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06-22-2003, 01:10 AM | #1 |
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Geography US vs Europe
North Americans how many continents are there?
Europeans same question.
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06-22-2003, 01:14 AM | #2 |
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7 - unless you view Europe and Asia as the same, right?
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06-22-2003, 01:17 AM | #3 |
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That's easy.
Europe Asia North America South America Antarctica Australia Africa Six!
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06-22-2003, 01:18 AM | #4 |
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My European friends count Northa and South America as one.
I count Europe as Asia as Eurasia because I think it is an ethnic divide as opposed to a geographic one.
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06-22-2003, 04:33 AM | #5 |
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While Eurasia is a continent, Europe and Asia are more of "parts of the world".
The same thing with Australia and Oceania. Australia is a continent and Oceania is a "part of the world". In my language there are separate words for continents, depending of whether or not it's about one landmass (Eurasia) or "parts of the world" (Europe and Asia).
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06-22-2003, 04:49 AM | #6 |
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Australasia, people! Australasia!
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06-22-2003, 10:04 AM | #8 |
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I was taught there are seven continents. Is it now a "suit yourself" question?
How many huge land masses are there? |
06-22-2003, 10:57 AM | #9 |
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i learned that there were five continents:
Europe Asia Africa America Oceania some people also include a sixth continet: Antarctica
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06-22-2003, 11:46 AM | #10 |
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The answer to your question depends on exactly how you are using the word 'continents'. If you mean it in the normal sense most people understand (areas of the world that are clearly distinguishable from others) there are seven continents:
Africa Antarctica Asia Australia (or Australasia if Sheeana prefers) Europe North America South America In the case of Europe and Asia, this 'distinction' is purely in terms of culture and human geography as the two have never been physically 'separated' (although most of Europe was under water 560 million years ago when much of Asia was already land). However, from a geological point of view, plate tectonics identifies the continents by the 'plates' upon which they lie, and there are only six plates with significant land formations rising above sea level (that is, forming land masses): The African Plate The Antarctica Plate The Euroasian Plate The Indo-Australian Plate The North American Plate The South American Plate But, there are actually a further six plates that don't have huge landmasses, some are practically all under sea, and some have islands, but not large land masses. At its basic level, the definition of 'continents' must relate only to areas with huge land masses (we'd never call the Pacific Ocean a continent, even though it has its own geological 'plate'). Nevertheless, it seems to me that the only rational distinction we have is the existence of the plates. Therefore, I would define continents as 'large land masses sharing a single geographical plate'. And this means there are only six continents (but note, India is then not in Asia (or Eurasia for that matter), but is in the continent of Indo-Australia, and even a part of Italy is in Africa, not Eurasia, because the plate boundaries have bumped into each other). If that's not confusing enough, I'll leave you with one final thought. On current predictions, in 250 million years time all the plates will come together and there will be just one huge land mass encircled by a gigantic ocean - so if you want to visit all of the continents while they're still separated you had better get a move on! Last edited by LutraMage : 06-22-2003 at 03:44 PM. |
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Ohoo! Cultural differences!
Let's see... how many continents: Europe Asia America Oceania Africa Antarctica Darn, I can't remember if North and South America get counted as one or as two. And poor Antarctica tends to be forgotten a lot. Quote:
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06-22-2003, 04:33 PM | #12 |
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I'm from Canada, and I have always learned it as there are 7 continents:
Europe Asia Africa Oceania Antarctica North America South America and sometimes I've heard Central America (between North and South) called a continent, but I don't think it really stands on its own.
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06-22-2003, 04:58 PM | #13 |
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I was taught 7 but it always seemed stupid.
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06-23-2003, 08:13 AM | #14 |
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When I was very young we were taught their were 5 inhabited continents (which was what the chappy who thought up the Olympic flag thought, hence 5 rings) - Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australasia/Oceania/whatever you want to call that bit. Plus Antarctica makes six.
But whilst I was still at school that seemed to change to being taught that North and South America were indeed separate continents. I don't think many people in the UK of my age or lower would think of them as one continent - "the Americas" is a phrase you hear in old films or old books, I'd guess it's almost out of usage now.
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06-23-2003, 09:56 AM | #15 |
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The Americas certainly seem like two continents. (IMO) North and South are so huge, and the middle strip connecting them seems like just that...a connecting strip! The Europ/ Asia distinction is the one that hardly makes sense! So we are really headed back toward Pangia? (sp?... one large land mass) That seems confusing, the tetonic plates have been doing a little dance here, and then it's all back together again? Hmmm, I think some things are "un" predictible!
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well really if we are getting techincal its only really Australia and the Americas that are seperate from Europe Asia and Africa!
Isnt the deviding line bettween Europe and Asia the Ural mountians?
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BoP - it's Australia/Oceania or just Australia here in the US. Quote:
As for the number of Continents - in America it is considered to be 7. North America South America Europe Africa Asia Australia Antartica Quote:
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06-23-2003, 02:09 PM | #18 |
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Out of curiosity... if the continent is called Australia, what continent is New Zealand in?
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I think it's not on a continent, can any smallish islands be?
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06-23-2003, 02:32 PM | #20 |
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Hmm... Cuba is an island in the Americas, so I would guess NZ to be a continent in Australia. Maybe Asia. Or Australasia.
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