Regions of the World

Use Continents and Oceans by the Numbers first, with a ruler for the bars. Regions of the World can follow as a two page map task, with students reading each clue before they write a number.

Match clues to eight numbered world regions, then find which ones the Equator crosses. The directions on the page read: Read each clue. Use the map to find the region it describes, and write that region's number in the box. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade World Geography and Regions, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with continents and regions. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Asia is the largest, at about 45 million square kilometers in the table on Continents and Oceans by the Numbers. Australia and Oceania is the smallest, at about 9 million.

The order is Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic. Students rank them from a table of rounded areas on Continents and Oceans by the Numbers.

Regions of the World numbers eight regions: North America, Latin America, Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia and Oceania. Students match clues about oceans and lines on the globe to each one.