Thread: How many continents are there on planet earth?

Originally Posted by dbfan2007

Many countries do use American textbooks.

Slick's friend isn't American, he's Mexican (or at least educated at a Mexican University). Does that de-validate his point of view?

Originally Posted by FanInAZ

Slick's friend isn't American, he's Mexican (or at least educated at a Mexican University). Does that de-validate his point of view?

Yes

Originally Posted by FanInAZ

Have any of you that say it has to be 7 because that's what your taught in American school ever considered the possibility that the American way of doing things isn't the only way.

It's 7 because that's what they teach us and they never taught us anything wrong....ever!

slikck I have always understood it to be 7... south americal, north America, Europe, Africa, Austrailia, Antarctica, Asia,

Originally Posted by slim

Yes

How did I know you're going to respond like that

Originally Posted by dbfan2007

Many countries do use American textbooks.

But not all.

Originally Posted by FanInAZ

How did I know you're going to respond like that

It's pretty interesting to learn that students in other countries are being lied to about stuff like this. I had no idea.

I think OBs post explains it fairly well. I guess it depends on where you went to school. I can see where they would want to combine North and South America because the only thing that separates them is the Panama Canal.

AZ, good point about Africa/Asia. I think the only thing that separates them is the Suez Canal. I'd have to look at a map to confirm. I was trying to do this by memory.


My Argentinian spanish tutor used to get mad when I or someone else called me an American. Many mexicans call us Americanos. She would say we're Americans too (speaking about Argentina) She would say the correct way to describe my nationality was Estado Unidense ( United Statesian)

Originally Posted by slim

It's pretty interesting to learn that students in other countries are being lied to about stuff like this. I had no idea.

I bet North Korean kids don't know there are seven. Eastern Europe may say six, but they are a backwater anyways, and they eat too much cabbage. The Russians probably cooked that Eurasia stuff up to justify some cockamamie Russian theory regarding their right and destiny to rule the continent. Never mind its two continents.

I find that a stupid argument that they are making because the suez or panama canal. We may as well just say that there is only 1 continent then. Because back in the day Pangaea was the one and only continent. However as the plate tectonics have slid over the millions of years the land masses have drifted apart into 7 major land masses or continents. Saying there are less then 7 is having it both ways.

Originally Posted by Dreadnought

I bet North Korean kids don't know there are seven. Eastern Europe may say six, but they are a backwater anyways, and they eat too much cabbage. The Russians probably cooked that Eurasia stuff up to justify some cockamamie Russian theory regarding their right and destiny to rule the continent. Never mind its two continents.

I'm sure the Chinese are cooking up their own single continent theory for the great unification.

Originally Posted by FanInAZ

But not all.

Right. But the majority rules.

Originally Posted by FanInAZ

Slick's friend isn't American, he's Mexican (or at least educated at a Mexican University). Does that de-validate his point of view?

It makes him already an American if you believe Joe Biden.

I learned there were 7: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia.

Originally Posted by FanInAZ

Have any of you that say it has to be 7 because that's what your taught in American school ever considered the possibility that the American way of doing things isn't the only way.

Get out of here you damn commie.

Originally Posted by Slick

Then he told me the highest mountain peak in the Americas was in Veracruz.

I actually get the four continent thing....but this...wut?