Quick Quiz: This Land Is Your Land

Question: What are the only two countries to have a larger land area than China?

Answer: Only Russia and Canada surpass China in area. China covers an area of about 3,696,100 square miles (9,572,900 square km), which is approximately 1/14 of the land area of the Earth.

Question: Which continent has the highest ratio of coastline to total area?

Answer: Europe, the second smallest of the world’s continents, has by far the highest ratio of coastline to total area. Indented by numerous bays, fjords, and seas, continental Europe's highly irregular coastline is about 24,000 miles (38,000 km) long.

Question: What is the largest island in the world?

Answer: Greenland is the world’s largest island, covering 840,000 square miles (2,175,600 square km) and lying in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Question: What is the largest continent?

Answer: Asia is the world's largest and most diverse continent, covering about 30 percent of the land area on Earth.