Continents of the World | First and Second Grade Social Studies For Kids

Let's learn about the

continents

of the

world

. So what is a continent? A continent is a large land mass. The

world

has seven

continents

. So how many continents are there in the world? Yes, seven, the names of the seven continents are North America, South America. Europe Africa Asia Australia and Antarctica, so if you are ready, let's learn the continents one by one. The

first

continent we will learn about today is North America. North America is in the top left corner of most world maps and North America is the third third largest continent it's a pretty big continent and it's interesting North America has all the major biomes including deserts, grasslands, forests , aquatic and tundra, a biome is a type of habitat, a natural environment for all living things, oh wait, wait a

second

, okay, remember, North.

America is at the top left of the world map. The next continent we will learn about is South America. South America is in the lower left corner of most world maps, just below North America. South America is the fourth largest continent, which means it is a medium-sized continent. Brazil is the largest country in South America. It is more than half the size of the entire continent. You can see that Brazil is colored green on this map. Brazil is so big that it is almost the size of the United States of America. South America is home to the Amazon River only the Nile River in Africa is longer than the Amazon the Amazon River is amazing remember South America is at the bottom left of the world map the next continent we are going to talk about is Europe Europe is in top center most world maps Europe is not a very large continent, in fact Europe is the

second

smallest continent and interestingly, Europe is the only continent that does not have a desert biome.

Remember that the biome is a habitat, an environment for living things. Forests were the main biome of Europe 80% of Europe was once covered in forests but unfortunately now only 3% of Europe is covered in forests because many of the trees have been cut down, remember Europe is in the top half of the world map, the next continent we are on. What we are going to talk about is Africa. Africa is easy to find on the map because Africa is right in the middle of most world maps. Africa is the second largest continent. Africa is huge, while on many continents much of the population is in urban areas.

Living in Africa you live in rural areas rather than cities and this is interesting with 54 countries, over a quarter of all the countries in the world are in Africa, remember Africa is in the middle of the world. Map of the next continent we are going to talk about. about Asia Asia is at the top right of most world maps Asia is the largest continent, it is even larger than Africa, it is the largest continent in the world Asia has more people living there than any other continent, More than 4.2 billion people live in Asia, so not only is Asia the largest continent but it also has the largest number of people.

Asia is in the upper right corner of the world map. Now it's time to talk about the next continent. Australia Australia is in the bottom right corner of most world maps. Australia is the smallest continent. Australia also has the least number of countries, only one country, can you guess which country it is? Yes, the country of Australia, this is interesting, on the continent of Australia there are more sheep than people, tons and tons of sheep. Australia is also home to many unique animals such as kangaroos and koalas, remember that Australia is at the bottom right of the world map.

Our last continent is Antarctica. Antarctica is at the bottom of most world maps. Antarctica is the least populated continent. Antarctica welcomes visitors but has no permanent residents, meaning no one lives there full time. It is the only continent completely covered in ice, that means that the only biome that Antarctica has is the tundra biome. Remember that Antarctica is at the bottom of the world map. You have done a great job. Now is the time to test yourself and see how. You learned a lot, we are going to play a quick game called name the continent, where you will see the continent on the map and tell us what continent you think it is.

Here's the

first

one, look at the yellow. region what continent is it you could see the seven options just go ahead and say it out loud yes it's asan how about this what continent is the yellow region? It's right in the middle of the map yes, it's Africa, now look at the yellow continent on this one it's in the bottom right corner of the world map. What continent is it. Australia. What about this one? Look at the yellow region. It's at the bottom of this one. What continent is it? Do you have an idea? Yes. Antarctica, here's another look at the yellow continent, what continent is it, aha, it's South America, great job, here's another one, what continent is the yellow continent.

It's at the top center of the map, yes it's Europe, here's our last look at the yellow continent. What continent is it? Yes, North America, amazing work, amazing work, well that's it for the continents. We appreciate you playing with us and learning with us. The next time someone asks you about continents, you'll know all seven.