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Recognizing Continents
and Oceans
Earth’s Surface
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Complete knowledge of
the features of Earth’s
surface is only a few
hundred years old.
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As recently as the 1300s,
the Atlantic Ocean was a
mysterious “Sea of
Darkness” on a flat
surface.
Oceans
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The regions of the Arctic,
Pacific, and Antarctic oceans
were unknown to Europeans.
There were also great
misconceptions about the
world. For example, Europeans
had some knowledge of the
Indian Ocean but thought it
was a great salt lake
surrounded by land.
They assumed Asia could be
reached from the west only by
land.
5 Major Oceans
Continents
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Today Earth is completely mapped.
The largest units of Earth’s land are called
continents. Except for the division
between Europe and Asia, they are
generally well defined.
Two continents are islands, and
isthmuses—narrow necks of land—clearly
separate others.
The oceans are merely names given to
the largest sections of the body of salt
water that covers 71 percent of the globe.
Warm-Up: Oceans and Continents
1. What are the seven continents?
2. What appears to divide Asia
from Europe?
3. Where is most of Earth’s
landmass-north or south of the
equator?
4. A trip from Australia to Africa
would involve crossing which
ocean?
Answers
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North America, South America, Africa, Australia,
Asia, Europe, and Antarctica.
 2.
Equator
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North of the Equator
 4.
Indian Ocean
Continents and Oceans Map
1. Heading: Name, Date, Period
(3 Points)
2. Title: Continents and Oceans
Map (2 Point)
3. Label the following Continents:
(7 Points)
 North America
 South America
 Africa
 Asia
 Australia
 Europe
 Antarctica
30 Points
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4. Label the following Oceans:(5 Points)
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Pacific Ocean
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Atlantic Ocean
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Indian Ocean
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Southern Ocean
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Arctic Ocean
5. Color Map-Ocean Blue (5 points)
6. Continents Different Colors (5 Points)
7. Neat and legible writing (3 Points)