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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.

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 ______.

Supplemental Definitions

Africa - a continent that crosses the equator. It is south of Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Antarctica - the continent that surrounds the South Pole of the Earth.
Asia - a continent in the Northern Hemisphere. Asia is attached to Europe (and east of it).
Australia - a continent, an island, and a country in the Southern Hemisphere.
equator - an imaginary line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres. / Europe - a continent in the Northern Hemisphere. Europe is attached to Asia (and west of it).
North America - a continent in the Northern Hemisphere; it is north of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
North Pole - the point that is the farthest north on Earth.
South America - a continent that is mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
South Pole - the point that is the farthest south on Earth.

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