how many continents are there in the world?

Answer 1

It depends on who you ask. American students learn that there are 7: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica. But students in some other parts of the world (including Japan and Eastern Europe) learn that there are 6; Europe and Asia are combined in this model. More rarely, North and South America are also considered a single continent.

Answer 2

There are 7 continents in the world. They are:

1) North America
2) South America
3) Asia
4) Europe
5) Australia
6) Antarctica
7) Africa

Answer 3

There are 7 continents in the world.

Answer 4

7

Answer 5

7

Answer 6

By most standards, there are a maximum of seven continents - Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Most students in the U.S. are taught that there are seven continents.
In Europe, many students are taught about six continents, where North and South America is combined to form a single America. Thus, these six continents are Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, and Europe.

Many geographers and scientists now refer to six continents, where Europe and Asia are combined (since they're one solid landmass). Thus, these six continents are Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Eurasia, North America, and South America.

Answer 7

Seven areas are commonly reckoned as continents are

(From largest in size to smallest):(kilometres square)

-Asia (43 810 000)
-Africa (30 370 000)
-North America (24 490 000)
-South America (17 840 000)
-Antarctica (13 720 000)
-Europe (10 180 000)
-Australia (8 500 000)

There are numerous ways of distinguishing the continents;

* 7-continents model (stated above)
* 6-continents model (combined-Eurasia/America model)
* 5-continents model:
-(combined-Africa-Eurasia)
-(combined America [North, South America and Antarctica model])
-(combined America[North and South America]-Eurasia)
* 4-continents model (combined-America[North and South America]-Africa-Eurasia)

The 7-continent model is usually taught in Western Europe, Northern Europe, Central Europe, China and most English-speaking countries.

The 6-continent combined-Eurasia model is preferred by the geographic community, Russia, Eastern Europe, and Japan.

The 6-continent combined-America model is taught in Latin America, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Iran and some other parts of Europe; this model may be taught to include only the 5 inhabited continents (excluding Antarctica).

Oceania or Australasia may be used in place of Australia. For example, the Atlas of Canada names Oceania, as does the model taught in Latin America and Iberia.

Answer 8

That depends--are you counting Europe as a continent?

Answer 9

7 lolz

Answer 10

7: North America, Oceania (australia), Asia, Europe, South America, Antartica, Africa