Instructions for Coloring and Labeling Map One- Continents and Oceans

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Continents and Oceans Worksheet

Map One

Instructions for coloring and labeling Map One- Continents and Oceans

1. Complete the direction finder on the Continents and Oceans map. Label the initials N for north, S for south, E for east, and W for west.

2. Locate the Map Legend. Color the box which represents WATER blue.

3. Select seven colors, one for each of the continents listed on the Map Legend, and color each box a different color.

4. Use the World Map to locate and to identify the seven continents. Print the name of each content on the map. Color the continents using the Map Legend color scheme.

a. Color the islands off the east coast of Asia the same color as Asia.

b. Color Tasmania the same color as Australia.

c. Color Madagascar the same color as Africa.

d. Color Novoya Zemla, Iceland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom the same color as Europe.

e. Color Greenland and the islands north and northeast of North America the same color as North America.

5. Locate the Atlantic, Pacific, Artic and Indian, and Southern Oceans on the World Map. Print the names of the oceans on your map. Color the water blue.

6. Print the names of the following imaginary lines on the map.

a. EQUATOR- This is the line marked 00 latitude. It divides the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

b. PRIME MERIDIAN- 00 longitude

c. INTERNATIONAL DATELINE- 1800 longitude

i. These lines divide the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

7. Label the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere on your map.

Write the definitions for the following terms:

1. Continent ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Ocean ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Hemisphere ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Equator ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Prime Meridian ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. International Dateline ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. North ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. South ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. East ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. West ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Questions about the Continents and Oceans

Use your map to answer the following questions:

1. Make a list of the continents which are in the Eastern Hemisphere. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Which continents are almost entirely in the Northern Hemisphere? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Through which continents does the equator cross? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. In what direction would you travel to go from North America to South America? _______________________________________________

5. Name five continents which are touched by the Atlantic Ocean. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Name five continents which are touched by the Pacific Ocean. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Which continents are touched by both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? _______________________________________________

8. Which continents are touched by the Artic Ocean? _______________________________________________________

9. In what direction is Africa from Europe? _______________________

10. In what direction is Australia from Asia? _______________________

11. To what continent does Greenland belong? ____________________

12. What is the largest continent? _______________________________

13. What is the smallest continent? ______________________________

14. In which hemisphere is there more land, Northern or Southern? __________________________________________________________

15. Which is the largest ocean? ________________________________

16. What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Northern Hemisphere and southern Hemisphere? _________________________

17. What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere? ____________________