Facts about the Continents & Oceans Continents = large,
unbroken masses of land on the Earths surface. There are 7.
-Asia-Africa- North America -South America- Antarctica - Europe
-Australia / Oceania ** Europe and Asia together are sometimes
called Eurasia. Australia and the surrounding islands are sometimes
referred to as Oceania. Around the continent is a great sheet of
salt water. This sheet of water is divided into several large
portions. Each portion is an ocean. The 5 oceans cover almost
three-fourths of the earths surface. Atlantic OceanPacific Ocean
Indian OceanArctic OceanSouthern Ocean
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Southern Ocean
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Depending on the source, there are 189, 191, 192, 193 or 194
independent countries in the world today. Many World Almanacs use
192 countries however, the political world is constantly changing.
Definition: a nation with its own government, occupying a
particular territory.
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Use the word bank and class Atlas to label the following on
your map. Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Great Lakes
Mississippi River Rio Grande River Appalachian Mountains Rocky
Mountains Sierra Nevada Mountains Great Plains Great Basin
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Use colored pencils to color each region. Then label each
region. West Midwest Southwest Southeast Northeast
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Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut
Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas
Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota
Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New
Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio
Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South
Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West
Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming