Continents and Oceans

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (7)
  2. 7. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North ___ by the Isthmus of Panama (12)
  3. 8. The 2nd largest ocean (8)
  4. 10. Continent that includes France and Italy (6)
  5. 12. An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the ___ Circle (10)

Down

  1. 1. In or characteristic of a region of the United States ___ of the Mason-Dixon line (8)
  2. 2. A native or inhabitant of ___ (6)
  3. 4. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to South ___ by the Isthmus of Panama (12)
  4. 5. Largest continent on Earth (4)
  5. 6. The largest ocean in the world (7)
  6. 9. Continent with the Sahara desert (6)
  7. 11. An imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north (7)
  8. 13. The regions to the north of the ___ Circle centered on the North Pole (6)