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What Is a Continent? A continent is a massive piece of land that is often separated from other areas of land by water or another feature, such as mountains. Planet Earth has seven continents. Do you know the names of any of them?

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Page 1: What Is a Continent? · 2020. 6. 5. · What Is a Continent? A continent is a massive piece of land that is often separated from other areas of land by water or another feature, such

What Is a Continent?A continent is a massive piece of land that is often

separated from other areas of land by water or another feature, such as mountains.

Planet Earth has seven continents. Do you know the names of any of them?

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What Is a Continent?

North America

Europe

South America

Africa

Asia

Oceania

Antarctica

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What Is Europe?

What is Europe?

Europe is one of the world’s continents. Around 10% of the

world's population lives in Europe.

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EuropeHere is a map which shows the countries that make up the continent of Europe. Geographic!

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Your Task

Look carefully at the map of Europe

Locate the following countries: UK, France, Poland, Turkey and Finland

Challenge:Use directional language to describe each country’s

location. For example, Turkey is above Cyprus.

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