Continents and Oceans Quiz

1. The geographic South Pole is located on which continent?

2. A person travels by land from Colombia into Panama. Which geographic feature connects the two continents involved?

3. A traveler crosses the Strait of Gibraltar southward from Spain. Which continent do they reach?

4. Which ocean lies mainly between Africa, southern Asia, and Australia?

5. Which statement correctly distinguishes Australia from Oceania in a common geographic model?

6. A research vessel travels south from Tasmania toward Antarctica. Under the five-ocean model, which ocean encircling Antarctica will it ultimately enter?

7. A ship sailing directly west from Portugal toward the eastern coast of North America would cross which ocean?

8. Which ocean surrounds the geographic North Pole?

9. Standing on the east coast of mainland Africa and looking out to sea, which ocean are you facing?

10. A plane flies east from Brazil to Angola. Which ocean does it cross?

11. If you travel east from Asia across the Pacific Ocean, which continent can you reach?

12. Which continent is crossed by both the Equator and the Prime Meridian, placing parts of it in all four hemispheres?

13. Although Greenland is politically connected with Denmark, it is geographically part of which continent?

14. Under a commonly used geographic boundary, crossing the Ural Mountains from western Russia into Siberia means traveling from Europe into which continent?

15. Which continent has no permanent native population and is occupied mainly by rotating research communities?

16. Which continent has coastlines on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans?