 Countries • Only 27 are members of the European Union

  6. RUSSIA • 6,592,735 sq mi. LARGEST COUNTRY?

  7. CHINA • Has 1.3 billion people on a planet with 6.7 billion people. • India is second at 1 billion • United States is a distant third at 300 million. LARGEST COUNTRY IN POPULATION

  8. THE VATICAN CITY – A COUNTRY LOCATED WITHIN ROME, ITALY: IT IS ROUGHLY 1/5 SQ. MILE, WITH A POPULATION OF 824. SMALLEST COUNTRY?

  9. 1 TokyoJapan 32,450,000 2 SeoulSouth Korea 20,550,000 3 Mexico City[2]Mexico 20,450,000 4 New York City[3]United States 19,750,000 5 MumbaiIndia 19,200,000 6 JakartaIndonesia 18,900,000 7 São PauloBrazil 18,850,000 8 DelhiIndia 18,600,000 9 Osaka-Kobe-KyotoJapan 17,375,000 10 ShanghaiPeople's Republic of China 16,650,000 2005 WHAT IS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE WORLD?

  10. Mount Everest, in the country Nepal at 29,035ft. HIGHEST POINT?

  11. MARIANA TRENCH – 36,810 FEET (OR 28 MILES) BELOW SEA LEVEL. • You could put the Appalachian Mt. on top of Mt. Everest and it would still be under water DEEPEST POINT?

  12. CARIBBEAN SEA • 970,000 MILES • ONE MILE LARGER THAN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA LARGEST SEA?

  13. Sea of Marmara 4,382 square miles • Connects the Black Sea with the Aegean Sea SMALLEST SEA?

  14. NILE - 4184 miles • THAT IS MORE THAN 1000 MILES MORE THAN THE WIDEST POINT OF THE UNITED STATES. LONGEST RIVER?

  15. El Azizia, Libya 136 degrees Fahrenheit. • Death Valley, California comes in a close second, at 134° F HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH

  16. Camp Vostok, Antarctica minus 128.6F COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH

  17. The Atacama Desert • has never had a recorded rain drop DRIEST PLACE

  18. If the World’s population, as it is today, was represented by 100 people this is what it would look like: • From U.S. and Canada– 7 • From Latin America - 7 • From Africa – 8 LITTLE PERSPECTIVE • From Europe – 21 • From Asia - 57

  19. 52 – female • 48 – male • 6 of the people would have 59% of the world’s wealth – all 6 would be from the United States • 80 would be in substandard housing • 70 would be unable to read or write • 50 would be suffering form malnutrition • 1 near death • 1 near birth • Only 1 would have a college education

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