How Many Continents?

[JustAnotherVictim]

Yea I never heard 6.

 

[empera]

This is a question that has no REAL answer, good subject tho.

 

[exander]

6?? where you get that from?????

http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzcontinents.htm

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

Ah, but the Americas are separated.

 

[Joel W.]

This is a question that has no REAL answer, good subject tho.

The real answer is 3-8 depending on where you were educated.

 

[IJ.]

1 it just has cracks

 

[MassSupra89]

I agree... 1 continent, with large rivers getting in the way.

 

[ValgeKotkas]

7 and I'm from Continent

 

[Jeff Lange]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

Some good info on there. I was always taught the 7-continent model.

 

[Yellow 13]

Pangea owned.

 

[aye mate]

I counter 7 from memory.
N. and S. America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antartica and The North Pole.

 

[suprahero]

Case closed...................well whenever Megg saids it is....................lol

 

[ValgeKotkas]

I counter 7 from memory.
N. and S. America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antartica and The North Pole.

wroooong:icon_bigg you forgot Africa, no North Pole cause there is actually no land, only islands you know:icon_razz ...

 

[Finnon]

yeah only the south pole is a continent iirc as it is a land mass, its just covered with ice. whereas the north pole is just a big icy lump. oor is it the other way round?

oh i was always tought that there is 7 continents. north an south america, the africas, europe, asia, australasia and antarctic. hope thats right.

im from south shields, england

 

[meggs521]

Thanks!

And I don't really know what's "right" but I guess England teaches it the same way it's taught in America.

I'm pretty sure the teach that there are 7 continents in Norway too because the friend from El Salvador, her boyfriend is Norwegian and he thought she was crazy when she started telling us that there are really 8 continents.

 

[Finnon]

well id guess most of europe would teach the same way for continents

 

[empera]

this discussion would go on forever, i like IJ's answer though. Its 1 big continent, just has a few cracks.

 

[Jspec7m88]

I voted 1. I tried to answer this one assuming it was a trick question. :squint: I guess from what my scieeeence teacher told me waaay back in the elementary days, It used to be ONE BIG "Continent"....Then broke up....So....I voted one. But hey, what do Koreans know?

Yes, I was born in Korea, too. So...get off my back!!!!!


:runaway:

 

[bobiseverywhere]

Depending on where you go to school there are 6 or 7 Continents
and maybe what time period you are talking about 1 Continent (Depending if you belive the theory or not)

I said 6
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ninja edit: Guess i should say which one i am reffering to The Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, Antartica.
Odly enough, Europe is the only one there that does no begin with an "A" Technically it is part of the same land mass as Aisa but we count it serperatly for all sorts of reasons

Or you can look at it as N. America, S. America, Asia(Including Europe) Africa, Australia, Antartica

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

You think maybe they teach that in Central America as a national pride thing?
Like how our pro sports teams are "World Champions" even though they don't play anyone outside the US? How we use english instead of metric, drive on the right side of the roads, just so we feel better than other countries. :icon_conf