Label the Continents and Oceans – Map Quiz to Tap or Print

All 12 continents and oceans on the diagram

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The seven continents 7

North America North America is the third-largest continent. The Isthmus of Panama joins it to South America.
South America South America is the fourth-largest continent. It is joined to North America at Panama.
Africa Africa is the second-largest continent. The Isthmus of Suez joins it to Asia.
Europe Europe is the sixth-largest continent. It shares one landmass, Eurasia, with Asia.
Asia Asia is the largest of the seven continents.
Australia Australia is the smallest continent. Ocean separates it from all the others.
Antarctica Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent. Ocean separates it from all the others.

The five oceans 5

Pacific Ocean The Pacific is the largest ocean. It separates Asia and Australia from the Americas.
Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic is the second-largest ocean. It lies between the Americas, and Europe and Africa.
Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest. It lies between Africa, Australia and India.
Arctic Ocean The Arctic is the smallest ocean. It lies north of Eurasia and North America.
Southern Ocean The Southern Ocean lies around Antarctica. Some lists count its water with the three oceans to its north.

How this list was compiled: The seven continents in order of area (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia), Europe and Asia as parts of Eurasia, the Isthmus of Suez and the Isthmus of Panama, Antarctica and Australia separated from the other continents by ocean, and Oceania or Australasia as other names for the seventh: Wikipedia, Continent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent, read 2026-10-01). The five oceans in order of size (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic), where each lies, the Southern Ocean sometimes counted as an extension of the three oceans to its north, and its recognition by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names since 1999 and the International Hydrographic Organization since 2000: Wikipedia, Ocean (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean, read 2026-10-01). Items made on 2026-10-01; names, ids and accepted spellings are Natural Earth's. The drawing's continents are the seven Continent polygons of Natural Earth: Europe ends at the Urals and the Caucasus as that source draws them, and land the source gives to no continent (Great Britain, Central America, Indonesia, New Zealand and others) is drawn as land that is not asked. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_geography_regions_polys (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_geography_regions_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Equal Earth projection centred on 11°E. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

Label the continents and oceans on a world map with no countries on it: seven shapes of land and five of water. It asks the continents first. The oceans follow.

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A continents and oceans map quiz, land first

From largest to smallest the seven continents are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia. The five oceans, largest first, are the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian, the Southern and the Arctic.

Label the oceans by the land on each side

Each ocean is drawn together with its seas and gulfs, so the Caribbean counts as part of the Atlantic and the water north of Siberia as part of the Arctic. As an oceans map quiz it is short: five answers, each the water between two or three continents. Under Start from, The five oceans asks them alone.

To label the 7 continents quickly, pair them: North and South America, Europe and Asia, Africa below Europe, then Australia and Antarctica.
Europe is the smaller part of the landmass it shares with Asia, on the west side.
The Arctic Ocean is at the top of the map and the Southern Ocean at the bottom, around Antarctica.

Questions and answers

Is there a world map with continent labels to study first?

Yes. Press Show me the labels first and the map writes in the names. The Arctic Ocean, a thin band along the top, gets a ring to tap instead. For paper, More options has a print with the answer key.

Why does this map have five oceans and not four?

Older maps name four. The Southern Ocean, the water around Antarctica, has been recognized as a fifth since 1999 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and since 2000 by the International Hydrographic Organization.

Where does Europe end and Asia begin on this map?

At the Ural Mountains and the Caucasus, as the map data draws them. Europe and Asia are one landmass, called Eurasia, so the line between them is a convention and not a coast.

Is Australia a continent or a country?

Both. Australia is the smallest of the seven continents, and a country fills it. Some lists call the continent Oceania or Australasia so that it takes in the islands of the Pacific.