Warm Up: What is the difference between a continent and a country?Tuesday/Wednesday, February 25th/26th, 2014

Week 8Unit 2

Objective:

0Today I will be able to locate countries using a variety of maps.

Language Objective:0Today I will explain the difference between a country

and a continent using a sentence frame.

Warm Up Answer

0The difference between a continent and country are:0 Continents

0 large landmasses created by plate tectonics (breaks in the crust of the earth cause landmasses to move around).

0There are only seven (7) continents on the Earth (Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, North America, South America, and Antarctica).

0 Countries are found on continents. 0There are 194 countries on the Earth. 0Countries are created by humans and separated by

imaginary boundaries.

Task0 Identify countries on the World Map using the correct

number. 0You will only identify 100 countries of the 194

recognized countries.0You need to work with a partner.0Use the maps in the back of the World History books.0First three teams to finish get extra credit.

How to Read a Map0 SOUTH AMERICA –

this writing identifies a continent.

0 BRAZIL – this writing identifies a countries.

0 Brasilia – this writing identifies a city.

0 Virgin Islands (Br). – this identifies territory that belongs to Great Britain.

TOD

0On a half sheet of paper, write:0 The difference between a continent and a country is

that a continent _________________ while a country __________________.