SST PPT

Term 2 Periodic Test PPT

Main Points-

• Only Citizens Above the Age of 18 Have The Right to Vote.

  Participation of People in The government is a key principle of Democracy.

  The Apartheid System ended in south Africa in the year 1994

• The First Democratically Elected President was Nelson Mandela.

  Organizing a Strike is a way of protesting.

  Mass Media Like T.V , Newspapers , Magazines play a vital role in highlighting public issues.

• People Take Active Interest In How The country is Run.​

Main Points-

• ​Land What We Live In Is The Lithosphere.

• ​The gaseous layers that surround the earth is called the atmosphere

• ​Waters cover a big area of the earths surface and this area is the Hydrosphere.

• ​The Biosphere is the narrow zone where we find land,water and air together which contains all form of life

• There are 7 continents on the Earth which are surrounded by oceans

• ​Landmass is greater in the Northern Hemisphere but minimum in the Southern Hemisphere.

• ​7 Continents are Asia , North America, South America , Europe , Australia and Antarctica.

Asia-

​Its The Largest Continent.

​It Covers 8.7 % of the Earths Total Surface.

​The 2 Famous Latitudes pass through it Tropic Of Cancer & Equator.

​It Is Separated From EUROPE by the Caspian Sea.

​It Lies to the EAST of the Suez Canal And The Ural Mountains.

​60% Of the Human Population Lives In It.

​Europe With Asia Is known As Eurasia.

​Africa

​It Is the second largest Continent.

​It is located in the West Of Suez Canal.

​It Takes up 6% Of Earths Landmass.

​It Lies in Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

​It is the Only Continent Where Equator , Tropic of Cancer & Capricorn pass through.

Nile river Flows through Africa

​Sahara desert lies in the northern part of Africa.

​14.72 % of the worlds population lives in africa.

North America

It is the world 3rd largest continent.

​It Lies in The western part of the Northern Hemisphere.

​Its surrounded by Pacific Ocean on The West , Arctic Ocean in the North & Atlantic Ocean in The East.

​It Takes up about 16.2 % of the earths surface.

​It Is Connected to South America By a Narrow Strip of Land Known as Isthmus Panama.

​It Ranks Fourth , Population Wise After Asia,Africa and Europe.

​South America

​It is the 4th Largest Continent

​Ranks fifth in Population.

​It lies In the Western Part Of the Southern Hemisphere.

​Its Surrounded by North America on The on the north

​Pacific ocean on the west.

​Equator Passes From The Northern Most Part of the continent.

​It is the home to the world's highest waterfall "Angela Falls" In Venezula and the worlds largest river,Amazon.

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