CONTINENTS BY:MAYA AND AMANI

VOCABULARY Physical Map-a style of map that shows naturally made landmarks Includes rivers,lakes,and mountians. Political Map-shows the boundaries defining nations, countries, states, provinces, and territories and the major cities that lie within them. Continent- Large landmass on earth. Map-a representation of part of the earth. Map Key-a small chart included on a map that gives descriptions of what symbols are used.

GEOGRAPHY CONTINENTS- North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, Antarctica MM MM OCEANS-Artic, Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Southern

HISTORICAL EVENTS Ancient Egypt- Egypt; North Africa Ancient Greece- Greece; Europe Ancient Mesopotamia- Asia Ancient Rome-Rome; Europe Ancient India-India; Asia Ancient China-China; Asia Early Americas-North America, South America, Central America, Caribbean

GENERAL INFO North America- the continent we live on. Climate is cold in the north warm in the south. Consist of Canada and the USA. South America- the climate is warm. The Amazon rain forest is in South America. Europe- the are 47 countries. The climate is similar to North America. Asia- the biggest continent on earth. And has the most people. Africa- the hottest continent. The Egyptian pyramids are in this continent. Australia- the only island continent. Some people in Australia are related to criminals sent from Europe long ago. Antarctica- the coldest continent on earth. No people live on this continent.

CULTURE different-languages.html different-languages.html Major Religions-Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism Example of interactions- export and import of goods, trading(stocks and bonds), and traveling, sports

PICTURES Physical map Political map Stocks and bonds Sports balls world religions Map with a map key