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World Oceans: Land, Water and Map Edges

Explain the matching map edges and distinguish continents from oceans and smaller seas. Try the names before looking at the choices.

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Use nearby land as a clue. The Pacific appears west of the Americas and east of Asia on this map; its two edges meet on a globe. Five ocean names describe connected regions, not five isolated pools. Continents are land; oceans and seas are water.

Worked example

Africa is a continent, not an ocean. The water east of Africa, below Asia and west of Australia is the Indian Ocean. A name beside a shape is a label, not a drawn boundary.

North-up world map with gray continents. A is west of the Americas, B between the Americas and Europe and Africa, C between Africa, Asia and Australia, D in the far north, E north of Antarctica, and F east of Asia. No ocean names are printed.
Use the continents to explain the water locations. A flat map has edges that do not exist on a globe.

Build a map explanation

Name all five oceans, then describe one using two nearby continents. Explain to a helper why counting printed labels could give the wrong ocean count. Optional: use the blank map linked from the lesson to write the names yourself. A helper reviews that writing separately; checked choices do not grade your handwritten map.

Question 1 F is east of Asia. Which ocean does it share with A?
Question 2 Why do six water letters here need only five different ocean names?
Question 3 Which pair correctly separates a continent from an ocean?
Question 4 The Bering Sea is part of the Pacific Ocean. Which statement fits?
Question 5 Which statement about this flat map is correct?