However with Europe and Asia being attached maybe it is not quite that simple? Also the watery divide between North and South America is hardly significant.Īs part of this explanation, the idea of land mass is why Antarctica is a continent whilst the Arctic is not. So in many respects it should be fairly easy to distinguish. Many of these stretches of land are separated from each other, mainly by water. So if this is what I’ve learnt how can we actually define a continent? Well, a continent is effectively a way of determining large stretches of land. How many continents can you see on this world map? What is a continent? I learnt that the 7 continents are: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia (or Australasia as some term it), Europe, then North America and South America. I grew up understanding, without any challenge to the theory that there are 7 continents in the world. That is to how many continents are there in the world? Yet there was one underlying theme of all my geographical learnings which has caused controversy more than any other. I also remember my proudest moment in geography class as I was the only child able to explain why it became cold overnight in the desert (think of clouds, or lack thereof). Each day we’d try to contain our immature humour as we were told to “Shut Up And Shhhit Down”. I recall how in secondary school we had the unique personality geography teacher Miss Champion, who spoke with a lisp. (I like to learn geography now because it is at the areas of interest to me, as opposed to someone else’s prescribed text.) Admittedly geography was never my strongest area of study and I was happy at the time not to study it any further once outside of a pre-determined programme. I recall at both junior and secondary school being taught a consistent theory in geography.
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