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Originally Posted by redwhiteandblue
Actually it seems there is some ambiguity. I've always held that "America" is the continent comprising North, South and Central America, because that's how I was taught. Now it seems some count North and South America as two different continents. Also the image describes "United States of America" and "Europe" but then uses the flag of the European Union which is only some of the countries of Europe.
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Maybe it's a Canadian thing, but we were always taught there were seven continents, including North America and South America.
Ok, learn something new every day:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent
"The seven-continent model is usually taught in China and most English-speaking countries. The six-continent combined-Eurasia model is preferred by the geographic community, Russia, the former states of the USSR, and Japan. The six-continent combined-America model is taught in Latin America, and most parts of Europe including Germany[citation needed], Greece[citation needed], Italy[citation needed], Portugal and Spain. This model may be taught to include only the five inhabited continents (excluding Antarctica) — as depicted in the Olympic logo.[23]"