YoungCalifornian  +  186034 Thu, 19 Jan 06 09:33 PM In school I was taught that there are seven continents in the world: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia (or Oceania), and Antarctica.  However, I recently learned than in Latin America, many of the landmasses considered to be made up of separate contintents by American academics are considered to be one whole continent.  They categorize the world's continents as América (North and South America), Antártida (Antarctica), Eurafrasia (Europe, Africa, and Asia), and Australia.  So, I was wondering how the world's continents were divided and categorized in other countries. YoungCalifornian Joined on Mon, Feb 14 2005 Los Angeles, California Regular Member 586

	Squeaky  +  186042 Thu, 19 Jan 06 09:58 PM Hmmm....Well the flag that represents the Olympics has five Interlocking rings to represent five continents.  So the International Olympic Committee is one body I know that has decided upon five continents.........                              Squeaky Joined on Sun, Nov 13 2005 Australia Full Member 202

	Lazarus  +  186058 Thu, 19 Jan 06 10:34 PM Interesting, YC.  I was taught there were seven continents, too.  Something pushed in the States, I suppose. Lazarus Lazarus Joined on Wed, Sep 28 2005 U.S. Full Member 285

	Sharann  +  186106 Fri, 20 Jan 06 01:40 AM Dear Californian, I can't believe that u have been taught  that there are seven continents in the world. What is this teacher. No defenitely there are 5continents in the world but who knows, may be one day there will be six or seven continents (sorry if there're mistake, quite late while I'm writing! ) it seems that in history, there was only one continent???!!! Sharann Joined on Tue, May 11 2004 England, at the mo Full Member 156 Les millenaires n'ont pas suffi à l'homme pour apprendre à voir mourir

	Kabayan  +  186182 Fri, 20 Jan 06 07:55 AM It depends on the purpose : Geographically, there are 4 continents ; Eurasiafrica, America, Australia, Antartica. Sociopolitically, there are 6 continents ; Afrika, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, and North America. Sportly, There are 5 continents ; Europe, America, Asia, Australia, Africa. Historically, there was only one continent ; The Gondwana Land. Geologically, there are 7 continents ; Eurasia, Africa-southAmerica, Australia, Antartica, North America, and India. Frankly, I have no Idea how many continents there should be..... Kabayan Joined on Tue, Jan 3 2006 Indonesia Full Member 201 Happy all the time !

	YoungCalifornian  +  186197 Fri, 20 Jan 06 09:03 AM Here's an elucidating article on the subject from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent. YoungCalifornian Articles