North America is the third largest continent in size. North
America is the fourth largest continent in population. North
America is made up of 23 countries.
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Mexico City is the most populous city in North America. New
York City is the second most populous city in North America.
Population is estimated to be 502 million.
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Highest Point: Mount McKinley in Alaska. (20,322ft) Lowest
Point: Death Valley in California. (282 ft below sea level) North
America makes up 16.5% of Earths land.
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Most North Americans speak either English, Spanish, or French.
North America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. North America is
the only continent to have every type of climate.
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South America is the 4th largest continent. South America ranks
5 th in population. The estimated population is around 386 million.
South America is home to many of the Earths most amazing
landforms.
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S.A. is home to the worlds tallest waterfall. (Angel Falls in
Venezuela) S.A. is home to the worlds largest river by volume. (The
Amazon) S.A. is home to the longest mountain range. (The Andes)
S.A. is home to the largest rainforest. (The Amazon
Rainforest)
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S.A. is made up of 12 countries and 3 dependencies. A
dependency is a country that is owned by another country. Brazil is
by far the largest country in S.A. Brazil covers more than half of
the continents land area and population.
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Europe is the 6 th largest continent in size. Europe is the
third most populous continent. Russia is the largest country in
both size and population. Russia is located in both Europe and
Asia.
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The Ural Mountains divide Europe and Asia. Europe is the
birthplace of our culture. Once upon a time Europe controlled North
America, South America, Oceania, and large portions of Africa and
Asia.
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Both World Wars were largely focused in Europe. After the wars
the United States and the Soviet Union became the new superpowers.
Europe is made up of 50 countries.
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Africa is the worlds second largest continent. Africa is the
worlds second most populous continent. Africa has a population of
1.0 billion people. Africa has 54 sovereign states. A sovereign
state is a state that can exist without help from any other
state.
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Sudan is the largest country/state in Africa. Nigeria has the
highest population with over 145 million people. Mt. Kilimanjaro is
the highest point in Africa. (Over 19,000ft tall.)
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Unfortunately the top 10 poorest countries in the world are all
located in Africa. Niger, Mali, and Uganda are #1,2, and 3 for
highest birth rates in the world. 6 of the driest places in the
world are located in Africa. The Nile is the longest River in the
world and it is located in Africa.
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3,000 kids die per day in Africa from Malaria. About half of
the worlds diamonds come from southern and central Africa. Three of
the worlds largest gold producers have their primary operations in
Africa.
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African elephants are the largest living land animals. They can
weigh up to 6-7 tons and drink over 160 liters of water a day. Four
of the five fastest land animals live in Africa. The cheetah is the
fastest and can run at 60 mph. There are about 2300 bird species in
Africa.
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Asia is the worlds largest and most populous continent.
Population is around 3.9 billion people. During the 20 th century
Asias population nearly quadrupled. Asia is a culturally diverse
continent. Asia consists of 48 countries.
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The land area of Asia is actually larger than the land area of
the moon. More than 60% of the worlds population lives in Asia.
Most of the worlds tallest mountain peaks are located in Asia. Mt.
Everest is the worlds tallest peak and is located near the
Nepal-China border. Mt. Everest is 29,029ft tall and is part of the
Himalayas.
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The largest man-made structure, The Great Wall of China, is
located in Asia. It is 5,500.3 miles long. The Great Wall of China
is visible from space. 2 countries in Asia hold half of the
continents population. ??? India and China.
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The main religions practiced in the continent are- Hinduism,
Buddhism, Taoism and Islam. The three main financial centers of
Asia are Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. China has shown massive
growth in their economy in last ten years and it has become the
second largest economy in the world after the United States of
America.
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The primary use of the term Oceania is to describe a
continental region that lies between Asia and the Americas, with
Australia as the major land mass. The name Oceania is used, rather
than Australia, because unlike the other continental groupings, it
is the ocean rather than the continent that links the nations
together.
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Oceania is the smallest continent in terms of land size.
Oceania is the 2 nd smallest in population. Oceania has 14
countries and 25 dependencies. Oceania also has 28 official
languages.
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Oceania is usually divided into 5 regions. Australia, New
Zealand, Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. Polynesia- means
many islands. Melanesia- means the black islands. Micronesia- means
small islands.
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Antarctica is almost 98% solid ice. It was finally considered a
continent in 1840. Antarctica is claimed by 7 different countries.
Many of these claims are disputed by the other countries.
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Antarctica is the coldest and windiest spot on the planet. The
lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth occurred here.(-129.3 deg
F) Winds are commonly measured at up to 200mph. There is no
official population on Antarctica. However, governmental research
stations have scientists in them at all times. Also, 37,000
tourists visited the continent in 2010.
