2. What are continents and oceans?
A continent is a big land mass. Continents have big masses
of water around them called oceans.
3. What are the names of the continents?
There are five continents on Earth: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and
Oceania.
4. There are five oceans on Earth: the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean,
the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean.
What are the names of the oceans?
5. What are the most important rivers and
mountain ranges?
The Nile is the
longest river in
the world. It’s in
Africa.
The Amazon
isn’t as long as
the Nile, but it
carries more
water. It’s in
America.
The Himalayas
are the highest
mountain range in
the world. They’re
in Asia.
The Andes aren’t
as high as the
Himalayas, but
they’re the
longest mountain
range in the
world.
6. What are some of the most important
island and archipelagos?
Greenland is the
biggest island in
the world. It’s
between the
Atlantic and
Arctic Oceans.
Madagascar is
the biggest
island in Africa.
It’s in the Indian
Ocean.
Indonesia is the
biggest
archipelago in the
world. It has more
than 17 000
islands.
The Philippines is
also in Asia. It
isn’t as big as
Indonesia, but it
has more than
7 000 islands.
7. What are countries and capitals?
Each continent is divided into countries. There are many different
countries and cities in the world. Every country has a capital. This is
the main city where the government is based.
8. What are some examples of countries and
capitals?
India is in Asia.
Many people live
in this country: it
has one of the
biggest
populations in
the world.
Canada is one of
the biggest
countries in the
world. It’s in
America.
Tokyo is the capital
of Japan. It’s in
Asia. Tokyo is the
biggest city in the
world. Its population
is more than 37
million people!
Buenos Aires is the
capital city of
Argentina. It’s in
America. It’s one of
the biggest cities in
America.
9. What have we learnt?
Africa Europe
There are five continents…
America Asia Oceania
10. What have we learnt?
Atlantic Pacific
There are five oceans…
Arctic Indian Southern
11. What have we learnt?
the Nile the Andes
Some of the most important rivers and mountain ranges are…
the Amazon the Himalayas
12. What have we learnt?
Greenland the Philippines
Some of the biggest islands and archipelagos are…
Madagascar Indonesia
