Continent Trivia

FACTS ABOUT CONTINENT

ASIA

 ASIA IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST CONTINENT.ASIA HAS LONG BEEN HOME TO THE MAJORITY OF THE HUMAN POPULATION.IT WAS THE SITE OF MANY OF THE FIRST CIVILIZATION.IN GENERAL TERMS,ASIA IS BOUNDED BY THE EAST IN THE PACIKIC OCEAN,ON THE SOUTH BY THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE NORTH BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN .

AFRICA

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world both in size and population. Islam is the dominant religion in Africa . Christianity is the second. Arabic is also the most widely-spoken language in Africa .

Around 2,000 different languages are spoken in Africa and each of them have different dialects while Arabic is the language that is most widely spoken in the Africa .

SOUTH AMERICA

South America, most popularly known as Latin America, lies in the western hemisphere with the most portion present in the Southern hemisphere. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean.South America is home to the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, Angel Falls in Venezuela.South America has quite a good biodiversity on earth.

NORTH AMERICA

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be described as a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean.

AUSTRALIA

Australia is the 6th largest country by size, a massive 2.9 million square miles.The Great Victoria Desert, just ONE of Australia’s barren areas is larger than the United Kingdom. You could lose an entire country in Australia and never know it.A single cattle ranch in South Australia is larger than the state of Israel.Australia is home to 10 of the world’s 15 most poisonous snakes as well as a disproportionate number of venomous spiders.

EUROPE

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia and is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. European culture is the root of Western civilization, which traces its lineage back to ancient Greece.

ANTARCTICA

Antarctica, the southernmost continent and site of the South Pole, is a virtually uninhabited, ice-covered landmass. Most cruises to the continent visit the Antarctic Peninsula, which stretches toward South America. It’s known for the Lemaire Channel and Paradise Harbor, striking, iceberg-flanked passageways, and Port Lockroy, a former British research station turned museum.