BELL WORK

Name the Continents and Oceans!

INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY

BACKGROUND INFORMATION Geography- The study of the Earth’s surface

(climate/weather, land, and water) Study of people and their environment

Climates- Weather of a region over a long period of time

Physical Regions- Natural environment with features Coastlines Mountains Rivers

WORLD REGIONS Africa Asia Australia and Oceania Europe North America South America

AFRICA 20% of Earth’s land

12.5% of world population

Sahara Desert (largest desert)=North Africa

Lies on the equator

ASIA Largest continent

30% of Earth’s land

60% of population

Arctic to Equator

Himalaya Mts.

BELL WORK

Answer these questions Which continent do we live on?

What is the largest continent?

Where is the Sahara desert located?

AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA Southeast Asia

Smallest land mass

Oceania is made up of thousands of islands

Population-34 million

EUROPE 7% of Earth’s land

mass

Population-807 Million

Eurasia Same land mass between

Europe and Asia

Ural Mts. divide Europe and Asia

NORTH AMERICA 17% of Earth’s land

13% of Earth’s population 512 million

SOUTH AMERICA 12% of Earth’s

land

5% of the world’s population

2nd largest River-Amazon

HOMEWORK Study for the Continents and

Oceans test