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20 Sporting words 21 World pockets
Here are some terms related to different sports. Our world is very huge. It has seven main continents that hold together
Read the terms and name the sport using the clue box. different countries. Besides that some group of countries are known by a
special name.
Terms Sport Read the clues and use the clue box to name the
geo-regions.
1. track and field, cross
country 1. It is the largest continent. Some major countries
like China, Japan, Russia and even India are in this
2. alley, smash, half continent.
court shot
2. It is the second largest continent. Countries like
3. knockout, punch, ring, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya and Zimbabwe are here.
stoppage
4. hat-trick, leg before 3. Countries here are called ‘Western countries’.
wicket, full toss, bouncer Some of them are United Kingdom, Italy, Germany,
5. smash, deuce, set, France and Spain.
game, ace 4. This continent has Atlantic Ocean to the east and
Pacific Ocean to the west. Canada, Mexico and
6. freestyle, point, heave
United States are the major countries here.
7. ball mark, birdie,
peg, boggie 5. This continent is in the Southern hemisphere.
The Amazon river and Andes mountain can
8. foul, stick, penalty- be seen here. Info-bites
corner, forward Countries like Iran,
6. It is the smallest continent by size. It is surrounded Saudi Arabia, Iraq,
by the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Turkey, etc., are
called the Middle
lawn tennis boxing East.
hockey badminton 7. This region is in the south of China and to the east They have Asia to
athletics golf of India. Therefore, it has the influence of both the east, Europe to
these countries. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the north-west and
cricket wrestling Singapore are some of the countries in this region. Africa to the
south-west.
Info-bites
Africa Australia Asia North America
A hat-trick occurs in cricket when a bowler dismisses three batsmen in three
consecutive (one after the other) balls. South America Europe South East Asia
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