I grew up in Soviet Union and we learned that there are 6 continents but also 6 parts of the world. If we put the Americas together, we separated Europe and Asia. When we put Europe and Asia together as in Eurasia, we separated the Americas into north and south. Either way, the number 6 remained constant.
@Erik Seville Australia/Oceania is a continent consisting of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and many many islands such as Solomon Islands and Tonga
As an Asian, I always thought that Asia is too large to meaningfully describe someone from the continent, so I am fine with breaking it down further through cultural lines or whatever.
You could take this even further. You could walk from the bottom of Africa to Asia which is Eurasia, (now Eurafrusia?) then walk to the very end of Russia. You could wait until it’s winter for the icebridge to appear and walk into Alaska, walk through Canada over to the end of Chile and now nearly every single continent is connected. 3 continents.
1:05 It's not the Brazilian rainforests that stop you walking the length of the Americas. It's something much closer to the Panama Canal: the Darién Gap, a dense swampy forest in the southern part of Panama and northern Colombia which is the only gap in the Pan-American Highway. You don't even need to enter Brazil to traverse the Americas.
Grey has definitely evolved as a video maker and narrator though, I think his newer stuff manages to sound more natural while also more authoritative and dramatic.
Excellent video, thank you! . Was going over schoolwork with the kids about continents and we ran into a lot of these same issues/questions you brought up.
In skandinavia we have “world parts” which is Europe, Oceania, South America, Northern America, Africa and Antarctica whilst continents are Eurasia, Oceania, America (some use both north and south while some don’t), Africa and Antarctica
In France, we say: -Europe -Asia -Africa -America (that you can cut in North and South btw, both versions are ok) -Oceania (we don't say Australia because Australia is the country, while Oceania contains Australia + all the other landmasses spreaded through the pacific, like New Zealand and Papua-New Guinea) -Antartica
Here in the Arab world, we say there are 6 continents -Africa -Asia -Europe -Australia/Oceania (I was taught geography by 2 different teachers, who had different opinions about the existence of Oceania) -America -Antarctica
In my opinion, you have to disregard the little gaps because most people consider close islands to be part of continents. Therefore, through a chain of islands, Afro-Eurasia (the actual term for those three) also contains Australia. Also, you disregard the gap between Russia and North America, meaning you have 2 continents: Antarctica and Amerieurasiacastralia.
I love this channel, it truly does a great job at informing in a funny, easy to understand and useful way, side note on the Teddy Roosevelt joke it’s Colombia, not Columbia
In Austria I got taught that there were 5 continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and America - we don't give shit about Antarctica 😂 no claims, no gains
The reason that I heard that Europe and Asia are different continents is they are separated by a mountain range. This is also unhelpful, if that were true you could make boundaries on the Rocky Mountains, Himalayas, Andes, and many more.
The Urals are more of a practical boundary as they do effectively split Russia into an Asian and European half. I'm not sure if there really is that much difference between Perm and Yekaterinburg, but the Eastern half is mostly part of Russia because of the Empire's conquests and from my understanding is historically and culturally fairly split up from the West, if only because it's fairly inhospitable to major settlements. The Western part is where most of what we consider to be Russia... happened. It's certainly not the worst line I could think of
I was just directed to this video from a Duolingo discussion for the sentence "Ĉu Aŭstralio estas kontinento?" Mi ne konas sufiĉe por skrbi tio komento.
There was a geography pub test i attended a few years back in Cambodia with other travellers and one of the people were deadset on 6 continents while the answer was 7 by the testmakers. He was out of line but he was right.
Confused with this thing for 5 years and decided to look for an answer with this video, turns out I realise that the answer is inside me all the time, thanks CGP...
William Malone yes, Pangea was actually the last supercontinent. And in millions of years there will be another supercontinent with the boring name Pangea Ultima.
Here in Brazil is teached that are 8 continents: 1. North America 2. Central America 3. South America 4. Africa 5. Europe 6. Asia 7. Antarctica 8. Oceania (not just Australia) Edit: Some teachers confound Regions with Continents. Other teachers may say that America is a single continent and it's OK.
8 continents? I'm from Brazil too, but I learned there are 6 continents Europe Asia Africa Oceania Antarctica America (subdivide in three regions: North America, Central America and South America, but the continent is America).
1:38 indonisea claims half of new guniea and the other papua new guinea while they're diffrent contients. so then there will be 3 continets. could be called afro-ausurasia or afro-oceiurasia
In Norway we have 2 different terms for continents, one called “verdensdel” or world part in english, where Europe, Asia, north- and South-America, Australia and Antarctica are included . We also just have “kontinenter” aka continents where we include Eurasia, America, Africa, Australia and Antarctica
@@adne4336 Well, it would make a lot more sense to treat America as a single _verdensdel_ ... ...And given that you guys include Eurasia in the _"kontinenter"_ category and not Eurafrasia (despite the fact that Africa is connected to Eurasia as much as the Americas are binded together), I assume that you're basing yourselves on physical geography, so it would be a little bit more logical if you followed the model that Grey showed at the last second, i.e. Africa N. America S. America Antarctica Australia Eurasia And in regards to the _"verdensdel"_ category, change "Australia" for "Oceania". That's pretty much how we do it in France except they don't tell you in class, I had to find out about that on my own whilst checking a dictionary.
We have the same system in Belgium in Dutch, the only difference being that Australia is called Oceania. Although almost everybody calls the world parts continents
The same in Russia, except that the category of continents separates North and South America, while the category of world parts does not. Also, parts of the world is a literal translation of “части света” which is quite interesting in my opinion.
My elementary school life was kinda crazy, and I studied in a russian school, a US school, and an argentinian school. And a couple of educational videos too. I've got 3 different answers: 5, 6, 7. There are arguments about distinguishing between North and South Americas, Europe and Asia, and I've even met some people who don't consider Antartica a country. So anyway, this is nuts
It infuriates me no one bothers with the real answer to this question, which is that the very notion of “continents” was contingent on the perspective of Mediterranean civilizations, as its respective three coasts. No one in China ever thought of the idea of a “continent.”
Ahh, my first CGP Grey video. My seventh grade history teacher had good taste, showing us this in class. Still here & enjoying the channel as a college student seven years later ^_^
It's not the Brazilian rain forest what stops you from walking from Alaska to Cape Horn. It's the mountainous rain forest in the Darién Gap, in Panama.
Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, North America, South America. All large land masses, not connected by large pieces of land (Panama and Sinai desert are very small connections), roughly represented by tectonic plates and roughly representive of the 7 big realms of biogeography (ignoring indomalaya) . The best way to do it
Update on Among Us Triggered Video: The script is ready to go and we were planning on filming with Carl and Connor tonight. Unfortunately, someone in Carl's family may have been exposed to Covid yesterday, so now there's a chance that Carl has it as well. We're gonna wait a couple weeks to film to be safe, which means this video will come out in December instead of this Saturday. I apologize for the delay, but it'll be worth it!
I love how seven years later the comments are still FULL of people going "Uhh, it's obviously [arbitrary number they learned at school]" without explaining why Like did they even watch the damn video.
Technically, there is a border between Oceania and Afro-Eurasia and during some parts of the year, a land border between Afro-Austroeurasia and North America, and counting the partition of Antarctica, technically all continents are connected.
You could extend this problem to oceans. 4: The standard answer. Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic. 5: The water around Antarctica is sometimes regarded as a separate Southern Ocean. 3: Some people ignore the Arctic as its own ocean, as it's so small, and instead consider it part of the Atlantic. 1: Since all of the oceans interact and mix with each other anyway, why think of them as separate entities? All the world's oceanic waters together are collectively called the World Ocean--I know, real clever.
I personally would go with either one or three. The reality is that there is only one ocean. The so called World Ocean. But, I can agree on pointing out the various parts of it as the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Really those three are just the _"we have to navigate around some big-ass island to keep going"_ parts.
As an Aussie we were always taught in school that Australia is a country, an island and a continent all in one because I guess we just wanna pat ourselves on the back and give the kiwis the finger.
these should be the continents. -north america -central america -south america -antartica -africa -europe -Arabia(Its cuturly different. -persia -India (its Super big) -asia -Indochina(siam) -Oceania
In Slovakia we differentiate between continents and world-parts (as it is literally translated) Continents (basically tectonic plates): Eurasia, Africa, Oceania, North America, South America, Antarctica World-parts (based on culture): Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, America, Antarctica So 6 continents/world-parts
There are 7: Eurasia (because obvious reasons), North America, South America (both Americas were barely connected through a narrow isthmus, and were only connected for 3 million years), Africa (only barely connected via a former land bridge], Australia (only the landmass counts, no islands beside it), Antarctica (ice still works as land), and Zealandia (because why not).
1:28 Africa and Eurasia are now connected by a container ship.
And now again there is water between them
Fact.
As an egyptian i will accept
I wonder if this comment is why this showed up in my recommended
Big brain
1 Continent:
Afro-Eurasiaustraliamerictica
This is where we have a different term called a "world".
ElectricPyroclast The world also has oceans. Afro-Eurasiaustraliamerictica does not.
Suiseiseki Desu Well, there is the geographical world, and there's also the political world where the only thing involved is the land.
ElectricPyroclast
Oceans are a quite important part of the political world since they are used to transport oil and other goods.
Suiseiseki Desu Eh, true... "terrestrial political world", then?
I grew up in Soviet Union and we learned that there are 6 continents but also 6 parts of the world. If we put the Americas together, we separated Europe and Asia. When we put Europe and Asia together as in Eurasia, we separated the Americas into north and south. Either way, the number 6 remained constant.
Wried
Would've thought the Soviets claim it as Ourasia.
Also In south america
its not eurasia
its OURasia *soviet anthem plays*
0:47 Don't miss the 1984 reference. Loved it!
?
Was looking for this
Yes, you are very smart
We should go back to just being Pangea. That must have been so much easier
+Greg. Sym. Mkay, just a few billion years, eh?
+Greg. Sym. itll happen in a few million years.
+Jason Martin *hundred million
Did anyone listen to the very last seconds!😂
+Greg. Sym. You mean Panem?
Absolutely lost it at Greenland’s “I
only geography students can relate
@Erik Seville I just call Australia and all the islands around it Oceania.
Also, who's this zopic and samuel?
@Erik Seville Australia/Oceania is a continent consisting of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and many many islands such as Solomon Islands and Tonga
The Mercator projection is so wrong that even though Greenland looks comparable to the US, the us is around 4.4 times larger
As an Asian, I always thought that Asia is too large to meaningfully describe someone from the continent, so I am fine with breaking it down further through cultural lines or whatever.
Which Asian are you? South Asian, East Asian. South-East Asian, Middle Eastern (Asian)
Yeah I personally prefer terms like Middle East, Subcontinent, ASEAN n East Asia.
E
@@the_last.satrap6064 what about central Asia?
@@aragon533 Just call them the T U R K L A N D S
You could take this even further. You could walk from the bottom of Africa to Asia which is Eurasia, (now Eurafrusia?) then walk to the very end of Russia. You could wait until it’s winter for the icebridge to appear and walk into Alaska, walk through Canada over to the end of Chile and now nearly every single continent is connected. 3 continents.
1:05 It's not the Brazilian rainforests that stop you walking the length of the Americas. It's something much closer to the Panama Canal: the Darién Gap, a dense swampy forest in the southern part of Panama and northern Colombia which is the only gap in the Pan-American Highway. You don't even need to enter Brazil to traverse the Americas.
YOU SPELLED COLOMBIA RIGHT I LOVE YOU
@@Camusfanclub ?
@@Muffboy1 a lot of people say "Columbia"
@@SenorGuina ohh
Those are technically part of the same forest system, but you are more technically correct so points to you anyway.
3 Continents:
Afro-Eurasianarctica
America
Baffin Island
And pluto
too
You forgot Australasia
And Oceana
And New Jersey
I just realised this was 11 years ago yet it looks so modern. Either this guy is absolutely insane at editing or time flies
"Either this guy is absolutely insane at editing or time flies" Both, TBH.
For a 10 year old video it’s actually really well made, I could easily believe it was made a week ago
Grey has definitely evolved as a video maker and narrator though, I think his newer stuff manages to sound more natural while also more authoritative and dramatic.
I had no idea it was ten years old!!
B-b-but their all connected.
UNDER DA OCEAN
S T O P R I G H T W H E R E U A R E
He know to much! Catch him!
AFRO-EUASIAUSTALIANERITICA
Meliodas 1870 unda da sea
Unda da sea!
Remove the Antarctic ice he says; can't you see that we're trying?
TheMasonX no...
Yeah all that global warming isn’t enough
WE NEED MORE GLOBAL WARMING!!!
like who needs ice lol not me xD
We Need As Much Meltage To Melt antarctica
Sammieboy115 so eat more cow, they produce alot methane and co2
Excellent video, thank you! .
Was going over schoolwork with the kids about continents and we ran into a lot of these same issues/questions you brought up.
In skandinavia we have “world parts” which is Europe, Oceania, South America, Northern America, Africa and Antarctica whilst continents are Eurasia, Oceania, America (some use both north and south while some don’t), Africa and Antarctica
Me: The earth is a spherical continent with water flooding most of the land
Fuck
I have been enlightened.
@@cdyn5480 :0
what was the point of putting "me:" at the start
Flat earthers: I’m gonna -ruin- this whole mans career
In France, we say:
-Europe
-Asia
-Africa
-America (that you can cut in North and South btw, both versions are ok)
-Oceania (we don't say Australia because Australia is the country, while Oceania contains Australia + all the other landmasses spreaded through the pacific, like New Zealand and Papua-New Guinea)
-Antartica
Australian are tought the same logic thank you so much for saying it for me.
@@lachlancullen5589 Haha you're welcome aussie friend! ^^
In Mexico we have 5 since we count Antarctica to be part of Oceania.
@@rafael9886 wait, what? XD
I was taught:
-North America
-South America
-Asia
-Europe
-Africa
-Australia
-Antarctica
3:22 did anyone else hear le creeper
Here in the Arab world, we say there are 6 continents
-Africa
-Asia
-Europe
-Australia/Oceania (I was taught geography by 2 different teachers, who had different opinions about the existence of Oceania)
-America
-Antarctica
The answer is simple.There are two.
1.) 'Murica
2.) the other places i guess
Correct
conlia NO!
@@arcticmonkeysEEEEE conila YES!
conlia fuck you
conlia ‘the other places i guess’ that’s super disrespectful you don’t feel it because you’re american
Me: So as many as I want?
CGP: Yes
Me: Ok let's say 9.
CGP: No.
8 with central america,the ninth?
@@Merluch Greenland
a german, trying to write something that sounds like the english number 9, would end up with the german word "nein" which literally translates to "no"
America, Afro-Eurasia, Antarctica, Austroasia
@@a.d.t.mapping I think you mean oceania
In my opinion, you have to disregard the little gaps because most people consider close islands to be part of continents. Therefore, through a chain of islands, Afro-Eurasia (the actual term for those three) also contains Australia. Also, you disregard the gap between Russia and North America, meaning you have 2 continents: Antarctica and Amerieurasiacastralia.
I love this channel, it truly does a great job at informing in a funny, easy to understand and useful way, side note on the Teddy Roosevelt joke it’s Colombia, not Columbia
In Austria I got taught that there were 5 continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and America - we don't give shit about Antarctica 😂 no claims, no gains
The International Olympic Committee wants to know your location.
weird, in germany we learned 7
And you seem also think that only one America exist
"No claims, no gains." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I learned 7 north america,south america,africa,Europe,antartica,Asia and Australia
1: Kanto
2:Johto
3:Sinnoh
4: Hoenn
5:Unova
6:Kalos
7:Alola
You forgot Louisiana
Roosevelt Louissaint isn't Alola an archipelago though?
Roosevelt Louissaint Yeah, because Hoenn is so 4th gen.
POKÉMON
Trivia: Kanto is also the name of one of the regions of Japan. Others might be too, not sure.
The reason that I heard that Europe and Asia are different continents is they are separated by a mountain range. This is also unhelpful, if that were true you could make boundaries on the Rocky Mountains, Himalayas, Andes, and many more.
The Urals are more of a practical boundary as they do effectively split Russia into an Asian and European half. I'm not sure if there really is that much difference between Perm and Yekaterinburg, but the Eastern half is mostly part of Russia because of the Empire's conquests and from my understanding is historically and culturally fairly split up from the West, if only because it's fairly inhospitable to major settlements. The Western part is where most of what we consider to be Russia... happened. It's certainly not the worst line I could think of
I just clocked I was six when this video was posted. Grey has been around forever.
Teacher: how many continents are there?
Me: how many do you want them to be?
69
@@schlimmbotg472 gottem
I’d like but... 69
Teacher: 7... wait you little shi-
69420
“culturally different” so I am a continent now
Holy crap
looks at likes
*NICE*
Depends how large you are.
@Daniel Shin I started a civilization in my room
Exactly.
I love the creeper ignition and explosion sound.
0:49 I didn't get the joke for a long time, but I finally got to 1984 and understand it now. 🎉
I like the "Answers might require years of study and are given in terms of probability rather then certanity", it's honest.
There is no perfect answer to these types of questions.
I say nothing is a continent, just a fat island
Just pay the weasel to gerrymander the earth into continents with roughly the same populations and number of countries!
Saluton esperanto friend! :D
This made me chuckle; thank you
vi estas tre amuza mia bona amiko
I was just directed to this video from a Duolingo discussion for the sentence "Ĉu Aŭstralio estas kontinento?"
Mi ne konas sufiĉe por skrbi tio komento.
Same XD
There was a geography pub test i attended a few years back in Cambodia with other travellers and one of the people were deadset on 6 continents while the answer was 7 by the testmakers. He was out of line but he was right.
Honestly I like the 4 continent view because it makes the most logical sense
2:57 I love how Australia's plate is shaped like a heart. I live in Australia and that really satisfies me
You live in australia? Cool! Be careful with the 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 species of deadly spiders!
@@augustomoreira7441 I will.
@@ihatemice_elf Did you?
It’s not in the shape of a heart on real life…
@@errorsvoid5099 yeah it isn't
CGP Grey: How many continents do you want there to be?
Earth: Yes
ValleyoftheKings64 CPG?
@@anthjrive fixed it lol
Yes
Yes
Do you*
A Classic i come back to every year.
This is actually really high-quality for a video that was uploaded 10 years ago.
Confused with this thing for 5 years and decided to look for an answer with this video, turns out I realise that the answer is inside me all the time, thanks CGP...
3:45
@@drewlomax7837 lmao
Nope, the answer was on RUclips the whole time.
"How many continents be there? Well, how many do you want there to be?"
Reality can be whatever I want
*END GAME SPOILERS*
1 million is in reality
@@gurke640 r/wooosh
I want there to be one continent. Great America
r/unexpectedthanos
3:06 that glare of Hawaii is hilarious
thanks alot for getting me thinkin about this
No one:
Pangea: let’s split up gang!
This is way to underrated
@@BCWR8 ikr
.
Continents: Reah!
?????
Culturally divided huh then that means North Korea is a continent
Why? Korean is just imperial japanese and communist china.
-Brought to you by the K-pop organization.
STOP
lol 😂
@@BGI_guy they are maple junkies
Im Famouse boy and ima good hacker
Nonsense, There are 3 continents.
Old world, New world, and Upside down world.
This was an awesome explainer👍
Was that a little 1984 joke snuck in there?
I read that book.
so wait, Orwell never counted the africa's? like why is that blanc?
+MrAllenCrown in 1984 northen africa is a fighting zone among the super-states
oh, well that still came through.
Africa below the Equator is Oceania and Africa above is along the with the Middle East , India and the North Pole No Mans Land
I like that little "1984" joke at 00:50
Ohhh so that was that 🤔
I know
I had to google it because I was confused as fuck.
@@nikkilee3840 I don't get it
@@Aruesx in 1984 the countries are different and Eurasia is always at war with East Asia.
Edit: as far as I remember
Maybe i am a continent.
11 years ago? I'm surprised by how consistent the format of these videos has remained.
same
There is only one continent. Pangaea. Everyone else are just defectors.
Andrew Banks actually, there were more supercontinents before pangea for example Gondwana
pangea wasnt the first continent
@@ProjectNetoku ...
No
William Malone yes, Pangea was actually the last supercontinent. And in millions of years there will be another supercontinent with the boring name Pangea Ultima.
Andrew Banks cool
Me playing Plague Inc. Evolved
Madagascar: Shut down everything.
XD
True for Pandemic 2 too
Greenland and Madagascar are the hardest to infect
Stupid China and the middle east. PSHHH, I *sniff* never needed you anyway! *Sob*
I find it easy getting to Madagascar in time. Greenland is an absolute bitch, however
Five: Eurasia, Africa, North American, South America and Australia
0:50 I always thought this clip never made any sense until i discovered 1984
2:57 i heart Australia too.
GachaKitten ha that’s funny
There Are Three:
*_Oceania_*
*_Eurasia_*
*_Eastasia_*
1984.
No!
There is just Oceania and the rest are enemies.
Don't let them fool you comrade!!
We have always been at war with Eurasia
@@Kyle1227 and Eurasia has always been at war with Eastasia
@@Martinxo51 And we have always been at war with Eastasia.
I found the 1984 reference too funny lmao 0:45
I think we should do the same as Pluto:
Does it have something same size or bigger next to it and is smaller than Australia?
Not a continent
I'm today's old when I finally understood the 1984 Joke at 0:50.
Same!! I just realised that now!
Plz explain
@@Owen_loves_Butters it's about George Orwell's book 1984
I literally just finished that book last night. Great read! Kinda confusing but also a huge mindf**k
@@Owen_loves_Butters you dont need it. Just wait until your next book report.
Here in Brazil is teached that are 8 continents:
1. North America
2. Central America
3. South America
4. Africa
5. Europe
6. Asia
7. Antarctica
8. Oceania (not just Australia)
Edit: Some teachers confound Regions with Continents. Other teachers may say that America is a single continent and it's OK.
I think the Oceania continent makes sense
Same here way the fuck up north in canada
I hate this
@Itz_Purplexed Yeah I agree that Oceania is a region, certainly not a continent.
8 continents? I'm from Brazil too, but I learned there are 6 continents
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceania
Antarctica
America (subdivide in three regions: North America, Central America and South America, but the continent is America).
I watched these videos when I was 10-11 and only now did I just get the 1984 reference with Eurasia
1:38 indonisea claims half of new guniea and the other papua new guinea while they're diffrent contients. so then there will be 3 continets.
could be called afro-ausurasia or afro-oceiurasia
Continents by size (tectonically defined):
1. Eurasia
2. North America
3. South America
4. Antarctica
5. Africa
6. Australia
7. India
8. Arabia
9. The Caribbean
10. The Philippines
11. Nazca
13. Scotia
14. Somalia
15. Carolinia
16. Burma
17. New Heberdinesia
18. Lwandle
19. Madagascar
20. Rovuma
21. Seychellesia
22. Shetlandia
23. South Sandwichania
24. Capricornia
25. Futuna
26. Kermadecia
27. Maokea
28. Tonga
29. Niuafo’oua
30. Woodlarkia
31. Panama
32. Gonâve
33. Riverania
34. Adriatica
35. Anatolia
36. Agaea
37. Amuria
38. Bandania
39. Iberia
40. Iran
41. Molucca
42. Halmahera
43. Sainghea
44. Okinawa
45. Timor
46. Tisza
47. Sundaia
48. Pelsonia
49. Yangtzea
50. Coibana
51. Malpelonia
52. Greenland
53. Ohktosk
54. Juan De Fucania
55. Exploraniana
56. Gorda
57. Reef Balmoralia
58. Birdsheadistan
59. Conwania Reef
60. Easteria
61. Galapagosia
62. Juan Fernandezia
63. Kula
64. Manusia
65. New Hebridesia
66. North Bismarckia
67. South Bismarckia
68. North Galapagosia
69. Sea of Solomonia
70. Marianaland
71. Philippines (II)
72. Altiplano
73. Falklandia
74. North Andesia
Why are the countries
This brings up the "How Many Countries Are There?" topic.
New Zealand
woah
ok so is egypt african or Arabian😂
I love how Honshu says *"Rule 34 Island"*
and the video is made in 2011 lmao
@@niksy80 Hits with so much meme nostalagia.
I don't get it and I'm scared
@syabill how... scared?
@@niksy80 yes, rule34 wasn't invented yesterday, in fact it has been existing since the start of the internet.
0:46 thx, made my day to recognize it
Im rewatching this about to go to college and i think this was shown in my middle school social studies class
In Norway we have 2 different terms for continents, one called “verdensdel” or world part in english, where Europe, Asia, north- and South-America, Australia and Antarctica are included . We also just have “kontinenter” aka continents where we include Eurasia, America, Africa, Australia and Antarctica
Shouldn't it be the reverse for America ?
@@quidam_surprise in which category
@@adne4336
Well, it would make a lot more sense to treat America as a single _verdensdel_ ...
...And given that you guys include Eurasia in the _"kontinenter"_ category and not Eurafrasia (despite the fact that Africa is connected to Eurasia as much as the Americas are binded together), I assume that you're basing yourselves on physical geography, so it would be a little bit more logical if you followed the model that Grey showed at the last second, i.e.
Africa
N. America
S. America
Antarctica
Australia
Eurasia
And in regards to the _"verdensdel"_ category, change "Australia" for "Oceania". That's pretty much how we do it in France except they don't tell you in class, I had to find out about that on my own whilst checking a dictionary.
We have the same system in Belgium in Dutch, the only difference being that Australia is called Oceania. Although almost everybody calls the world parts continents
The same in Russia, except that the category of continents separates North and South America, while the category of world parts does not.
Also, parts of the world is a literal translation of “части света” which is quite interesting in my opinion.
My elementary school life was kinda crazy, and I studied in a russian school, a US school, and an argentinian school. And a couple of educational videos too. I've got 3 different answers: 5, 6, 7. There are arguments about distinguishing between North and South Americas, Europe and Asia, and I've even met some people who don't consider Antartica a country. So anyway, this is nuts
Did you mean Australia when you said Antarctica, or did you mean continent when you said country?
I think your elementary schools have driven you crazy. 😂
@@geewillikers918 I don't consider Antartica a continent
I was not prepared for the sentence "i have even met some people who do not consider antartica a country"
@@MijmerMopper Antarctica is never a country. 😂
Instead of getting answers I'm left with a bunch of knowledge and more questions🥺🥺
It infuriates me no one bothers with the real answer to this question, which is that the very notion of “continents” was contingent on the perspective of Mediterranean civilizations, as its respective three coasts. No one in China ever thought of the idea of a “continent.”
Ahh, my first CGP Grey video. My seventh grade history teacher had good taste, showing us this in class. Still here & enjoying the channel as a college student seven years later ^_^
It's not the Brazilian rain forest what stops you from walking from Alaska to Cape Horn. It's the mountainous rain forest in the Darién Gap, in Panama.
This is a very professional and well-made video, especially one that's 11 years old
Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, North America, South America.
All large land masses, not connected by large pieces of land (Panama and Sinai desert are very small connections), roughly represented by tectonic plates and roughly representive of the 7 big realms of biogeography (ignoring indomalaya) .
The best way to do it
Me seeing the video: "what are continents?".
Me: *Clicks the video*
Me after seeing the video: (confused) "What are continents?".
Update on Among Us Triggered Video:
The script is ready to go and we were planning on filming with Carl and Connor tonight. Unfortunately, someone in Carl's family may have been exposed to Covid yesterday, so now there's a chance that Carl has it as well. We're gonna wait a couple weeks to film to be safe, which means this video will come out in December instead of this Saturday. I apologize for the delay, but it'll be worth it!
@@raymondha1897 ?
@@raymondha1897 did you copy and paste the wrong thing?
Id consider middle east and Asia different continents due to large cultural difference
@@raymondha1897 okay who are you supposed to be and why are you here?
Continents:
Mustard
Ketchup.
Anyone?
No?
Kill me.
condiments lol
Don't forget about relish!
+Rain Verrev and onion
james lafayette And the burger.
*Condiments or *Contents
> real studying, not humanities studying
Watching Grey’s progression from an edgy stem boi into a historian has been truly fascinating
We just watched this in class today!
I love how seven years later the comments are still FULL of people going
"Uhh, it's obviously [arbitrary number they learned at school]"
without explaining why
Like did they even watch the damn video.
yoooo i didn't realize how long ago this was made XD i though it was made in 2017 or something not 2011 haha
Uhh, it’s obviously 69
No, 420
Name them
3:46
*Welcome to the Future:*
1.) Mercury
2.) Venus
3.) Earth
4.) Mars
5.) Ceres
6.) Jupiter
7.) Saturn
8.) Neptune
9.) Uranus
10.) Pluto
11.) Eris
12.) Makemake
13.) Haumea
14.) Sedna
15.) 2002 MS4
16.) 2007 OR10
17.) Quaoar
18.) Salacia
19.) Orcus
Upcycle Electronics 20. NGC 4414
Ceres but no Juno or hesta? Only 9 planets from the Kuiper belt, home to hundreds of Little Rock’s?
lets just make every artificial satellite a moon and earth has the most moons in the solar system.
Thanks cgp for telling me about how pluto is a planet
Technically, there is a border between Oceania and Afro-Eurasia and during some parts of the year, a land border between Afro-Austroeurasia and North America, and counting the partition of Antarctica, technically all continents are connected.
1 afro euroasia
2 antarctica
3 america
4 oceania
5 atlantis
Nice
+Sir.qusai of zahalqa good one adding Atlantis.
1 America
2 Eurasia
3 Africa
4 Australia
Sir.qusai of zahalqa Atlantis XD
which countries are part of oceania and which are part of atlantis?
2:23 Honshu rule 34 island?? How
If you have a really perverted mind, then I guess it kinda looks like a penis?
+Hecatia Lapislazuli well, I was born lived there for 6 years. But XD
Hashida Tackey
Truthfully, I don't think it looks like a penis at all.
+Hecatia Lapislazuli me neither
+orochimarujes oh yeah that too
I'm on a old CGP Grey video binge
0:47 I just got that 1984 joke. Well done 👏 👏 👏
You could extend this problem to oceans.
4: The standard answer. Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic.
5: The water around Antarctica is sometimes regarded as a separate Southern Ocean.
3: Some people ignore the Arctic as its own ocean, as it's so small, and instead consider it part of the Atlantic.
1: Since all of the oceans interact and mix with each other anyway, why think of them as separate entities? All the world's oceanic waters together are collectively called the World Ocean--I know, real clever.
Cameron Ballard Panthalassa. Nuff said
James Vo Alaska is cold as fuck and Tijuana is a sweltering hell hole and yet they are both considered "North America"
THERE IS ONE OCEAN, around the continents. The oceans are too similar to divide them.
I personally would go with either one or three. The reality is that there is only one ocean. The so called World Ocean. But, I can agree on pointing out the various parts of it as the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Really those three are just the _"we have to navigate around some big-ass island to keep going"_ parts.
Cameron Ballard the oceans have different cultures ;))
In Brazil, Australia is just a part of the continent Oceania.
Lol I always tell people Australia isn't a continent
Tom Mate Europe isn't a continent, it's a region
I come from the land down under
It's what I always learned. (UK here.)
I also heard it called Australasia.
here in Australia Brazil can fuck off
As an Aussie we were always taught in school that Australia is a country, an island and a continent all in one because I guess we just wanna pat ourselves on the back and give the kiwis the finger.
I think that's true though. New Zealand is an archipelago in the ocean and not part of any continent.
Well it's technically not true that you can walk through both America's also because of the Darién gap in Panama after the Panama canal
I only clicked on this video because it had Australia with a crown
lmao
that's a good reason
Same lmao 😂
Continents:
dirt
Brb gonna sell some continents on ebay
these should be the continents.
-north america
-central america
-south america
-antartica
-africa
-europe
-Arabia(Its cuturly different.
-persia
-India (its Super big)
-asia
-Indochina(siam)
-Oceania
@@yellowrobloxian37-gaming50 arabia and india no. China is bigger than india ur indian arent u?
@@n.m.8802 Central America as a continent is a stupid idea. And you could fuse Persia and Arabia. Also, Indochina? Yeah, no.
In Slovakia we differentiate between continents and world-parts (as it is literally translated)
Continents (basically tectonic plates): Eurasia, Africa, Oceania, North America, South America, Antarctica
World-parts (based on culture): Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, America, Antarctica
So 6 continents/world-parts
Well TECHNICALLY we’re just one continent because of the ocean floor.
“7 continents”
Zealandia: There is another
Lol
Eh I would consider it a part of oceania. Imo it ain’t big enough to be a continent. It’s twice as small as Australia
3:29 where is NZ??? 👀
Why do everyone forget NZ on maps :(
lemuria: hahahaha you small Zealandia
Greater Adria and Doggerland: There is another
"Remove the ice sheet that covers Antarctica..."
We're trying.
*GOBAL WARMING*
@@Ryfried **global warming.
why you stealing a comment from 2 years ago
@@stan3rdgenkpop Because we're still trying?
@@tris592 goslr warming
There are 7:
Eurasia (because obvious reasons), North America, South America (both Americas were barely connected through a narrow isthmus, and were only connected for 3 million years), Africa (only barely connected via a former land bridge], Australia (only the landmass counts, no islands beside it), Antarctica (ice still works as land), and Zealandia (because why not).
i love this video