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regions are
commonly regarded as
continents. Most English-speaking
countries recognize seven regions as
continents. In
order from
largest to smallest...
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refer to the
newly discovered continent,
which is why it was
accorded with the
feminine names of the
other continents: Asia, Africa, and Europa. Since...
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compared to any clear-cut
definition of the term "
continent". The
current division of
Eurasia into two
continents now
reflects East-West cultural, linguistic...
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seven continents. However,
there have been more
continents throughout history.
Vaalbara was the
first supercontinent.
Europe is the
newest continent. Geologists...
- list of
continents of the
world sorted by
their gross domestic product (GDP), the
market value of all
final goods and
services from a
continent in a given...
- 16th
century divided the
world into four
continents: Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Each of the four
continents was seen to
represent its
quadrant of...
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Greenland were
sometimes described as
island continents, but none were
usually taught as one of the world's
continents in English-speaking countries. Scottish...
- and the same
domesticated plants and
animals spread through these three continents thousands of
years ago,
making them
largely indistinct and
useful to classify...
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between the
continents is
generally a
matter of
geographical convention.
Several slightly different conventions are in use. The
number of
continents is most...
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studies the
movement of the
continents as they ride on
plates of the Earth's lithosphere. The
speculation that
continents might have "drifted" was first...
