>>>I'd say 7, who more?
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>>South America
>>Central America
>>North America
>>Europe
>>Asia
>>Oceania
>>Africa
>>Antartica
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>>8 :P
>>
>>And we could add India to get 9, after all if Europe is a continent...
>
>Yes, the definitions of the continents vary. According to English wikipedia there are 7, but according to the same page in Spanish, there are 5.
>
>I think Central Amrica is not a continent and I guess we can count Eurasia as one and not 2. We still end up with 6.

As far as I know, the general consensus is 7. North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. Sometimes you get a group of islands they call 'Oceania', but I'm not sure any scientists really consider that to be a continent.