{"id":77,"date":"2010-11-15T14:40:59","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T18:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T10:19:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T14:19:32","slug":"what-is-europe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/introduction\/what-is-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Europe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Pronunciation:<\/em> &#8216;yur-&amp;p<br \/>\nUsage: Geographical name<br \/>\nDefinition: A continent of the eastern hemisphere between Asia and the Atlantic Ocean<br \/>\nArea: 3,997,929 square miles (10,355,000 square kilometres),<br \/>\nPopulation: 741,400,000<\/p>\n<p>(Sources: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2004<br \/>\nUnited Nations Executive Summary, World Population Prospects, The 2006 Revision)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DID YOU KNOW&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Europe is one of the seven continents of the world<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Europe is the second smallest continent by geographic size (area = 10 355 000km sq.), BUT it has the third largest population of the seven continents (now 741.1 million)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Europe is one fifth of the Eurasian landmass<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The name Europe is derived from the name Europa, which is the name of a goddess in Greek mythology<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2843\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 400px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2843 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/Europe-in-the-World-400x244.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/Europe-in-the-World-400x244.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/Europe-in-the-World-160x98.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/Europe-in-the-World-240x147.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/Europe-in-the-World-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/Europe-in-the-World-360x220.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/Europe-in-the-World.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Great! But, what&#8217;s actually in Europe? While the precise boundaries of Europe are still a matter of debate, our <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/introduction\/map-of-europe\/\">map<\/a> includes the countries most commonly defined as European.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pronunciation: &#8216;yur-&amp;p Usage: Geographical name Definition: A continent of the eastern hemisphere between Asia and the Atlantic Ocean Area: 3,997,929 square miles (10,355,000 square kilometres), Population: 741,400,000 (Sources: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2004 United Nations Executive Summary, World Population Prospects, The 2006 Revision) DID YOU KNOW&#8230; Europe is one of the seven continents of the world Europe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":50,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Europe? 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