1. Continent-Region-Country
Parts of Our World
Continent-Region-Country

2. Continent Definition:
Any of the world’s large continuous masses of land
Fill in 2 continent examples on your organizer.
There are 7 continents in the world:
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica

4. Region
Definition:
An area with the same characteristics, such as ethnicity, language, culture, climate, food, etc.
Regions are made up of countries that are seen to have common characteristics (as listed above)
Fill in 2 region examples on your chart.
There are many regions in our world, some popular ones are:
Scandinavia (in Europe: made up of Sweden, Finland, Norway)
Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia…)
Western Europe (Spain, Portugal, France, Germany…)
Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Israel…)

6. Country
Definition: A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory
Countries are within continents
There are 196 countries in the world. Fill in 2 country examples on your organizer – you cannot use the United States though!