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Review: Continents, Oceans and Places

Locate broad world regions and describe map limits.

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Unit review questions
1. Use the notes and this card. The continent includes Poland. Which choice best fits?
Need a hint?
  • Find the country named on the card in the notes. Read which continent contains it.
  • Find the note for Europe. Check which words in this card match it.
2. Use the notes and this card. The southern polar land continent is described. Which choice best fits?
Need a hint?
  • Use the place clue: Canada or Mexico, the country-and-continent Australia, the South Pole or the Pacific Ocean.
  • Find the note for Antarctica. Check which words in this card match it.
3. Use the notes and this card. A fictional site is used for housing. Which choice best fits?
Need a hint?
  • Look for a short-time condition, a pattern over many years, how land is used or a natural land feature.
  • Find the note for Land use. Check which words in this card match it.
4. Use the notes and this card. Rain on opposite sides flows toward different rivers. Which choice best fits?
Need a hint?
  • Find what the line means: a country limit, the edge of land and sea, a divide between drainage areas or a travel route.
  • Find the note for Watershed divide. Check which words in this card match it.

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Use the skills in a new task

Make four small boxes for Continents, Oceans and Places, one for each lesson: Seven Continents in a Common School Model; More Continents and the Oceans; Weather Climate and Land Use; A Boundary Is Not Always a Wall. In each box, choose one supplied card and explain its match using the notes. Compare two of your cards: what makes their matches different? You may draw or tell an adult your answers; the adult can write them for you. Use the lesson cards; you do not need a purchase, interview, personal record or trip. For the adult helping: keep the fictional examples and historical notes distinct; these short cards do not tell every detail about a person or place.

Work on paper or in your own document. Explain the choices you made.

  • Choose one supplied card from each lesson: Seven Continents in a Common School Model; More Continents and the Oceans; Weather Climate and Land Use; A Boundary Is Not Always a Wall.
  • Use the notes to name each match and explain its clue.
  • Compare two cards and say or show how their clues differ.
  • Keep the events and details as written; do not make up a quotation or new event.
  • With an adult, name one question the cards do not answer.
Compare with a model response

Seven Continents in a Common School Model: Egypt is in Africa, according to the notes. Kenya is another country in Africa. Compare: China is in Asia, according to the notes. India is another country in Asia. More Continents and the Oceans: The card says: “The continent includes Canada.” That matches North America. North America is a continent including Canada and Mexico. Compare: The card says: “The stated continent model names Australia.” That matches Australia. Australia is a country and continent in the stated model. Weather Climate and Land Use: The card says: “Fictional record: rain falls this afternoon.” That matches Weather. Weather is short-term atmospheric conditions. Compare: The card says: “Fictional record: many years have dry summers.” That matches Climate. Climate is long-term patterns of atmospheric conditions. A Boundary Is Not Always a Wall: The card says: “A map line separates Canada and the United States.” That matches Country boundary. Country boundary is the mapped political limit between countries. Compare: The card says: “A map line follows the edge of an island.” That matches Coastline. Coastline is the edge where land meets sea. Adult checking note: This model uses the supplied lesson cards and notes. It does not describe every person, community or place. Answering a new question would need a matching source or a new observation.

A different response can also meet the criteria. Compare the evidence and reasoning, rather than copying the wording.