50 Continents and Oceans Quiz Questions and Answers

How much do you know about the continents of the world and the ocean? Try our continents and oceans quiz questions and answers to find out.

Continents and Oceans Quiz Questions - Round 1

1. Which continent borders north America on its southern border?

a: North America
b: Mexico
c: South America
d: Asia

2. Which continent borders Europe on its east?

a: Asia
b: North America
c: South America
d: Antarctica

3. What ocean divides south America from Africa?

a: Indian Ocean
b: Pacific Ocean
c: Atlantic Ocean
d: Arctic Ocean

4. Which ocean borders Asia and Africa on the east?

a: Arctic Ocean
b: Atlantic Ocean
c: Pacific Ocean
d: Indian Ocean

5. Which continent can claim to be both a country and an island?

a: Australia
b: Asia
c: Europe
d: North America

6. Mapmakers, often known as ____, utilize a wide range of maps.

a: globe
b: cartographer
c: maps
d: compass

7. Which of the following map displays borders, significant cities, and other features.

a: A Topographical Map
b: A Physical Map
c: A Political Map
d: A Geology Map

8. This kind of map displays land features and frequently displays elevations, or how high a location is above sea level.

a: Political Map
b: Topographical Map
c: Climate Map
d: Population Density Map

9. Which map shows the geographic features of an area such as the oceans, seas, islands, mountains, rivers, and deserts?

a: Physical Map
b: Political Map
c: Topographical Map
d: Climate Map

10. Which continent is the third-largest in the globe in terms of area?

a: Asia
b: South America
c: North America
d: Africa

Continents and Oceans Quiz Questions - Round 2

11. Which map is used to illustrate the population density of a region in relation to the area they occupy.

a: Choropleth Map
b: Climate Map
c: Topographical Map
d: Physical Map

12. Which of these maps tells you about population or population density of an area?

a: Choropleth Map
b: Climate Map
c: Topographical Map
d: Population Density Map

13. Which of these is NOT one of the named oceans in the world?

a: Atlantic
b: Pacific
c: Asianic
d: Indian

14. What type of map is used to show population distribution?

a: Population Density Map
b: Aerial Map
c: Historical Maps
d: Dot maps

15. What types of map show features or characteristics of a certain place the bodies of water and landforms found in the state or country?

a: Population Density Map
b: Landform Map
c: Historical Maps
d: Dot maps

16. Which ocean has the greatest depth and surface area?

a: Atlantic
b: Indian
c: Arctic
d: Pacific

17. How many continents are there in the world?

a: 6
b: 7
c: 5
d: 8

18. How many oceans are there in the world?

a: 1
b: 4
c: 5
d: 8

19. Which of these is the largest continental area on Earth?

a: Eurasia
b: North America
c: Africa
d: Russia

20. Scientists believes that the Earth once had a single ancient continent named?

a: Eurasia
b: Paleogeia
c: Pangea
d: Paeogea

Continents and Oceans Quiz Questions - Round 3

21. Which continent receives water from the Arafura, coral, Tasman, and Timor seas in the Pacific?

a: South America
b: Africa
c: Australia
d: Algeria

22. Which of these is the world's biggest and deepest ocean?

a: Indian Ocean
b: Pacific Ocean
c: Atlantic Ocean
d: Arctic Ocean

23. Which of these is the world's smallest ocean?

a: Indian Ocean
b: Pacific Ocean
c: Atlantic Ocean
d: Arctic Ocean

24. What is the name of the tide that causes both highest and lowest tides?

a: Flood Tide
b: Spring Tide
c: Ebb Tide
d: Neap Tide

25. Which of the following oceans separates Australia from Africa?

a: Atlantic Ocean
b: Pacific Ocean
c: Indian Ocean
d: Arctic Ocean

26. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea are both connected by which canal?

a: Neil Canal
b: Kiel Canal
c: Panama Canal
d: Suez Canal

27. Which of the following straits is the tunnel that connects the UK and France?

a: Davis Strait
b: Denmark Strait
c: Strait of Dover
d: Strait of Gibraltar

28. Which of the following nations intends to build a canal to connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans that will compete with the Panama Canal?

a: Colombia
b: Costa Rica
c: Guatemala
d: Nicaragua

29. The Sargasso sea belongs to?

a: North Sea
b: South Atlantic Ocean
c: North Pacific Ocean
d: North Atlantic ocean

30. Which of the following seas links via the Suez canal?

a: Mediterranean and Red Seas
b: Baltic and Caspian Seas
c: Mediterranean and North Seas
d: Red Sea and Caspian Sea Show Answer

Continents and Oceans Quiz Questions - Round 4

31. The gently sloping seafloor encircling the continent is referred to as?

a: Coast Shelf
b: Continental Shelf
c: Continental Platform
d: Continental slope

32. The oceans covers how many percentage of the earth's surface?

a: 50%
b: 60%
c: 71%
d: 80%

33. Which of the following nations is NOT part of the Arabian Peninsula?

a: Oman
b: Yemen
c: Afghanistan
d: Bahrain

34. In which year was the Suez canal nationalized?

a: 1954
b: 1955
c: 1956
d: 1957

35. Which of the following locations land is thought to be the lowest on earth?

a: Caspian Sea
b: Dead Sea
c: Black Sea
d: Salton Sea

36. Where is the world's deepest ocean located?

a: Arctic Ocean
b: Atlantic Ocean
c: Indian Ocean
d: Pacific Ocean

37. Which ocean contains the most coral reefs?

a: Arctic Ocean
b: Atlantic Ocean
c: Pacific Ocean
d: Indian Ocean

38. Which of the following oceans contains about 50% of the world's water?

a: Pacific Ocean
b: Atlantic Ocean
c: Indian Ocean
d: Arctic Ocean

39. What country has the longest border on the Arabian Sea?

a: Qatar
b: Iraq
c: United Arab Emirates
d: Saudi Arabia

40. Which nation has the world's longest coastline?

a: Canada
b: Russia
c: U.S.A.
d: Indonesia

Continents and Oceans Quiz Questions - Round 5

41. When it comes to trade, the busiest ocean is?

a: Indian Ocean
b: Pacific Ocean
c: Atlantic Ocean
d: Arctic Ocean

42. Which island nation is the biggest in the world?

a: Madagascar
b: Australia
c: Indonesia
d: Papua New Guinea

43. Which of the following seas has the highest amount of salinity?

a: Red Sea
b: Black Sea
c: Dead Sea
d: Mediterranean Sea

44. The Bermuda Triangle is located in which part of the Atlantic Ocean?

a: Central Atlantic Ocean
b: East part of the South Atlantic Ocean
c: Western part of the North Atlantic Ocean
d: Western part of the East Atlantic Ocean

45. The Caribbean sea and North America are to the northwest of which continent?

a: Europe
b: Asia
c: Africa
d: South America

46. Approximately what percentage of incoming solar radiation is absorbed by the oceans and continents?

a: 41%
b: 44%
c: 40%
d: 47%

47. Who wrote The Origin of Continents and Oceans?

a: Harry Hammond Hess
b: Alfred Wegener
c: Kurt Wegener
d: John Tuzo Wilson

48. The eastern boundary of the continent of Asia is shared with?

a: Mount Kilimanjaro
b: Arctic Ocean
c: Pacific Ocean
d: Ural Mountains

49. Which continents and oceans are crossed by the Antarctic circle?

a: Antarctica, and the Southern Ocean
b: Europe, and the Indian Ocean
c: Australia, and the Pacific Ocean
d: None of these

50. In which island did the 2004 Indian ocean earthquake and tsunami began?

a: Flores Island
b: New Guinea Island
c: Sumatra Island
d: Lombok Island

Continents and Oceans Quiz Answers

1. South America
2. Asia
3. Atlantic Ocean
4. Indian Ocean
5. Australia
6. cartographer
7. A Political Map
8. Topographical Map
9. Physical Map
10. North America

11. Choropleth Map
12. Population Density Map
13. Asianic
14. Dot maps
15. Landform Map
16. Pacific
17. 7
18. 5
19. Eurasia
20. Pangea

21. Australia
22. Pacific Ocean
23. Arctic Ocean
24. Spring Tide
25. Indian Ocean
26. Kiel Canal
27. Strait of Dover
28. Nicaragua
29. North Atlantic ocean
30. Mediterranean and Red Seas

31. Continental Shelf
32. 71%
33. Afghanistan
34. 1956
35. Dead Sea
36. Pacific Ocean
37. Pacific Ocean
38. Pacific Ocean
39. Saudi Arabia
40. Canada

41. Atlantic Ocean
42. Indonesia
43. Dead Sea
44. Western part of the North Atlantic Ocean
45. South America
46. 47%
47. Alfred Wegener
48. Ural Mountains
49. Antarctica, and the Southern Ocean
50. Sumatra island