Continents and oceans
GeographyGrades 1–420 clues and answers
The seven continents, five oceans and the map words that go with them: equator, hemisphere, compass rose, globe. Twenty clues for early geography, each with one memorable fact (the Sahara, the Amazon, kangaroos), so the games build a mental map rather than a list of names.
Games with this list
The list
| Clue | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The largest continent | Asia |
| 2 | The continent with the Sahara Desert | Africa |
| 3 | The continent with Canada, the United States and Mexico | North America |
| 4 | The continent with the Amazon rainforest | South America |
| 5 | The coldest continent, covered in ice | Antarctica |
| 6 | The continent with France, Italy and Poland | Europe |
| 7 | The smallest continent, home to kangaroos | Australia |
| 8 | The largest and deepest ocean | Pacific Ocean |
| 9 | The ocean between the Americas and Europe and Africa | Atlantic Ocean |
| 10 | The ocean south of India | Indian Ocean |
| 11 | The smallest ocean, around the North Pole | Arctic Ocean |
| 12 | The ocean that circles Antarctica | Southern Ocean |
| 13 | An imaginary line around the middle of the Earth | Equator |
| 14 | The northernmost point on Earth | North Pole |
| 15 | The southernmost point on Earth | South Pole |
| 16 | A round model of the Earth | Globe |
| 17 | A flat drawing of a place from above | Map |
| 18 | Shows north, south, east and west on a map | Compass rose |
| 19 | Half of the Earth | Hemisphere |
| 20 | Land with water all around it | Island |