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S T I CK E R AT L A S Margot Channing

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north aMeriCa atlantiC oCean Central aMeriCa

the World

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e live on the surface of the Earth, which is called the crust. Every continent and ocean lies on the Earth’s crust. Beneath the crust is a layer of rock called the mantle. Parts of the mantle are hot and molten (liquid) and can break through the crust to form a volcano.

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euroPe

northern afriCa

Caribbean

South aMeriCa

CruSt

earth’S StruCture

Mantle

outer Core inner Core

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equator Southern afriCa

SoutheaSt aSia and oCeania

indian oCean

The equator is an imaginary line dividing the world in half. It is positioned at latitude 0˚ (zero degrees). The northern hemisphere is above the equator and the southern hemisphere is below it.

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FAROE ISLANDS

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urope is the world’s second smallest continent. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. There are 44 countries in Europe today, including the 27 countries in the European Union.

ISLE OF MAN

DENMARK

NETHERLANDS

UNITED KINGDOM

IRELAND

GERMANY

BELGIUM

GUERNSEY

LUXEMBOURG

JERSEY

euroPe on the globe

NORWAY

north Sea

ICELAND

FRANCE

atlantiC oCean

SWITZERLAND LIECHTENSTEIN

MONACO

ANDORRA SPAIN MALLORCA

SARDINIA

Mediterranean Sea

PORTUGAL

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GIBRALTAR

AFRICA

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FINLAND W

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SWEDEN

ESTONIA

ÅLAND ISLANDS

LATVIA

RUSSIA

LITHUANIA

BELARUS POLAND

CZECH REPUBLIC

UKRAINE

SLOVAKIA MOLDOVA

AUSTRIA SLOVENIA

SAN MARINO

HUNGARY BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

CROATIA

ROMANIA

blaCk Sea

SERBIA KOSOVO BULGARIA

MONTENEGRO NORTH MACEDONIA

ITALY VATICAN CITY

ALBANIA

GREECE CYPRUS

MALTA

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RUSSIA

KAZAKHSTAN

GEORGIA

ARMENIA

UZBEKISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

TURKEY

KYRGYZSTAN

TAJIKISTAN

AZERBAIJAN LEBANON

SYRIA

PALESTINE

AFGHANISTAN

IRAN

IRAQ

PAKISTAN

KUWAIT

ISRAEL JORDAN

NEPAL

SAUDI ARABIA BAHRAIN QATAR

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

OMAN

arabian Sea

INDIA

YEMEN

aSia on the globe indian oCean SRI LANKA MALDIVES

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MONGOLIA

NORTH KOREA

SOUTH KOREA

CHINA

JAPAN

BHUTAN

TAIWAN

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MYANMAR (BURMA) BANGLADESH

bay of bengal

aSia

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sia is the world’s largest continent.

More people live here than in any other continent. It covers about one third of the land on Earth. Southwest Asia is sometimes called the Middle East. It is mainly hot and dry with vast, arid deserts to the south.

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