Y OUR W ORLD 3 rd Grade Social Studies Mary Kate McCleaf Click the world to continue

C LICK ON A C ONTINENT TO BEGIN ! Click the world for the review question Australia Antarctica Europe Asia Africa North America South America

A SIA Facts about Asia: The world’s largest and most populated continent in the world Contains more than 60% of the world’s population Divided into 6 sub- continents and 48 countries Asia had a wide variety of races, languages and cultures Click the world to return to the Main Menu

E UROPE Facts about Europe: Europe is the second smallest continent, it is only about 4 million square miles The largest city in Europe is Paris that contains about 10 million people Europe produces over 18% of the world’s oil Europe is the only continent with no deserts Click the world to return to the Main Menu

Facts About Australia: It is the smallest continent Australia is the largest island in the world Australia only has one country and that is Australia itself It is divided by only 6 states Contains the most venomous snakes in the world Click the world to return to the Main Menu

A NTARCTICA Facts about Antarctica: Antarctica is a frozen land area around the south pole This is the highest, driest, windiest, emptiest, coldest place on earth There are no cities or villages, only research bases Antarctica is mainly dry, this means it is a desert, which is hard to believe because it is so cold, but it is a cold desert. Click the world to return to the Main Menu

AFRICA Facts about Africa: The second largest continent Contains the largest desert, Sahara, and the longest river, Nile, in the world The equator passes through Africa so it receives direct sunlight and has a hot climate all year long. Africa is very rich is minerals, mainly diamonds and gold Click the world to return to the Main Menu

N ORTH A MERICA Facts about North America: Named after the explorer Americo Vespucci The only continent that has every type of climate The USA is the world’s largest economy, and most powerful nation is located in North America Lake Superior in North America is the largest fresh water lake in the world. Click the world to return to the Main Menu

S OUTH A MERICA Facts about South America: Most of the continent has a hot and wet climate and contains many rainforests The major languages spoken are Spanish and Portuguese The world’s highest volcanoes in the world are found in South America Has the largest waterfall in the world The Angel Falls Click the world to return to the Main Menu

R EVIEW Q UESTION Out of all seven continents, which one is the largest? A. Australia Australia B. Europe Europe C. Asia Asia D. North America North America

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