The world around us
Europe covers only 7% of the Earth’s land surface, but about
11% of the world’s population lives there.
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Where’s Europe?
1
Cover the map. Howmany European countries can you name?
G
E T T I N G S T A R T E D
Europe covers an area of 10 million
square kilometres and has a
population of 740 million people.
It stretches from the
Arctic Sea
in
the north to the
Mediterranean
Sea
and the
Black Sea
in the south.
Each country, or state,
has its own flag, and
currency
, but 19 share a
currency called the
euro
.
In the west Europe
reaches the
Atlantic
Ocean
, and in the east
Europe is separated
from Asia by the
Urals
and the
Caspian Sea
.
The biggest country
in Europe is Ukraine.
The smallest country
is the Vatican City.
