Well, Tico, outsite the USA people think, America is just ONE continent.
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Ticomaya
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Fri 25 Feb, 2005 03:38 pm
Walter Hinteler wrote:
Well, Tico, outsite the USA people think, America is just ONE continent.
Kinda how I think of Eurasia?
(Edited to add the laughing smiley so you would know I was kidding.)
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Walter Hinteler
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Fri 25 Feb, 2005 03:45 pm
The other way around, I suppose :wink:
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The seven continent model is taught in the United States, while the six continent (combined Eurasia) model is also taught in North America. The five continent (combined Americas, no Antartica) model is commonly taught in Europe and South America including United Kingdom and Mexico. The continents of the "five continents" model (as shown by the five Olympic Games flag rings) are speculated to be the five permamently populated continents (viewing Antarctica as only temporarily populated, and all the Americas as one).
source: Wikipedia
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Ticomaya
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Fri 25 Feb, 2005 03:49 pm
Okay ... just to clarify: The correct continent is North America (and for purposes of this thread, let's just say that means north of the Panama Canal.
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Ticomaya
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Fri 25 Feb, 2005 04:39 pm
15 minutes until I'm AWOL for the weekend......
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CalamityJane
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Fri 25 Feb, 2005 04:42 pm
Oh no....and I have to leave now.
I hope someone else will solve it.
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Ticomaya
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Fri 25 Feb, 2005 04:50 pm
Walter Hinteler wrote:
The other way around, I suppose :wink:
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The seven continent model is taught in the United States, while the six continent (combined Eurasia) model is also taught in North America. The five continent (combined Americas, no Antartica) model is commonly taught in Europe and South America including United Kingdom and Mexico. The continents of the "five continents" model (as shown by the five Olympic Games flag rings) are speculated to be the five permamently populated continents (viewing Antarctica as only temporarily populated, and all the Americas as one).
source: Wikipedia
I had no idea. I was taught the 7 continent model in school.
Okay ... for another clue ... this is in the U.S.
5 more minutes. .....
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Ticomaya
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Fri 25 Feb, 2005 04:55 pm
Gotta go. When you figure it out, proceed without my confirmation .......
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Don1
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Fri 25 Feb, 2005 06:36 pm
grand falls
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cicerone imposter
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Fri 25 Feb, 2005 07:25 pm
Okay, guys, quit shrinking the number of continents. I made it to Antarctica for my seventh, and I don't want that changed by some web discussion groups. LOL
cicerone, only in the US they teach about 7 continents,
everywhere else there are only 5; thus the 5 rings of
the Olympics (as Walter already mentioned). Alas, not everything they teach in the US must be true
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Merry Andrew
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Sat 26 Feb, 2005 04:08 pm
I agree with CJ. (1)Africa;(2)America (N. and S. America are not separate continents; they're Siamese twins, joined by Mesoamerica);(3)Antarctica;(4)Australia;(5)Eurasia (geographically speaking, it's silly to call Europe a separate continent from Asia). All other inhabited places, including Greenland and New Zealand, are just islands.
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cicerone imposter
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Sat 26 Feb, 2005 04:20 pm
I guess I could claim having visited "all" five continents.
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satt fs
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Sat 26 Feb, 2005 04:37 pm
South America and North America are on the different tectonic plates..
