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A _____ is an area of land with distinct borders, usually oceans or mountains.
What continent do we live in?
Which continent is to the "south" of us?
_______ which is one of the 7 continents, is the only continent to have no permanent residents.
____ smallest continent and only made up of one country.
_____ is made up of more than 50 countries.
______ is the largest continent.
_____ percent of the world's population resides in Asia.
The _______ South Pole is a red and white pole with a metallic ball on top of it.
The _____ South Pole is the point where the Southern Axis of the planet meets the Earth.
The Geographic South Pole is found at 90 degrees South, where all lines of ____ meet.
The ___ Magnetic Pole is the point where the Earth’s magnetic field points directly straight up and down.
Antarctica is largest ____ in the world.
During the winter in Antarctica, the temperature can drop to as low as -____ degrees
From March 21ST to September 21ST, the sun never ____ in Antarctica.
From to September 21ST to March 21ST, the sun never ____ in Antarctica.
Visitors to Antarctica follow an international set of laws called Antarctic ______ ______ .
___ percent of the world’s fresh water is locked up in Antarctica’s ice.
The Geographic North Pole or “____ _____” is located in the Arctic Ocean where the Northern rotational axis meets the Earth.
The _____ Magnetic Pole is where the magnetosphere meets the Earth in the North and it is the point where the needle of a compass points.
From ____ 21ST to September 21ST, the sun never sets at the North Pole.
From to September 21ST to March 21ST, the sun never rises at the ____ _____ .
_____ is the first person to reach the North Pole in 1909
The Earth is divided into Northern and Southern ______ and Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
The ____ divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
In geography, a ____ is where one area shares characteristics with one or more other areas.
There are ___ (one for each degree of the Earth) longitude lines run North and South.
The zero degree line of longitude runs through Greenwich, England and is called the ____ ____.
To be more specific, when measuring longitude and ____ , “minutes and seconds” are used
The Earth is divided into _____-______ time zones, one for each hour of the day.
Locations along the same ____ share the same time.
The time at the Prime Meridian is known as Universal Time or ____ Mean Time.
The Prime Meridian is the beginning ____ point for time on Earth.

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