This document provides an introduction to basic maritime geography concepts. It defines key terms like continents, landmasses, and globes. It notes that there are seven continents - Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia - and provides identifying characteristics of each continent like shapes, animals, and locations. The document aims to teach students to recognize and name the seven continents.

1. Maritime Geography Basics
Famous "Blue Marble" photograph of Earth, taken from Apollo 17

2. You can see our continents on a
map or a globe.
• A globe is a three-
dimensional scale
model of Earth.
• The word "globe" comes
from the Latin word
globus, meaning round
mass or sphere.

3. A map is…
• a drawing or other representation, usually
on a flat surface, of all or part of the
earth's surface, ordinarily showing
countries, bodies of water, cities,
mountains, etc.

4. What is a continent?
• A continent is one of several large
landmasses on Earth.

5. What are landmasses?
Large areas of land.

6. What is a land mass?
• Land mass refers to the
total area of a country or
geographical region (which
may include discontinuous
pieces of land such as
islands).

7. A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth.
There are seven continents –
they are (from largest in size to smallest):
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and
Australia

8. What continent do we live on?
Right Here

9. North America is our continent,
trace it with your finger.

10. South America
Can you tell what
letter is drawn to help
you remember which
continent this is?
Take a look.
“S” for South America

11. Australia

12. Do you see the Kangaroo and its Joey in
the top part of Australia?

13. Antarctica

14. How do you tell the difference between
Australia and Antarctica? LOOK for the
Kangaroo and the Ant.
Australia Antarctica

15. Europe

16. Europe has ”the boot” (Italy).
Can you match the boot?

17. Asia

18. Africa

19. Name the Continent
Australia North America
Africa Asia

20. • Where do I go ?
South America
Europe
Antarctica

21. Did you know that…
• The Earth's total land mass is about
29.2% of its total surface.
• Water covers approximately 70.8% of the
Earth's surface, mostly in the form of
oceans.

22. What continents do these pictures go with?
• Europe
• South America
• Australia
• Antarctica
• North America
• Asia
• Africa

23. Name the continents?

24. Let’s try again

25. Can you name the continents on this map?

34. Let’s practice our continents
before you get your paper.

35. Match the Name the Continent shape with the name.
Australia North AmericaAfrica AsiaSouth America Antarctica Europe

36. “Nice job learning about our world!”