The New Childrens Encyclopedia

OUR WORLD

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FAST FACTS

KEY TO MAPS

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World population 6,756 million

(January 2009)

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Independent countries 193

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Dependent territories 50

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Continents 7

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Oceans 5

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Largest continent Asia

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Smallest continent Australasia

Capital city

State city

Coast line

State border

River

North compass

Scale

Mountain

CONTINENTS OF

THE WOLRD

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PACIFIC

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ARCTIC OCEAN

SOUTHERN OCEAN

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Tropic of Cancer

Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

Antarctic Circle

Arctic Circle

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