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    aids. It is a continent of catastrophes where people are pitiful illiterate aborigines who have no possibility of being human equals. They are unable to speak for themselves and are waiting for foreigners to save them. All in all‚ Africa is a lowly continent with nothing more but scenic places with starving people. 2. Did it affect Africa? How? Yes‚ it affected Africa so much because it only showed all the negative sides of Africa and did not illustrate the beauty of the continent. It shows that

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    dozen smaller ones. The larger plates contain the continents and oceans. These plates ‘float’ on the dense layer of rock below. Geographers have long been aware that‚ if the continents were rearranged and repositioned‚ they would fit together like a jigsaw. Scientists believe that‚ about 225 million years ago‚ the continent of Australia was joined to all the other continents.

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    Antarctica is a frozen land‚ so cold and icy that no trees can grow there. Yet scientists have discovered fossils (remains preserved in rock) of ancient trees in Antarctica. What do you think this means? That Antarctica was once a part of the continents & it was separated by continental drift. 2. The Himalayas in central Asia are the tallest mountains in the world. But fossils of seashells can be found high in these mountains‚ far from any ocean. How do you think they got there? Molten

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    Africa is the world’s second largest continent and the second most populated continent behind Asia. Africa is the poorest and the most undeveloped continent in the world‚ and is commonly referred to as a ‘Third World Continent’. The term ‘Third World’ came around during the Cold War to classify countries/continents that remained self-governing with a capitalist or communist government. This definition allows us to categorise the nations of the world into three groups based on social‚ political

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    Asia: An Introduction Asia is noted as the biggest of the seven continents of the world. It is divided into six regions‚ each possessing distinctive physical‚ cultural‚ economic and political characteristics. Asia is not only the largest continent but also considered as the most thickly populated‚ with nearly three fifths of the world’s total population. Asia is the cradle of the human race‚ of civilization‚ of the world religions. Philosophy and religions are related to the Asian history. They

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    called Pangaea. He believed that 200 million years ago the continent began breaking into smaller continents which began the layout of where they lie now. Many people and geologists rejected Wegener?s idea especially the North American geologists due to most of his evidence to back his proposal up had been gathered from Southern continents. Evidence that Wegener had listed to support his theory of continental drift were that the continents fit like a jigsaw puzzle‚ fossils match across seas‚ rock types

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    Were the continents of this planet always situated the way they are today? Could there have been one supercontinent that over time broke off into the continents we know now? Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines Pangaea as a hypothetical land area believed to have once connected the landmasses of the southern hemisphere with those of the northern hemisphere (Definition of Pangaea). This theory‚ discovered by Alfred Wegener‚ was known as the drift theory. Wegener used the fit of the continents‚ the distribution

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    Secondary source investigation 4.1.1 Formation of Australia as an island continent from Gondwana Aim: to investigate evidence supporting the inference that the Australian continent is moving. To construct a timeline to identify key events in the separation of Australia from Gondwana. 1. Develop a timeline to identify the key events in the formation of Australia as an island continent (emphasise the development of Australian fauna and flora) : 2. Identify a plant and

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    part of world is not only because it is the biggest continent of the world‚ but also because it is the portion if the world which is home to the majority of humanity. All densely populated countries are located in Asia. Asia spans hundreds of longitude and as a result you find a variety of culture and traditions in Asia. Asian people are generally closely bound to their traditions and for them it is always difficult to break away. The continent as a whole is rich in traditions and values. Asian people

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    Millions of years ago Pangaea is what was believed to be‚ and now has evidence to support‚ the first continent on earth. It is referred to as the super continent as all existing continents were connected to it. In Greek‚ Pangaea is defined as “all the earth”; the man who came up with theory was Alfred Wegener. Wegener had a PhD in astronomy but always had an interest in geoscience. “Wegener was browsing in the university library when he came across a scientific paper that listed fossils of identical

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