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Europe
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Tourists travel hours to see
the famous art in Italy. Tourists often are quite smitten with the castles in Great Britain. Tourists come by car and plane to visit Norway, France, and Spain. Tourists come by ship and train to visit Greece and see Ukraine. Tourists by the bunch vacation at this old world destination. |
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Asia
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I have the biggest country.
I have the Dead-est Sea. Three-fifths of the Earth's people live on top of me. I touch three of the oceans, but my true claim to fame is I'm the biggest continent. |
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Antarctica
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At the bottom of the world
lies the chilly South Pole, in the middle of a land penguin colonies patrol. The stratosphere above it has an ozone hole, which atmospheric scientists are trying to control. |
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Africa
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I've got a lot of desert,
so I've got a lot of sand. I've got a lot of countries, and I've got a lot of land. I've got a lot of pyramids; a lot of jungles, too. I've got a lot of lions, and they aren't kept in a zoo! |
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North America
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Greenland and Canada
are the farthest north I go. My middle is the U.S.A. And next comes Mexico. Smaller countries dot the land that stretches out below. Then I touch South America with my tippy toe. |
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South America
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The Incas built an empire here,
but it's been gone 500 years. Sir Frances Drake once sailed his ship around Cape Horn at my south tip. The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil grew long ago and grows here still. |
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Austrailia
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Toss another shrimp
on the barbie-cue! Hop to the outback like a kangaroo. It's south of the equator, so is it any wonder this continent's called the "land down under"? |