Group 1 Vocab

Continent

one of Earth’s seven main divisions of land

Africa

this continent is the second largest and is widely regarded as the birthday of man because the oldest human bones on record have been found there; Algeria is its largest country and Nigeria is its most populated

Antarctica

Earth’s only unhabitated and coldest continent; located in the southern hemisphere.

Asia

this continent is the largest and has the largest population; Russia, India, and China contribute to the size and population

Australia

originally inhabitated by the Alborigines, this country lies in the southern hemisphere and is the world’s smallest continent

Europe

although identified as a separate continent, because it is one landmass with Asia it is sometimes referred to as “Eurasia”; geographically divided into western (France, Spain) and eastern (Turkey, Ukraine)

North America

Earth’s 3rd largest continent that includes the United States and countries sometimes referred to as Central America as well as Caribbean-island nations