EUROPE

1. Complete the text about Europe:

 Europe is mainly ______________, with a ______________average altitude. It is

separated from Asia by the ______________________and
______________mountains and the ____________river.
 In terms of relief, it can be divided in three areas: The Great
______________________, the ______________mountain ranges and the
______________mountains.
 The coast of Europe is irregular. It has many islands, gulfs and capes. There are
large ______________, such as Italy. There are many big ______________, such
as Iceland, Ireland or Great Britain. There are also large continental seas, such as
the ____________________________.

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 2. Match the elements in the columns:
Altitude is high

1. Oldest mountain ranges Altitude is low because of erosion

Centre and east of Europe

2. Great European Plain Southern Europe

Crossed by the main European rivers

3. Alpine mountains Alpes, Pirineos, Balcáns, Cárpatos e Cáucaso

Montes Escandinavos, Urais, Vosgos, Macizo

Central Francés
3. Where do European rivers flow into? What are the characteristics of each basin? Complete the
table:

Rivers Pechora ● Don ● Volga ● Po ● Tajo ● Loire ● Rhine ● Danube ● Rhône ● Oder ● Ebro

Characteristics High flow because of rain● They freeze in the winter ● Irregular flow ● Very long

Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Black Sea Caspian Sea

Sea

Characteristics: Characteristics: Characteristics: Characteristics: Characteristics:

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 4. Locate the following relief features in the map in exercise 9. Identify also the oceans that
surround Europe:
Mountain ranges Coastal relief
Scandinavian Mountains
Baltic Sea (Mar Báltico)
(Montes Escandinavos) Rivers North Sea
Ural Mountains (Urais) Islands Pechora (Mar do Norte)
Alps (Alpes) Iceland Oder Aegean Sea (Mar Exeo)
Pyrenees (Pirineos) (Islandia) Ireland Rhine (Rín) Black Sea (Mar Negro)
Balkan Mountains (Irlanda) Loire (Loira) Strait of Gibraltar
(Cordilleira dos Balcáns) Great Britain Rhône (Ródano) (Estreito de Xibraltar)
Carpathian Mountains (Gran Bretaña) Po Cape Finisterre (Cabo Fisterra)
(Cordilleira dos Corsica (Córsega) Ebro
Cárpatos) Peninsulas
Sardinia (Serdeña) Tajo Scandinavian peninsula
Plains North
Sicily (Sicilia) Danube (Danubio) (Península Escandinava)
European Plain (Grande
Crete (Creta) Dnieper Iberian peninsula (Península
Chaira
Cyprus (Chipre) Dniester Ibérica)
Europea)
Balearic Islands Don Italian peninsula (Península
Lakes
(Illas Baleares) Volga Italiana)
Lake Onega
Balkan peninsula(Península
Lake Ladoga
Balcánica)
5. Complete the crossword. Find ten units of the European relief.

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 6. Cross out the type of vegetation that is not found in Europe. Then match the right vegetation to
its landscape:

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 7. Map of Europe:

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 AFRICA
8. True or false? Identify the correct sentences and correct the false sentences about Africa:

 Africa is surrounded by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is separated from Europe by the Suez
Canal, and from Asia by the Estreito de Xibraltar.

 In Africa there are several deserts, such as the Sahara or the Kalahari

 The coasts of Africa are mainly irregular: it has many gulfs and capes.

 Around the Great Rift Valley (Gran Val do Rift), there are many volcanoes. Their altitude is very low.
There are also many lakes in this area.

 Rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean are long and have an abundant flow, such as the Congo river.

 Rivers that flow into the Mediterranean Sea, are long and have an abundant flow, except for the Nile
River.

 Other rivers flow into the Indian Ocean, such as the Niger river.

 Cold climates predominate in Africa.

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 9. Locate the following relief features in the map in exercise 15. Identify also the oceans that
surround Africa:
Coastal relief
Deserts Rivers
Lakes Gulf of Guinea
Sahara Nile (Río Nilo)
Victoria Cape of Good Hope
Kalahari Niger (Río Níxer)
Turkana (Cabo de Boa
Mountain ranges Congo
Volcanoes Esperanza)
Zambezi (Río Zambeze)
Mediterranean Sea
Atlas Mountains Outros
Kilimanjaro (Mar Mediterráneo)
Drakensberg Great Rift Valley (Gran Val do
Islands Red Sea
Mountains Rift)
(Mar Vermello)
Madagascar

10. Complete the crossword with units of the African relief.

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 11. Map of Africa.

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 AMERICA
12. Use the information in page 96 to complete the text about America:

 America is surrounded by _ oceans: the , the

_ and Oceans.

 The continent is divided into three sub-continents, , Central America and

_.

 The coast of North America is irregular; it has many , and

_. The coast of South America is more regular.

 Rivers that flow into the Atlantic ocean are _ and have a
flow, like the river in South America or the _ river in North
America.

 There are many lakes, including the , which are between Canada and the United
States.

 Because it is so long, America has a very wide range of _ _ and

_. All climates are present in America.

13. Locate the following relief features in the map in exercise 18. Identify also the oceans that
surround America:
Mountain ranges
Peninsulas Rivers Coastal relief
Rocky Mountains
Amazon Gulf of Mexico
(Montañas Rochosas) California (Amazonas) Orinoco (Golfo de México)
Andes Florida Mississippi Caribbean Sea
Apalachians (Apalaches) Yucatán River Plate (Río da (Mar Caribe)
Plains Labrador Prata) Cape Horn (Cabo de
Great Plains Alaska Lakes Fornos)
(Grandes Chairas) Islands Deserts
Plateaus Great Lakes Atacama
Altiplano Antilles (Grandes Lagos) Colorado
(Arquipélago das Lake Titicaca
Antillas)

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 14. Complete the crossword with eight units of the American relief.

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 15. Map of America.

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 ASIA
22. True or false? Correct the false sentences.

 The Atlantic, the Indian and the Pacific oceans surround Asia.

 Asia has a very low average altitude because it has very tall mountain ranges and high plateaus.

 The coast of Asia is irregular, and has many gulfs and peninsulas.

 Asian rivers are usually short and their flow is low.

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 23. Find the following information:
 The highest mountain in the world is _ .

 The highest plateau in the world is .

 The largest lake in the world is _ .

 The deepest lake in the world is .

24. Locate the following relief features in the map in exercise 26. Identify also the oceans that
surround Asia:
Islands and
archipelagos
Plateaus Peninsulas
Japanese archipelago
Arabian Peninsula
Tibet (Arquipélago Xaponés)
Indian Peninsula
Mountain ranges Indonesia Rivers
Philippine Islands Indochina Peninsula
Obi Korean Peninsula
Himalaya (Illas Filipinas)
Indus (Río Indo) Lakes
Ural mountains Sri Lanka
Taiwan Ganges (Río Ganxes) Lake Baikal
Mount Everest
Coastal relief Yangtze Caspian Sea (Mar
Plains
Caspio)
Persian Gulf Huang He
Aral Sea (Mar de Aral)
Siberian plain (Golfo Pérsico) Mekong
Dead Sea (Mar Morto)
(Chaira siberiana) Bay of Bengal Ural
(Baía de Bengala)
25. Complete the crossword with eight units of the Asian relief.

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 26. Map of Asia:

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 OCEANIA
27. True or false? Correct the false sentences:

 Oceania is the biggest continent.

 It is formed by three islands.

 Polynesia is the largest of Oceania’s islands.

 Most of Oceania is close to the Tropic of Capricorn so it has mostly temperate climates.

 The climate is temperate in parts of Australia and New Zealand.

 A desert climate is found in inland Melanesia.

28. Locate the following relief features in the map in exercise 30. Identify also the oceans that
surround Oceania.
Mountain ranges
Deserts Islands and archipelagos Melanesia Polynesia
Great Dividing Micronesia Hawaii
Australia
Range Great Victoria New Zealand (Nova New Guinea Samoa
(Gran Cordilleira Desert Zelandia) (Nova Guinea)
Divisioria) (Gran Deserto
Vitoria)

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 29. Map of Oceania

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 STATES OF THE WORLD
30.

COUNTRY In Galician CAPITAL CITY COUNTRY In Galician CAPITAL CITY

Iceland Austria

Italy Switzerland

Romania Ukraine

France Portugal

United Norway
Kingdom

Greece Sweden

Ireland Czech
Republic

Netherlands Denmark

Hungary Poland

Belgium Russia

Germany Bulgaria

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 31. Map of Europe.

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