Teaching resources
Five free resources about the seven continents, designed for ages 9–14. Everything is printable, answer keys are built in and the materials align with geography curriculum objectives.
Each resource works independently — choose what fits your lesson. The worksheets are ideal for individual practice; the blank maps work well for whole-class labelling at the board. All texts on this site are also available in Dutch and French, so the materials can double up in language lessons too.
Worksheets by continent
Fill-in exercises on facts, capitals and map skills. Includes answer key.
Blank maps
Printable maps with no labels: pupils write in the continents, oceans and countries themselves.
Quiz questions
Dozens of questions covering all seven continents, suitable for a test or class discussion.
Projects & presentations
Step-by-step plan and project ideas for a report or presentation about a continent.
Geography glossary
Over twenty terms explained: from equator to time zone, from savanna to population density.
Overview by year group
The table below is a guide; mix and match materials as needed.
| Year group | Recommended material | Learning objective |
|---|---|---|
| Years 4–5 (ages 8–10) | Worksheet A, World blank map | Name and locate the seven continents |
| Years 6–7 (ages 10–12) | Worksheets B & C, Glossary | Capitals, oceans and key vocabulary |
| Year 8 / lower secondary | Quiz questions, Projects, all worksheets | Geographic concepts, map skills, comparison |
How to use these materials
The materials are designed for both whole-class and independent use. Print worksheets double-sided: answers are in a collapsible block that you can reveal or hide before printing. Blank maps print most usefully on A4 or A3 — larger paper gives pupils more room to write labels for smaller countries.
For the quiz questions you can choose between a class discussion, a written test or a team-game format. Pair questions with the relevant continent pages — for example Asia or Africa — for direct access to the source information.
The glossary works as a reference alongside any lesson, or as an independent pre-task: pupils look up a term, read the definition and write their own example sentence. Terms link through to deeper pages on this site, such as time zones and oceans.
Curriculum links
The materials align with geography objectives at primary level and lower secondary for the subject areas of Geography and Science & Nature:
Map skills: pupils learn to use simple maps and atlases. The blank maps and worksheets practise exactly this skill.
World awareness: pupils gain insight into the circumstances of people in other parts of the world. The continent pages provide the content background; the worksheets consolidate that knowledge.
At lower secondary level the materials match objectives for world orientation: naming physical-geographic features (equator, tropics, climate zones), applying topographic skills and comparing continents on population, area and climate. See also the 7 continents for comparative overviews.
All facts on this site — and in the teaching resources — are drawn from the sources list citing UN WPP 2024, CIA World Factbook and Worldometer 2025.
Sources
- United Nations — World Population Prospects 2024 (population figures)
- Worldometer 2025 — current estimates by country
- CIA World Factbook — area and geography
- IUCN Red List — conservation status of animals
- Köppen-Geiger — climate classification