Continents Visited & Your Favorite

[GabiandVi 34]

By convention there are seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Antarctica. Some geographers list only six continents, combining Europe and Asia into Eurasia. In parts of the world, students learn that there are just five continents: Eurasia, Australia, Africa, Antarctica, and the Americas.

I know it is sort of petty of me, but it always sort of ticked me off when my European colleagues and students would count six continents: Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Antarctica, and the Americas. I mean, how can you count the Americas as one continent but count Europe and Asia as two distinct continents?

I learned there were seven, I accept the idea of there being only five, and I have even read some reasoning that Antarctica is not a true continent in terms of anthropology which makes a sort of sense. But I don't accept the count above.

[thongd4me 69]

By convention there are seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Antarctica. Some geographers list only six continents, combining Europe and Asia into Eurasia. In parts of the world, students learn that there are just five continents: Eurasia, Australia, Africa, Antarctica, and the Americas.

I know it is sort of petty of me, but it always sort of ticked me off when my European colleagues and students would count six continents: Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Antarctica, and the Americas. I mean, how can you count the Americas as one continent but count Europe and Asia as two distinct continents?

I learned there were seven, I accept the idea of there being only five, and I have even read some reasoning that Antarctica is not a true continent in terms of anthropology which makes a sort of sense. But I don't accept the count above.

Morphologically you would have to count Asia & Europe as one continent, but I think they developed as

2 continents (in name, in any case) for the cultural differences (Asian race vs. European race). Naturally

there are a lot of Asians living in Europe & vice versa.

As for N/S America, they are connected by only the flimsiest stretch of real estate, but standing alone they

could also morphologically be argued to be one land mass. They are not 2 culturally distinct regions, because

Mexico is Spanish speaking but definitely on the north side. I don't know where you put Panama, which is

right in between there. Is it the beginning of S. America or the end of N. America?

You have Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua & Costa Rica; North America, si?

Kazakhstan -

In 1999, Kazakhstan applied for observer status at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. The official response of the Assembly was that Kazakhstan could apply for full membership, because it is partially located in Europe, but that they would not be granted any status whatsoever at the Council until their democracy and human rights records improved.

While located primarily in Asia, a small portion of Kazakhstan is also located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe.

In my count of 7 I took the conventional route I suppose but there are good arguments for other counts.

[Anna and Ali 13]

I've been to Germany, Spain, and England. Looking forward to goign to Jordan to meet the future inlaws!

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Morphologically you would have to count Asia & Europe as one continent, but I think they developed as

2 continents (in name, in any case) for the cultural differences (Asian race vs. European race).

Asian race? No such thing. Not even if you ignore minor differences.

[thongd4me 69]

Asian race? No such thing. Not even if you ignore minor differences.

In some regions there might be areas where Asians & Europeans are indistinguishable,

but some folks have pride in being either Asian or European and some don't.

It's not a big deal to me, but it exists.

[bora bora 1]

Each places and continent is different

Live in Europe for a few months

Burghausen Germany, right across the Austrian Border

France

Coudraix de Monceaux, Essonnes, Every sur seine

Been to Lyon, Bordeaux, Normandie and recently Marseilles(Droit aux but)

South America

Brasil(Rio De Janeiro, Bahia, Manaus, Belem, Fortaleza, Sao Paolo, Marinhao) Peru, Venezuela, Colombia

North America

Canada, Mexico(cancun, Tijuana long time back before this border mess, Acapulco

Love the carribean

Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, St Vincents, Bahamas.

Asia/South/East Asia

Hong Kong, Seoul South Korea, Japan, Shanghai China, Singapore, Malaysia, India.

Wow, you've been to Manaus! My husband is from there and I had the pleasure of working there for a year .