Continents and oceans map
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Continents and oceans map: 7 continents in colour, 5 oceans, and a worksheet
A Grade 3 teacher wants a coloured continents map for the wall and a quiz to go with it. The default map names the seven continents in capitals, each in its own soft colour, and the five oceans in italic — the Pacific on both sides of the map. Untick “Name the oceans” and only the land is named, under the title “The continents”.
- For the quiz, set Labels to “Numbers to fill in”: the continents become 1 to 7 (1 North America … 7 Antarctica), the oceans A to E (A Pacific, B Atlantic, C Indian, D Arctic, E Southern).
- The worksheet has Name, Date and a list to fill in; page 2 is the answer key with every name in place.
- Colours: “Shades of grey” for a black-and-white printer, or “Outline only, to colour in”. Lines of latitude and longitude every 30° add the Equator, both tropics and the polar circles, named.
- Print size 4 pages (2 × 2) makes a poster: sheets A1, A2, B1 and B2, with “Glue here” strips to join them.
| Continent | Colour | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| North America | peach | Central America, the Caribbean and Greenland count here |
| South America | pink | French Guiana is coloured where it lies |
| Europe | lavender | Russia west of the Urals and the Ural river |
| Africa | light green | Egypt with Sinai, Madagascar, Réunion and Mayotte |
| Asia | yellow | Russia east of the Urals, Turkey, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus |
| Oceania | teal | Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii |
| Antarctica | pale grey | drawn along the bottom of the map |
One landscape sheet — 297 × 210 mm on A4, 279 × 216 mm on US Letter — with 7 continents and 5 oceans named; the numbered version is two pages, the quiz and its answers.
How it works
- Choose the labels: names, numbers for a worksheet, or none to colour in.
- Choose seven continents or six with one America, the colours, and whether to add country borders or lines of latitude and longitude.
- Press Make PDF and print it on one page, or large over four or nine.
Frequently asked questions
- Seven continents or six?
- English-speaking schools usually teach seven, with North and South America apart; in much of Europe and Latin America America is one continent. Pick either.
- Which oceans are named?
- The Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern Oceans. Untick the oceans for a map of the land only.
- Where does Russia belong?
- Its part west of the Ural Mountains is coloured as Europe, the rest as Asia, as on most school maps.
- Is there a continents worksheet to fill in?
- Yes: set Labels to “Numbers to fill in (worksheet + answers)”. The continents are numbered 1 to 7 and the oceans lettered A to E, with Name, Date and a list to fill in, and a second page with the answers.
- Why is Turkey coloured as Asia?
- A continents map puts Turkey and Cyprus with Asia. Where two continents meet on land — the Urals, the Caucasus, Turkey's border with Greece and Bulgaria, Sinai, Panama, New Guinea — the line is drawn heavier than a country border.
- Where does the map come from?
- From Natural Earth’s public-domain country shapes, drawn as vector lines so the map prints sharp at any size.
- Is anything uploaded?
- No. The PDF is made in your browser.