Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square131linkfedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down18
arrow-up1287arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square131linkfedilink
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agowhy does Australia get one they don’t even do it right
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoI was taught it was Australasia.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days ago“Australia and Oceania” here, in the first of two models I’ll elaborate on. We were taught two different models First one translates basically as “divisions of the world” Europe Asia Africa Antarctica Australia and Oceania Americas The other one translates more directly as “continents” Eurasia Africa Antarctica Australia North America South America But those are of course not the only models, just the ones taught in school where I’m from.
why does Australia get one they don’t even do it right
I was taught it was Australasia.
Oceania or bust
“Australia and Oceania” here, in the first of two models I’ll elaborate on.
We were taught two different models
First one translates basically as “divisions of the world”
The other one translates more directly as “continents”
But those are of course not the only models, just the ones taught in school where I’m from.