The first section, The World, includes:

• an introduction of general facts about the world
• a list of 192 countries in the world
• a reference political map of the continents
• a blank world map
• Robinson and Mercator projection maps
• globes, showing hemispheres, parallels, and meridians
• maps of oceans, rivers, mountain ranges, and deserts

The second section, The Continents, includes:

North America:

• an introduction, listing the countries, area, population, elevations, and fun facts about the continent
• reference political and physical maps of North America, Canada, the United States, and Mexico
• blank outline maps of North America, Canada, the United States, and Mexico--shape, political, and physical
• study maps of each region of the United States and Mexico and the provinces and territories of Canada
• a reference map of six regions of the United States
• study maps of Central America, the Greater Antilles, and a reference map of the Lesser Antilles

Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia

• an introduction, listing the countries, area, population, elevations, and fun facts about the continent
• a reference political and a physical map of the continent (a political map of Oceania is included with Australia)
• blank outline maps of the continent--shape, political, and physical
• study maps of regions of the continent

Antarctica and the Arctic Region

• an introduction, listing the area, elevations, and fun facts about the continent
• reference polar projection maps of Antarctica and the Arctic Region
• a reference map of the scientific stations in Antarctica
• blank outline projection maps of Antarctica and the Arctic Region

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

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