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The world
       Land covers about a
       third of the Earth’s
       surface. The land is                  AR CTIC OCEAN                                                                             S v albar d                                                           AR CTIC OCEAN
       broken up into seven                                                                                                             (NORWAY)
       large blocks called                                                                             Gr eenland
       continents. The                                                                                   (DENMARK)
       continents are divided
       into smaller areas called                                                                                                              A  Y
       countries.                          Alask a                                                                                          W  N
                                         (UNITED STATES)                                                               ICELAND            R   E  F I N L A N D
                                                                                                                                         O   D                     RUS SIAN FEDERA TION
                                                                                                                                            E
                                                                                                                                        N   W
                                                             C    A     N    A     D    A                                       UNITED     S  ESTONIA                          A SIA
                                                                                                                                               LATVIA
                                                                                                                                KINGDOM  DENMARK  LITHUANIA
                                                                                                                                                 BELARUS
                                                                       NOR TH                                ATLANTIC       IRELAND   GERMANY POLAND  UKRAINE
                                                                                                                                       EUROPE
                                                                      AMERICA                                 OCEAN               FRANCE       ROMANIA            KAZAKHSTAN            MONGOLIA
                                                                                                                                                BULGARIA  GEORGIA  UZBEKISTAN  KYRGYZSTAN                           N
                                                                                                                                         I T A L Y
                                                                                                                                                      ARMENIA
                                                                 UNITED ST A TES                                                SPAIN         GREECE  TURKEY     TURKMENISTAN  TAJIKISTAN                 NORTH    A
                                                                                                                                                                                                          KOREA
                                                                                                                                                    CYPRUS SYRIA  AZERBAIJAN         C  H  I  N  A         SOUTH  A  P       PACIFIC
                                                                                                                                                                                                           KOREA
                                                                                                                              MOROCCO   TUNISIA   LEBANON  JORDAN  IRA Q  IRAN  AFGHANISTAN  BHUTAN          J                OCEAN
                                                                                                                                                                        PAKIS TA N
                                                                                                                                                   ISRAEL
                                                                                                                                                                  QATAR
                                                                       M
                                                                                            DOMINICAN                           AL GERIA   LIB YA         BAHRAIN  KUWAIT        N E PA L
                                                                       E                BAHAMAS  REPUBLIC           Western Sahara                EGYPT
                                           Hawaii                       X                        Puerto Rico (UNITED STATES)  (disputed)                   S A UDI  U.A.E.   INDIA      BANGLADESH
                                           (UNITED STATES)               I           C U B A       ST KITTS & NEVIS          MAURITANIA  AFRICA           ARABIA                       MYANMAR          TAIWAN
                                                                                        HAITI      ANTIGUA & BARBUDA               I          D                   O M A N              (BURMA) L A O
                                                                                                     DOMINICA
                                                                          C O
                                                                                                                  CAPE
                                                                                 BELIZE  JAMAICA     ST LUCIA     VERDE           L    N I G E R  A  SUDAN  Y E M E N                     THAILAND  V I E T N A M
                                                                                                                                 A
                                                                           GUATEMALA  HONDURAS  GRENADA  BARBADOS  GUINEA-BISSAU  M BURKINA   H         ERITREA DJIBOUTI                                 PHILIPPINES
                                                                                                                       SENEGAL
                                                                                                                                                                                               S
                                                                                                                   THE GAMBIA
                                                                           EL SALVADOR
                                                                                   NICARAGUA
                                                                                                  ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
                                                                                                                                              C
       Europe                                                                  COSTA RICA        TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  SIERRA LEONE  GUINEA IVORY   FASO TOGO BENIN  NIGERIA CAMEROON  CENTRAL  SOUTH  ETHIOPIA  SRI LANKA  CAMBODIA  PALAU  M I C R O N E S I A  MARSHALL
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ISLANDS
                                                                                                   SURINAME
                                                                                                                                             AFRICAN
                                                                                                                                                  SUDAN
                                                                                   PANAMA
                                                                                                                               COAST
                                                                                                                                                                                               BRUNEI
       This map shows Europe in                         PACIFIC             Galápagos Islands  COLOMBIA  French             LIBERIA  EQUATORIAL  REPUBLIC   S O M A L I A  M A L D I V E S   MALAYSIA                               K
                                                                                                                                  GHANA
                                                                                                                                             DEMOCRATIC UGANDA
                                                                                                        Guiana
                                                                                                                                   GUINEA
                                                                              (ECUADOR)
                                                                                                                                                                                               SINGAPORE
                                                                                                        (FRANCE)
                                                                                          VENEZUELA GUYANA
                                                                                                                                                       KENYA
       more detail, as there is not                     OCEAN                       ECUADOR                                       & PRÍNCIPE  GABON C O N G O  REPUBLIC  BURUNDI              INDONESIA                         NAURU  I  R I B A T I
                                                                                                                                  SÃO TOMÉ
                                                                                                                                                      RWANDA
       enough space to show all                                                        P      BRAZIL                                         OF THE CONGO  TANZANIA  S E YC H E L L E S                            PAPUA     SOLOMON  TUVALU
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   NEW
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ISLANDS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   GUINEA
       the European countries                                                           E      SOUTH                                       ANGOLA     MALAWI  COMOROS                                      EAST TIMOR                      SAMOA
                                                                                         R
       on the main map.                                                                  U   AMERICA                                            Z A M B I A                   INDIAN                                                  FIJI
                                                                                             BOLIVIA                                                                                                                         VANUATU
                                                                                                                                                 ZIMBABWE MOZAMBIQUE  MADAGASCAR  MAURITIUS  OCEAN                                        TONGA
                                                                                                                                              BOTSWANA                                                                   New Caledonia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (FRANCE)
          ICELAND                               N                                           E   A                                                      SWAZILAND                                       A USTRALIA         AUSTRALASIA
                                                                                                PARAGUAY
                                                                                                                                            NAMIBIA
               Faroe Islands          R W AY   E                                               N                                              SOUTH   LESOTHO                                                               & OCEANIA
                (DENMARK)                     D         FINLAND                             L  I   URUGUAY   ATLANTIC                         AFRICA
                                      O      E                                             I  N  T            OCEAN                                                                                                               NEW
         ATLANTIC                    N                                                       E                                                                                                                                 ZEALAND
          OCEAN                              W        ESTONIA   RUSSIAN                    H  G
                                             S                                               R
                                                      LATVIA  FEDERATION                  C  A    Falkland Islands
                                              Kaliningrad LITHUANIA
                     UNITED       DENMARK    (RUSS. FED.)                                         (UNITED KINGDOM)
                    KINGDOM
            IRELAND          NETHERLANDS      POLAND    BELARUS
                                   GERMANY
                              BELGIUM       CZECH
                          LUXEMBOURG       REPUBLIC        UKRAINE
                          FRANCE   EUR OPE      SLOVAKIA                                                                         SOUTHERN OCEAN
                              LIECHTENSTEIN  AUSTRIA  HUNGARY  MOLDOVA
                                 SWITZERLAND  SLOVENIA
                                        MARINO CROATIA
                                      I  SAN         ROMANIA
                                              BOSNIA &
                              MONACO    T    HERZEGOVINA                                                                                              A     N     T    A    R     C    T    I    C    A
                                                   SERBIA
                                                       BULGARIA
                                         A            KOSOVO
                       ANDORRA             L            MACEDONIA
                    SPAIN              VATICAN   MONTENEGRO ALBANIA
                                              Y
                                        CITY
         PORTUGAL
                                                    GREECE     TURKEY
              Gibraltar                      MALTA
         (UNITED KINGDOM)
                     AFRICA
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