I have a trivia question. How many continents are their?

Answer 1

seven:north america,south america,europe,africa,asia,antartica,australia

Answer 2

7

Answer 3

7

Answer 4

7

Answer 5

7

Answer 6

7

Answer 7

7

Answer 8

As seen by the answers, though mostly Americans, there *is* no international agreement for what constitutes a continent. This is useful
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number_of_continents
Frankly, the traditional U.S. teaching of "7" is pretty lame. What is the definition of "continent" that results in 7? I cannot determine it. It seems to be simply a matter of tradition - not one of science or even of definition. The old Trivial Pursuit game named "Oceania" (rather than Australia) as one of the 7 continents. It was a Canadian game, and that was my 1st clue (30 years ago or so) that other countries teach a different collection of continents.

However, I challenge you (or anyone else reading this) to come up with a logical geographical definition of continent (other than a list of continent names) that will result in the 7 continents that we teach here in the U.S. At best, I get 6 (Asia and Europe combined) or 8 (Southern Asia separated from Northern).

Jim, http://www.jimpettis. com/wheel/

Answer 9

That depends entirely on who and where you ask. In the USA, kids are taught that there are 7 continents. In other parts of the world the number is different.

p.s. Oceania is NOT a continent! It's a REGION comprised of the CONTINENT Australia and of ISLANDS in the Pacific Ocean.

Answer 10

There are seven continents Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Europe, North America, South america. Hope that helps

Answer 11

There are 7 continents.