How many continents were you thought in school that existed?
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I was also taught that there were 7:\n\nNorth America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, Australia.\n\nI was a student in American schools. I have also heard of the "Eurasia" concept of combining Europe and Asia.  In truth Europe and Asia are ONE continent but because of cultural and physical reasons (meaning Race), early Europeans who first listed the continents wanted to distinguish themselves from Asians and declared Europe a separate continent.
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Every four years in the summer.\n32 countries drew from their continents.\nAnd grouped as four in eight categories.\nThe next will be in South Africa.
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One. It was called pangaea heres some more info:\n\nPangaea or Pangea (derived from Παγγαία, Greek for "all earth") is the name given to the supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, before the process of plate tectonics separated each of the component continents into their current configuration. The name was coined by Alfred Wegener, chief proponent of Continental Drift in 1915.\n\nThe continents apparently first coalesced to form Pangaea about 300 Mya (million years ago), giving rise to several prominent mountain ranges by the process known as orogeny. Several of these ranges still exist, although they have become much lower by means of erosion. The Appalachians of eastern North America, the Atlas Mountains of North Africa, and the Urals of Eurasia are prime examples. The mantle under Pangaea's former location seemingly remained very hot even after coalescence, convection currents within the underlying magma pushing the centre of the supercontinent upward. As a result, the area that is now the continent of Africa was situated tens of meters higher than the surrounding continents.\n\nIn configuration, Pangaea was a C-shaped landmass that spread across the equator. The body of water that was enclosed within the resulting crescent has been named the Tethys Sea. Owing to Pangaea's massive size, the inland regions appear to have been very dry due to the lack of precipitation. The large supercontinent would potentially have allowed terrestrial animals to migrate freely all the way from the South Pole to the North Pole.\n\nThe vast ocean that once surrounded the supercontinent of Pangaea has been named Panthalassa. Pangaea, it seems, broke up about 180 Ma in the Jurassic Period, firstly into two supercontinents (Gondwana to the south and Laurasia to the north), thereafter into the continents as we understand them today.\n\nPangaea was not the first supercontinent. From the evidence available, scientists reconstruct that a predecessor, termed Pannotia, formed about 600 Ma, before dividing again some 50 million years later. Another, Rodinia, apparently formed approximately 1,100 Ma and divided 750 Ma.
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geological theory that the relative positions of the continents on the earth's surface have changed considerably through geologic time. Though first proposed by American geologist Frank Bursley Taylor in a lecture in 1908, the first detailed theory of continental drift was put forth by German meteorologist and geophysicist Alfred Wegener in 1912. On the basis of geology, biology, climatology, and the alignment of the continental shelf rather than the coastline, he believed that during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, about 275 to 175 million years ago, all the continents were united into a vast supercontinent, which he called Pangaea. Later, Pangaea broke into two supercontinental masses–Laurasia to the north, and Gondwanaland to the south. The present continents began to split apart in the latter Mesozoic era about 100 million years ago, drifting to their present positions.
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The continents are the great land masses of the earth. There are seven continents on Earth now: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. \nThere are seven continents on Earth now. \nAsia and Europe are not separate land masses. They are divided by the Ural Mountains. \n\nThere are no countries in Antarctica. The U.S. and many other countries operate science stations there, but no nation owns the land. \n\nSee maps and much more in\nhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/continents/
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the five major continents - n. america, s. america, europe, africa, and asia.
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antarctica of course, but if you mean wich of the five other continents, then it's america.
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Well, there are about 192 countries in the world, according to source 1. Diem is Latin for day, but since you give no finite end to your question, I shall presume, which seems the obvious intent anyway, that you meant "dime." In that case, you would have 96 dimes.
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India!\n\nIt is an incredible place filled with so much culture. As diverse as we believe we are in America, you see a much broader diversity in beliefs there. Not only would I love to teach there, I feel that by teaching students, I would be learning so much myself. I had the priviledge of visiting a school in India. (I'll try to attach a web address to see the pictures, but I'm not much of a techie.) The curiosity the children had was contagious. They wanted to know more and more about my country and my life. Just as I couldn't stop asking them to describe theirs. There was a tenderness about the people I met in India. A gentle relaxed nature that allowed them to stop and listen with an open mind. This is when learning can take place. When you are open to other possibilities besides those you are accustomed to. I love this question as much as I love the thought of going abroad to teach. Thank you for letting me think on this one!
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Greenland is the answer\n\nAt 840,000 square miles (2,175,590 km2), measurements....\n\nAlthough Australia also meets the definition of an island (a piece of land surrounded by water), it is large enough to be considered its own continent.
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I like this site for looking at where the continents were at different times as the forces of plate tectonics (continental drift) occured.\nhttp://www.scotese.com/earth.htm\n\n50MYA: http://www.scotese.com/newpage9.htm\n150MYA: http://www.scotese.com/late1.htm\n\nThey even project into the 250MY into the future:\nhttp://www.scotese.com/future2.htm\n\nThey also animate the movement of the plates:\nhttp://www.scotese.com/newpage13.htm
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I dont think the early map makers were the ones thinking the continents moved.. \n\nI think it was geologists who discovered the tectonic plates and how the earth's crust is moving, then they analyze ancient rocks from two continents and compare them, if they are the same then they must come from the same continent
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So exactly how many countries are there in the world…you think this would be easy to find out. Try it yourself. Open that atlas that your Gran bought you for your last birthday and start counting…whatever answer you get will probably be wrong. \nYou see the number of countries in the world is constantly changing. For example with the demise of the Soviet Union a whole load of new countries sprang up overnight.\n\nAdding to this confusion is the fact that some countries aren’t recognised by other countries. Again in the former Soviet Union there are three self proclaimed independent states called South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Transdniester – why haven’t you heard of them...well no-one in the international community will actually recognize that they exist…they obviously don’t know the right people. \n\nAnd even though most encyclopaedias seem to suggest that there are officially 193 countries in the world ask George Bush he’ll tell you there are only 192. Why…because he doesn’t include Taiwan. You see China claims that Taiwan is actually a province of China…and George doesn’t want to get on the wrong side of the Chinese!! \n\nAs King, and as a gesture of goodwill I have decided that I will recognise that there are 193 countries in the world…there you go Taiwan your in! I therefore declare that my country is the 194th country in the world!! Glad that’s settled.
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There are seven continents in the world.\nAsia\nAfrica\nEurope\nAntarctica\nSouth America\nNorth America\nAustralasia/Oceana
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I thought I discovered a new planet once. It was mostly water and I could see the mountains and rivers and everything. It was just sitting on a desk.\n\nI later learned that this is called a "globe."
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Europe and Asia are really one big continent Eurasia.\n\nEurasia and Africa are joined at Suez and so could be considered a single land mass if we ignore the man-made Suez Canal\n\nLikewise North and South America are a single land mass.  The  Panama Canal is even less of a division since it rises above sea level on locks.\n\nOnly Australia and Antarctica are completely isolated continents
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Do you mean continents?\n\nNorth America\nSouth America\nEurope\nAsia\nAustralia\nAfrica\nAntarctica\n\n(If so, I'm curious why you asked this question in the Computers & Internet > Programming & Design section...)