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　　Asia is the largest of the continents of the world．It is larger than Africa, larger than either of the two Americas, and four times as large as Europe．Asia and Europe form a huge land mass．Indeed Europe is so much smaller than Asia that some geographers regard Europe as a peninsula(半岛)of Asia．Many geographers say that the Ural Mountains form the dividing line between Europe and Asia．Some think differently．But all geographers agree that Asia was once linked to North America．Or, to be more exact, Alaska was at one time connected with the tip of Siberia．The ancestors of American Indians, geographers say, were Asians．30,000 years ago they went across the land bridge and settled down in new homes．Only a small canal separates Africa from Asia．But before the Suez Canal was cut in 1869 Asia was also linked to Africa．

　　The highest point of the earth is in Asia．This is the peak of the Himalaya Mountains．It is over 29,140 feet high．At this altitude the air is very thin and the weather is uncertain．So the climbing is very difficult．People take great pride in getting to that peak．

　　The world’s great religious originated from Asia：Buddhism from India, Christianity from Palestine, Islam from Arabia．Today Buddhism and Islam are the principal religions of much of Asia．

　　Asia is also the most populous continent．China, the country with the largest population in the world, is in Asia．One half of the world’s population are Asians．A Chinese is an Asian, a Japanese is an Asian, and an Indian is an Asian．So is an Iranian, a Palestinian, an Iraqi, a Filipino, a Singaporean．A meeting of Asians is usually a large gathering．The Asian Games meet every four years, sometimes with as many as 40 nations taking part．There was a time when Asia led the world in civilization．Today most of the Asian countries are still developing countries．They are working very hard to catch up in science and technology．They must．They have little time to lose．

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　　The Canadian people are made up of different national races．The first 　　1　　settlers of the country were the Indians．

　　It was said that the Indians entered this continent 　　2　　 the Bering Strait and Sea from eastern Asia at most 10,000 years 　　3　　．When Europeans first 　　4　　 the country．Indians were living in most of areas 　　5　　 forests．There were only 　　6　　 Indians in the provinces near the Atlantic Ocean．

　　The second group of people to enter Canada 　　7　　 the Eskimos．They 　　8　　 the Bering Strait from Asia less than 3,000 years ago．There are few 　　9　　 of their early movements．The first white settlers in Canada were the 　　10　　．They came in greatest 　　11　　 to Quebec, but also to Nova Scotia, 　　12　　 they cleared farms on the southern side of the Bay of Fundy．The French built their castles qt Quebec City, and cleared farms out of the forests in the area．　　13　　 the time of the British conquest(征服)in 1763, there had been about 60,000 Frenchmen in Canada, 　　14　　 chiefly between Quebec and Montreal．There were not many British in Canada 　　15　　 American Revolution drove large numbers northward．

　　Throughout the 19^th century, 　　16　　 British people came to Canada．The descendants(后代)of these people 　　17　　 England, Scotland, and Ireland now make 　　18　　 about half of the population．Around the 　　19　　 of the century people came in increasing numbers from Europe and the largest numbers came 　　20　　 Central and Eastern．Germans, Czechs, Poles, Rumanians, and Ukrainians．

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