>>>>>>>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
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>>>>>>And we could add India to get 9, after all if Europe is a continent...
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>>>>>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.
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>>>>>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.
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>>>>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.
>>>So in which continent is New Zealand and Honduras?
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>>Or the Canary islands? Got me. I am not aware that there is any requirement for every place on earth to be in/on a continent. I'm not really sure what the exact requirements are for a body of land to be considered a continent, but I imagine it probably revolves around something like being a large land mass surrounded mostly by water. I think Australia is considered about the lower end of the size that allows it to be included in the list.
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>>Anyway, I'm just spouting the general consensus. I think if you check, you'll find most atlases name the 7 above.
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>That's alright, I had a discussion about the number of continents with my American friends last week. I guess for Latin America and some parts of Europe the number is five like the number of rings in the olympic flag <g>

A discussion about the number of continents? I think you need new friends. ;)