QUESTIONS - Examine the map and answer the questions.

1. Which continent is south of North America?
2. When you are on a beach in North America and watch the sun rise from the eastern ocean horizon, which ocean is before you?
3. From which direction does the sun rise?
4. In what direction is the Atlantic Ocean from North and South America?
5. When you are on a beach in North America and watch the sun set toward the western ocean horizon, which ocean is before you?
6. In which direction does the sun set?
7. In which direction is the Pacific Ocean from North America?
8. Which ocean lies north of North America?
9. Which strait connects the Pacific Ocean with the Arctic Ocean?
10. Which cape is at the southern tip of South America?
11. Which ocean lies south of South America?
12. Which isthmus joins South America to North America?
13. Which is the most northern country of North America?
14. Which bay lies west of Greenland?
15. Which mountains are in North America?
16. Which mountains are in South America?
17. Which ocean lies east of South America?
18. Which ocean lies west of South America?
19. Where is the Arctic Ocean?
20. Where is the Antarctic Ocean?
21. In which ocean are the Sandwich Islands?
22. In which ocean are the Cape Verde Islands?
23. List the historical products of North America marked on the map.
24. List the historical products of South America marked on the map.
25. In which continent of the Earth do you live?
26. Do you live in the Western Hemisphere or the Eastern Hemisphere?

ANSWERS

1. South America is the continent south of North America.
2. The Atlantic Ocean is before you.
3. The sun rises in the east.
4. The Atlantic Ocean is east of North and South America.
5. The Pacific Ocean is before you.
6. The sun sets in the West.
7. The Pacific Ocean is west of North and South America.
8. The Arctic (or Northern) Ocean lies north of North America.
9. The Bering Strait connects the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean.
10. Cape Horn is at the southern tip of South America.
11. The Antarctic (or Southern) Ocean lies south of South America.
12. The Isthmus of Panama joins South America to North America.
13. Greenland is the most northern country of North America.
14. Baffin Bay lies west of Greenland.
15. The Rocky Mountains are in North America.
16. The Andes Mountains are in South America.
17. The Atlantic Ocean lies east of America.
18. The Pacific Ocean lies west of America.
19. The Arctic Ocean is north of North America.
20. The Antarctic Ocean is south of South America.
21. The Sandwich Islands are in the Pacific Ocean.
22. The Cape Verde Islands are in the Atlantic Ocean.
23. Historical products of North America include cotton, gold, grain, lumber, furs, sugar, oranges, cigars, and seals.
24. Historical products of South America include India rubber, coffee, diamonds, hides, bananas, and coconuts.
25. Answers will be one of the six habitable continents of North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, or Australia.
26. Answers will be either the Western Hemisphere or the Eastern Hemisphere.

Notebook Work: Color and label North America and South America on the map of the Earth.