Printable map of South Asia

Eight countries make one of the easiest regions to put on a single sheet, which is why teachers print this map for a topic on the subcontinent, a short test or a display board, and why parents use it for homework. You can print With country borders, which draws all eight, or a Blank outline of the region with the borders left out. Both are PDFs with no names on them.

A sheet for each age

With eight countries, a full labelling test fits in ten minutes. Older pupils fill in every name from memory, then check against the list further down this page and swap sheets to mark. A harder version asks them to colour the countries in groups by a rule you set, with a key to explain it.

Younger children can colour Nepal one colour, Bhutan another and so on, and copy each name into a key beside the map. For a research task, hand one country to each of eight pairs, ask for a short fact sheet in the margin and join the finished maps into one large display.

Picking the version

With country borders is the sheet for labelling, quizzes and colour rules. The Blank outline is for drawing borders by hand or tracing the shape of the region. Black and white photocopies cleanly for a class set; colour suits a single sheet for the wall. Shade a few countries first with the bar on the map and Download your map prints your version. For names, a title or A3, use Customise before printing. The printable map of India goes with it when a lesson looks closer at the largest country on the sheet.

Printing tips

Laminate one copy per table and give out dry-wipe pens; the same sheet then serves every class that day.