World Geography Made Easy

hi my name is Kaeleigh and welcome to the world our world is fascinating place in this video you'll learn the seven continents and the major oceans in the world you'll also learn facts about how the world is divided and how to tell the direction from anywhere on the planet let's go explore this wonderful world the world is our beautiful planet Earth when we talk about the world we were talking about the people plants and animals that all live here we're also talking about the land and the bodies of water because it is so big the world has been divided or separated into seven geographic regions called continents which makes it easier to talk about the countries within them continents are large areas of land that include many countries within them the seven contents are North America South America Africa Europe Asia which is the largest continent Oceania and Antarctica to learn more about each of these continents be sure to watch our world trip videos almost 3/4 of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans and seas an ocean is large body of salt water and sea is smaller than the ocean most of the oceans and seas are connected to each other there are five oceans in the world the Arctic Ocean which is the smallest ocean the Atlantic Ocean the Indian Ocean the Pacific Ocean which is the largest and the southern ocean to talk about the location of continents countries and oceans in our world we can use the four points of compass north south east and west compass is tool that tells the direction of things like where your home is found in our world our world is further divided into four main sections called hemispheres the equator is an imaginary horizontal line around the center of the earth it divides the earth into the northern and the southern hemispheres all continents countries and oceans found above the equator are considered to be in the northern hemisphere and continents countries and oceans located below the equator are considered to be in the southern hemisphere North America is located in the northern hemisphere the vertical imaginary line through the center of the earth is called the Prime Meridian and it divides the world into the eastern and western hemispheres you can guess where the continents and countries to the west of the Prime Meridian are located yes in the Western Hemisphere so that means that continents and countries located to the east of the Prime Meridian are in the eastern hemisphere super the USA in Canada are located in the western hemisphere actually we say they're in the northwest hemisphere because they're in both hemispheres cool hemisphere lines might be invisible on earth but they are actually drawn on maps now the equator and the Prime Meridian aren't just randomly placed around the earth scientists who study the earth are geographers agreed many many many years ago on system of more imaginary lines that run up and down or north to south along the prime meridian and they agreed upon system of lines that ran east and west across the earth in the same direction as the equator these lines are called lines of latitude and longitude and they are measured in degrees the prime meridian is considered to be at zero degrees longitude around the opposite side of the prime meridian the longitude is hundred and eighty degrees longitude then all of that space is filled in with more lines of longitude called meridians each line equals one degree with each of the degrees going around the world from 0 to 360 can you guess why that's right it's because the distance around the earths measure is exactly 360 degrees full circle hey you just noticed what scientists discovered years ago the earth is round cool the same is true for lines of latitude earth equator horizontally runs from east to west around the earth it measures 0 degrees latitude each of the imaginary lines going around the earth in the same direction as you is called parallel because they're parallel to the equator and each of those parallel measures one degree until 360 degrees these lines of longitude and latitude create neat grid around the world where the lines meet is point called coordinate now coordinate tells you the exact spot in the world where you are located right now you can learn more about our world and special book called an atlas where you can find many beautifully illustrated maps you can also find online atlases and apps for kids so you can learn on the go speaking of learning on the go be sure to watch our videos that teach about our world and then practice what you learned on our fun online games and quizzes remember keep traveling and always be clever