The world jigsaw
Spin a globe and it breaks into a handful of big puzzle pieces — seven continents floating in a few vast oceans. Knowing those pieces is the frame every other map fact hangs on.
Seven continents, five oceans
- Continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
- Oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic
- The Pacific is the largest ocean; Asia is the largest continent
Lab · Biggest and smallest
- Recall which ocean is the largest.
- Recall which continent is the largest.
- Name the continent that is also a country.
What you should see: The Pacific is the largest ocean, Asia the largest continent, and Australia is both a continent and a country.