Continents & Oceans — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which is the smallest continent?
A) Europe
B) Australia
C) Antarctica
D) South America
If you look on a map, Africa sits right below Europe with only the Mediterranean Sea between them, so Africa is directly south of Europe.
2. Which ocean is near the South Pole?
A) Pacific
B) Arctic
C) Southern
D) Atlantic
The Indian Ocean is the warm body of water filling the huge space between Africa on one side and Australia on the other, named after the country of India.
3. Which continent has the most people?
A) North America
B) Africa
C) Europe
D) Asia
More than two thirds of Earth's surface is covered by oceans, so most of our planet is water, with the continents of land taking up less than one third.
4. What shape is a globe?
A) Square
B) Triangle
C) Sphere
D) Cube
Kangaroos are native to Australia, which means they only live there in the wild and nowhere else on the planet, hopping across the wide open outback.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Africa is separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea.
The Atlantic Ocean comes right after the Pacific in size. It is the second largest ocean and separates the Americas from Europe and Africa.
2. South America has the Amazon Rainforest.
Even though a narrow strip of land joins them, North America and South America are counted as two separate continents because each is huge with its own countries and animals.
3. The Indian Ocean is between Africa and Australia.
Cartographers are the scientists who make and study maps. They carefully measure the Earth and draw where every continent, country, and ocean belongs.
4. A globe helps you find places around the world.
The equator is the imaginary line around the middle of Earth, and it runs right through the middle of Africa, splitting it into a northern half and a southern half.
5. Europe has many different countries and languages.
The Eastern Hemisphere is the half of Earth to the east of the starting line, and the continents of Asia, Europe, and Africa all sit in that half of the globe.