Review: Continents and causes of imperialism

What is a continent?

• A continent is one of several large landmasses.

• a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

• geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets

• an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

What is a nation?

• A continent is one of several large landmasses.

• a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

• geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets

• an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

Which continent is this?

• North America

• China

• Europe

• Asia

Which continent is this?

• North America

• Asia

• Australia

• South America

Which continent is this? HINT it is all the way south and penguins live here (no people only scientists)

• Africa

• Asia

• India

• Antarctica

Which continent is this?

• South America

• Europe

• Africa

• Brazil

Which continent is this?

• South America

• Europe

• Asia

• Brazil

Which continent is this?

• Asia

• Mexico

• Europe

• North America

Which continent is this?

• Africa

• Europe

• United States

• North America

What were some ECONOMIC causes of Imperialism?

• need for raw materials

• need for markets

• be the best nation in the world

• spread Christianity