Definition: The continents
are Earth’s major landmasses.
There are seven continents:
North America, South
America, Africa, Europe, Asia,
Australasia, and Antarctica.
Europe holds the world’s smallest country: Vatican City, Italy, is
1
⁄ 5 sq mile (.44 sq km).South America’s largest country, Brazil, covers more than half the continent’s area.
When the Earth first formed, all the continents were joined into one big one.
There are areas of desert on all seven of Earth’s continents.
Aside from Antarctica, Australasia is the most sparsely populated continent.
In what
mountainrange would you
find llamas?
Find out on
pages 136—137
Where in the
world does classical
dancing look like this?
Find out on pages 148—149CONTINENTS OF
THE WORLD