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Shainaaz Merchant

7 CONTINENTS. Shainaaz Merchant. NORTH AMERICA. 3 rd largest continent North: Arctic Ocean East: Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of Mexico Southeast: Caribbean Sea South & West: Pacific Ocean Canada, United States, Mexico, Greenland, Central America & The Caribbean

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Shainaaz Merchant

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  1. 7 CONTINENTS Shainaaz Merchant

  2. NORTH AMERICA • 3rd largest continent • North: Arctic Ocean East: Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of Mexico Southeast: Caribbean Sea South & West: Pacific Ocean • Canada, United States, Mexico, Greenland, Central America & The Caribbean • 23 countries and dozens of small island possessions and territories • Population: 518 Million • Named after Amerigo Vespucci • Minerals: coal, iron, copper, silver, and nickel • Produces most of world’s: corn, cotton, meat, and soybeans • Largest Lakes: Great Lakes • Longest River: Missouri-Mississippi River • Animals: grizzly bears, moose, jaguars, wolfs, cayotes, polar bears, and coral snakes

  3. SOUTH AMERICA • 4th Largest Continent • North: Caribbean Sea East: Atlantic Ocean West: Pacific Ocean • 12 countries & 3 major territories • Population: 376 Million • Named after Amerigo Vespucci • Minerals: copper, iron, tin, and oil • World highest waterfall: Angel Falls • 2nd highest mountain: the Andes • 2nd largest river by volume: Amazon River • World’s largest tropical rainforest: Amazon Rainforest • Animals: llamas, jaguars, hummingbirds, flamingos, iguanas, anacondas, and crocodiles

  4. EUROPE • 6th largest continent • Part of Euroasia peninsula • North: Arctic Ocean South: Mediterranean Sea West: Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, and Baltic Sea • 47 countries & dependencies and territories • Population: 729 Million (3rd largest populated continent) • Word derived from Europa, daughter of Pheonix in Greek mythology/Ereb Phoenician word for “sunset” • Minerals: coal, iron, salt, gas, and oil • Highly industrialized in forestry/fishing • Animals: deers, moose, wolfs, bears, rabbits, hedgehog, eagle, rabbits, and sparrows

  5. ASIA • Largest Continent • North: Arctic Ocean East: Pacific Ocean & Bering Strait South: Indian Ocean Southwest: Red Sea Mediterranean Sea • 44 countries & number of islands • Each country has its own language • Population: 3.96 Billion • Worlds tallest mountain: Mt. Everest • Deepest Lake: Lake Baykal in Russia • Minerals: petroleum, coal, gold, zinc • Produce: wheat, cotton, vegetables, rice, and tea • Animals: snow leapords, elephants, monkeys, hyenas, tigers, and giant pandas, marmots, and reindeers

  6. AFRICA • 2nd largest continent • North: Mediterranean Sea West and South: Atlantic Ocean East and South: Indian Ocean • 53 countries (47 nations & 6 islands) • Population: 911 Million • Worlds longest river: the Nile • Worlds largest dessert: Sahara Dessert • Produces: cotton, coffee, cocoa beans, peanuts, cloves, and rice • Minerals: cobalt, chromium, gold, uranium, and petroleum • Animals: lions, tigers, cheetahs, hyenas, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, hippopotamuses, baboons, hawks, eagles, falcons, crocodiles, pythons, and foxes

  7. AUSTRALIA • Smallest continent • Commonwealth of Australia • North: Timor Sea, Arafura Sea, and Torres Strait East: Coral Sea & Tasman Sea South: Bass Strait & Indian Ocean West: Indian Ocean • 6 states & 2 territories • Population: 20 Million • Self-governing member of Commonwealth of Nations • Minerals: coal, diamond, gold, iron, uranium, petroleum, and nickel • Worlds largest coral reef: Great Barrier Reef • Animals: Kangaroos, Koalas, and Tasmanian Devils

  8. ANTARCTICA • 5th largest continent • Last continent to be discovered • Antarctica means “opposite to the Arctic” • Considered a continent in 1840 • East and West Antarctica • Coldest and windiest • 98% solid ice • Surrounds South Pole • Surrounded by stormiest seas • World oceans would raise 200ft, if ice sheet would start to melt away • Population: no permanent human beings • 43 research stations • Minerals: coal, copper, lead, zinc, silver, iron, gold, and tin • Animals: fish, squid, jellyfish, seals, whales, dolphins, seabirds, penguins, seals

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