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Date: ________________
The Seven Continents (Alice Worksheet)
Directions: Label the following while viewing the “Alice” presentation of “The Seven
Continents.
Europe
Through _____________, at one time ruled almost all of the rest of the world.
Has been the starting point of both _______________.
Africa
Has the world's longest river _____________.
Has the world's largest desert _____________.
Has more ____________ than any other continent.
Most of the world's ___________ come from Africa.
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Date: ________________
Antarctica
Is the only continent completely covered in _____________.
Is the only continent that is ___________ by humans (although some scientists live there
for short periods of time).
Asia
Has the world's biggest nation ___________.
Has the highest point on Earth ___________.
North America
Is joined to Asia by ice in winter _____________.
Has the world's tallest mountain ______________.
Contains the world's largest fresh water lake _______________.
Australia
Contains the fewest countries ______________, _________________,
________________.
Has more __________than people.
Is the only continent that lies entirely in the __________ and ___________
Hemispheres.
South America
Contains the world's Southern most city ___________ ___________.
Contains the world's largest river system _____________.
Name:______________________
Date: ________________
Supplemental Definitions
Africa - a continent that crosses the
equator. It is south of Europe and is
bordered by the Atlantic and Indian
Oceans.
Europe - a continent in the Northern
Hemisphere. Europe is attached to Asia
(and west of it).
North America - a continent in the
Antarctica - the continent that
Northern Hemisphere; it is north of South
surrounds the South Pole of the Earth. America. It is bordered by the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans.
Asia - a continent in the Northern
Hemisphere. Asia is attached to
North Pole - the point that is the farthest
Europe (and east of it).
north on Earth.
Australia - a continent, an island, and a South America - a continent that is mostly
country in the Southern Hemisphere.
in the Southern Hemisphere. It is
bordered by the Atlantic and Pacific
equator - an imaginary line that divides Oceans.
the Earth into Northern and Southern
Hemispheres.
South Pole - the point that is the farthest
south on Earth.
Additional Resources
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002719/home.html
http://www.wisedude.com/misc/continents.htm
http://pbskids.org/nova/denali/news.html
http://eliot.needham.k12.ma.us/technology/lessons/continents/postcard.html
http://www.facttrain.com/countries.html
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/continents/index.html
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Date: ________________