What are Continents?

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  • @micheal5117
    @micheal5117 3 роки тому +12476

    1:28 Africa and Eurasia are now connected by a container ship.

    • @Puneet_P
      @Puneet_P 3 роки тому +586

      And now again there is water between them

    • @fayyaznashwan8059
      @fayyaznashwan8059 3 роки тому +76

      Fact.

    • @y....9
      @y....9 3 роки тому +163

      As an egyptian i will accept

    • @EMAngel2718
      @EMAngel2718 3 роки тому +75

      I wonder if this comment is why this showed up in my recommended

    • @mapeditorjon5306
      @mapeditorjon5306 3 роки тому +23

      Big brain

  • @greg.sym.4115
    @greg.sym.4115 8 років тому +10485

    We should go back to just being Pangea. That must have been so much easier

    • @edwardmoritz1485
      @edwardmoritz1485 8 років тому +281

      +Greg. Sym. Mkay, just a few billion years, eh?

    • @jasonmartin4775
      @jasonmartin4775 8 років тому +121

      +Greg. Sym. itll happen in a few million years.

    • @Asterius_101
      @Asterius_101 8 років тому +128

      +Jason Martin *hundred million

    • @yslayk2184
      @yslayk2184 8 років тому +54

      Did anyone listen to the very last seconds!😂

    • @seacrest73
      @seacrest73 8 років тому +6

      +Greg. Sym. You mean Panem?

  • @ojasp.7650
    @ojasp.7650 2 роки тому +319

    0:47 Don't miss the 1984 reference. Loved it!

  • @TheAnneli77
    @TheAnneli77 2 роки тому +626

    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.

  • @AK-jt9gx
    @AK-jt9gx 3 роки тому +4151

    Absolutely lost it at Greenland’s “I

    • @anonymoususer638
      @anonymoususer638 2 роки тому +48

      only geography students can relate

    • @geewillikers918
      @geewillikers918 2 роки тому +7

      @Erik Seville I just call Australia and all the islands around it Oceania.

    • @geewillikers918
      @geewillikers918 2 роки тому

      Also, who's this zopic and samuel?

    • @dalekinthewater4708
      @dalekinthewater4708 2 роки тому +10

      @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

    • @TryClyde3
      @TryClyde3 2 роки тому +21

      The Mercator projection is so wrong that even though Greenland looks comparable to the US, the us is around 4.4 times larger

  • @SomeGuy-lr7ms
    @SomeGuy-lr7ms 4 роки тому +4616

    Me: The earth is a spherical continent with water flooding most of the land

  • @exploshaun
    @exploshaun 2 роки тому +1082

    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.

    • @ARTCreationsOfficial
      @ARTCreationsOfficial 2 роки тому +59

      Which Asian are you? South Asian, East Asian. South-East Asian, Middle Eastern (Asian)

    • @the_last.satrap6064
      @the_last.satrap6064 Рік тому +49

      Yeah I personally prefer terms like Middle East, Subcontinent, ASEAN n East Asia.

    • @Foober21
      @Foober21 Рік тому +1

      E

    • @aragon533
      @aragon533 Рік тому +13

      @@the_last.satrap6064 what about central Asia?

    • @JKTProductionzIncNCo
      @JKTProductionzIncNCo Рік тому +11

      @@aragon533 Just call them the T U R K L A N D S

  • @ThePenguinMan
    @ThePenguinMan Рік тому +93

    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.

  • @AndrewOrebus
    @AndrewOrebus 4 роки тому +502

    Teacher: how many continents are there?
    Me: how many do you want them to be?

  • @boneld5454
    @boneld5454 9 років тому +8324

    1 Continent:
    Afro-Eurasiaustraliamerictica

    • @ElectricPyroclast
      @ElectricPyroclast 9 років тому +1048

      This is where we have a different term called a "world".

    • @majorkatzmann2240
      @majorkatzmann2240 9 років тому +578

      ElectricPyroclast The world also has oceans. Afro-Eurasiaustraliamerictica does not.

    • @ElectricPyroclast
      @ElectricPyroclast 9 років тому +71

      Suiseiseki Desu Well, there is the geographical world, and there's also the political world where the only thing involved is the land.

    • @majorkatzmann2240
      @majorkatzmann2240 9 років тому +48

      ElectricPyroclast
      Oceans are a quite important part of the political world since they are used to transport oil and other goods.

    • @ElectricPyroclast
      @ElectricPyroclast 9 років тому +31

      Suiseiseki Desu Eh, true... "terrestrial political world", then?

  • @farisplayz811
    @farisplayz811 Рік тому +159

    I just realised this was 11 years ago yet it looks so modern. Either this guy is absolutely insane at editing or time flies

    • @ScienceAndMathFTW
      @ScienceAndMathFTW Рік тому +20

      "Either this guy is absolutely insane at editing or time flies" Both, TBH.

  • @OneTwoFive0
    @OneTwoFive0 2 роки тому +234

    For a 10 year old video it’s actually really well made, I could easily believe it was made a week ago

    • @asterozoan
      @asterozoan Рік тому +12

      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.

    • @cynthiaholland13
      @cynthiaholland13 Рік тому +2

      I had no idea it was ten years old!!

  • @NoName-rb3vp
    @NoName-rb3vp 5 років тому +1591

    B-b-but their all connected.
    UNDER DA OCEAN

  • @beeble2003
    @beeble2003 3 роки тому +1449

    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.

    • @Camusfanclub
      @Camusfanclub 3 роки тому +85

      YOU SPELLED COLOMBIA RIGHT I LOVE YOU

    • @shereenhussian6651
      @shereenhussian6651 3 роки тому +8

      @@Camusfanclub ?

    • @SenorGuina
      @SenorGuina 3 роки тому +59

      @@shereenhussian6651 a lot of people say "Columbia"

    • @shereenhussian6651
      @shereenhussian6651 3 роки тому +12

      @@SenorGuina ohh

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 роки тому +20

      Those are technically part of the same forest system, but you are more technically correct so points to you anyway.

  • @seanhartman6496
    @seanhartman6496 2 роки тому +28

    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.

  • @josepaez_2
    @josepaez_2 2 роки тому +10

    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

  • @FormulaManuel
    @FormulaManuel 4 роки тому +899

    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

    • @a2falcone
      @a2falcone 3 роки тому +60

      The International Olympic Committee wants to know your location.

    • @johnappleseed3428
      @johnappleseed3428 3 роки тому +29

      weird, in germany we learned 7

    • @pihlajafox
      @pihlajafox 3 роки тому +17

      And you seem also think that only one America exist

    • @poptartstheyalludeme3419
      @poptartstheyalludeme3419 3 роки тому +10

      "No claims, no gains." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @potato-mf4fp
      @potato-mf4fp 3 роки тому +20

      I learned 7 north america,south america,africa,Europe,antartica,Asia and Australia

  • @AtheniCuber
    @AtheniCuber 8 років тому +617

    Just pay the weasel to gerrymander the earth into continents with roughly the same populations and number of countries!

    • @pepbobmc
      @pepbobmc 8 років тому +6

      Saluton esperanto friend! :D

    • @KC-Mitch
      @KC-Mitch 7 років тому +2

      This made me chuckle; thank you

    • @johnarbuckle2619
      @johnarbuckle2619 7 років тому +1

      vi estas tre amuza mia bona amiko

    • @angeldude101
      @angeldude101 7 років тому +3

      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.

    • @floridmonkey2723
      @floridmonkey2723 7 років тому

      Same XD

  • @ZeldaboyOG
    @ZeldaboyOG Рік тому +56

    I love the creeper ignition and explosion sound.

  • @dangerous1580
    @dangerous1580 2 роки тому +22

    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

  • @strawberryanimation9294
    @strawberryanimation9294 3 роки тому +3701

    Me: So as many as I want?
    CGP: Yes
    Me: Ok let's say 9.
    CGP: No.

    • @Merluch
      @Merluch 3 роки тому +75

      8 with central america,the ninth?

    • @igorclaudino891
      @igorclaudino891 3 роки тому +69

      @@Merluch Greenland

    • @dorderre
      @dorderre 3 роки тому +62

      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"

    • @a.d.t.mapping8792
      @a.d.t.mapping8792 3 роки тому +13

      America, Afro-Eurasia, Antarctica, Austroasia

    • @Youngchezzey
      @Youngchezzey 3 роки тому +8

      @@a.d.t.mapping8792 I think you mean oceania

  • @ryubix5724
    @ryubix5724 3 роки тому +3811

    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

    • @lachlancullen5589
      @lachlancullen5589 3 роки тому +260

      Australian are tought the same logic thank you so much for saying it for me.

    • @ryubix5724
      @ryubix5724 3 роки тому +49

      @@lachlancullen5589 Haha you're welcome aussie friend! ^^

    • @rafael9886
      @rafael9886 3 роки тому +91

      In Mexico we have 5 since we count Antarctica to be part of Oceania.

    • @ryubix5724
      @ryubix5724 3 роки тому +112

      @@rafael9886 wait, what? XD

    • @GhostRider-jk4eo
      @GhostRider-jk4eo 3 роки тому +89

      I was taught:
      -North America
      -South America
      -Asia
      -Europe
      -Africa
      -Australia
      -Antarctica

  • @brandonbombplays9304
    @brandonbombplays9304 2 роки тому +60

    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.

  • @swedishwaffle31
    @swedishwaffle31 Рік тому +6

    I just clocked I was six when this video was posted. Grey has been around forever.

  • @TheMasonX23
    @TheMasonX23 7 років тому +3527

    Remove the Antarctic ice he says; can't you see that we're trying?

    • @thatoneperson6172
      @thatoneperson6172 6 років тому +20

      TheMasonX no...

    • @Jaylio
      @Jaylio 6 років тому +76

      Yeah all that global warming isn’t enough

    • @sammieboy1159
      @sammieboy1159 6 років тому +107

      WE NEED MORE GLOBAL WARMING!!!
      like who needs ice lol not me xD

    • @ewkaratajczak1490
      @ewkaratajczak1490 6 років тому +9

      We Need As Much Meltage To Melt antarctica

    • @generalkitten2100
      @generalkitten2100 6 років тому +8

      Sammieboy115 so eat more cow, they produce alot methane and co2

  • @tochoXK3
    @tochoXK3 3 роки тому +470

    I like the "Answers might require years of study and are given in terms of probability rather then certanity", it's honest.

    • @aryabratsahoo7474
      @aryabratsahoo7474 3 роки тому +12

      There is no perfect answer to these types of questions.

    • @melody._.3251
      @melody._.3251 Рік тому

      I say nothing is a continent, just a fat island

  • @Jam569
    @Jam569 Рік тому +15

    3:22 did anyone else hear le creeper

  • @mazvirataaja9397
    @mazvirataaja9397 Рік тому +5

    0:49 I didn't get the joke for a long time, but I finally got to 1984 and understand it now. 🎉

  • @ashtonbourgeois9818
    @ashtonbourgeois9818 5 років тому +960

    3 Continents:
    Afro-Eurasianarctica
    America
    Baffin Island

  • @ValleyoftheKings64
    @ValleyoftheKings64 5 років тому +526

    CGP Grey: How many continents do you want there to be?
    Earth: Yes

  • @aluxia529
    @aluxia529 2 роки тому +5

    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

  • @DanielLopez-up6os
    @DanielLopez-up6os 2 роки тому

    A Classic i come back to every year.

  • @ihatemice_elf
    @ihatemice_elf 3 роки тому +411

    2:57 I love how Australia's plate is shaped like a heart. I live in Australia and that really satisfies me

    • @augustomoreira7441
      @augustomoreira7441 2 роки тому +14

      You live in australia? Cool! Be careful with the 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 species of deadly spiders!

    • @ihatemice_elf
      @ihatemice_elf 2 роки тому +4

      @@augustomoreira7441 I will.

    • @MarkosKapox
      @MarkosKapox 2 роки тому +2

      @@ihatemice_elf Did you?

    • @errorsvoid5099
      @errorsvoid5099 2 роки тому +2

      It’s not in the shape of a heart on real life…

    • @rebeccacummings6697
      @rebeccacummings6697 2 роки тому

      @@errorsvoid5099 yeah it isn't

  • @EstEsreil
    @EstEsreil 5 років тому +2816

    “culturally different” so I am a continent now

  • @TheYuccaPlant
    @TheYuccaPlant Рік тому +8

    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.

  • @Popotato7777
    @Popotato7777 2 роки тому +7

    Maybe i am a continent.

  • @randomgaming6436
    @randomgaming6436 5 років тому +464

    "How many continents be there? Well, how many do you want there to be?"
    Reality can be whatever I want

  • @ommey8319
    @ommey8319 3 роки тому +381

    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...

  • @quinny-bn4jw
    @quinny-bn4jw Рік тому +5

    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.

    • @man4437
      @man4437 Рік тому +2

      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

  • @ElegantEgg
    @ElegantEgg 2 роки тому

    This is actually really high-quality for a video that was uploaded 10 years ago.

  • @jeepersitsmeepers
    @jeepersitsmeepers 4 роки тому +282

    I like that little "1984" joke at 00:50

    • @IRosamelia
      @IRosamelia 4 роки тому +11

      Ohhh so that was that 🤔

    • @thenumerousfew1205
      @thenumerousfew1205 4 роки тому +3

      I know

    • @nikkilee3840
      @nikkilee3840 4 роки тому +3

      I had to google it because I was confused as fuck.

    • @Aruesx
      @Aruesx 3 роки тому +1

      @@nikkilee3840 I don't get it

    • @jonah7753
      @jonah7753 3 роки тому +7

      @@Aruesx in 1984 the countries are different and Eurasia is always at war with East Asia.
      Edit: as far as I remember

  • @sarahjeayes4403
    @sarahjeayes4403 4 роки тому +112

    I only clicked on this video because it had Australia with a crown

  • @danieladam3317
    @danieladam3317 2 роки тому

    thanks alot for getting me thinkin about this

  • @cybergen49
    @cybergen49 2 роки тому

    11 years ago? I'm surprised by how consistent the format of these videos has remained.

  • @TheOrichalcumSpider
    @TheOrichalcumSpider 7 років тому +543

    Me playing Plague Inc. Evolved
    Madagascar: Shut down everything.

    • @MASTERMIND-mr6er
      @MASTERMIND-mr6er 7 років тому +2

      XD

    • @FarCritical
      @FarCritical 7 років тому +15

      True for Pandemic 2 too

    • @doublexolon
      @doublexolon 7 років тому +58

      Greenland and Madagascar are the hardest to infect

    • @darkwood_8224
      @darkwood_8224 7 років тому

      Stupid China and the middle east. PSHHH, I *sniff* never needed you anyway! *Sob*

    • @youkaiyarn4848
      @youkaiyarn4848 7 років тому +22

      I find it easy getting to Madagascar in time. Greenland is an absolute bitch, however

  • @conlia
    @conlia 4 роки тому +2129

    The answer is simple.There are two.
    1.) 'Murica
    2.) the other places i guess

    • @dinamosflams
      @dinamosflams 4 роки тому +16

      Correct

    • @arcticmonkeysEEEEE
      @arcticmonkeysEEEEE 4 роки тому +5

      conlia NO!

    • @Jackbusta
      @Jackbusta 4 роки тому +15

      @@arcticmonkeysEEEEE conila YES!

    • @vasco35
      @vasco35 4 роки тому +4

      conlia fuck you

    • @vasco35
      @vasco35 4 роки тому +7

      conlia ‘the other places i guess’ that’s super disrespectful you don’t feel it because you’re american

  • @timexyemerald6290
    @timexyemerald6290 Рік тому +2

    3:06 that glare of Hawaii is hilarious

  • @coolmanab_42069
    @coolmanab_42069 2 роки тому +1

    I watched these videos when I was 10-11 and only now did I just get the 1984 reference with Eurasia

  • @Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it
    @Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it 4 роки тому +1199

    No one:
    Pangea: let’s split up gang!

  • @EisMonsTee
    @EisMonsTee 3 роки тому +340

    I'm today's old when I finally understood the 1984 Joke at 0:50.

    • @DanS044
      @DanS044 3 роки тому +6

      Same!! I just realised that now!

    • @Owen_loves_Butters
      @Owen_loves_Butters 3 роки тому +5

      Plz explain

    • @abdikamara9844
      @abdikamara9844 3 роки тому +39

      @@Owen_loves_Butters it's about George Orwell's book 1984

    • @AndrewmanGaming
      @AndrewmanGaming 3 роки тому +10

      I literally just finished that book last night. Great read! Kinda confusing but also a huge mindf**k

    • @golddropper2747
      @golddropper2747 3 роки тому +2

      @@Owen_loves_Butters you dont need it. Just wait until your next book report.

  • @FantasticalProductions
    @FantasticalProductions 2 роки тому

    This is a very professional and well-made video, especially one that's 11 years old

  • @likestomeasurestuff3554
    @likestomeasurestuff3554 2 роки тому

    0:46 thx, made my day to recognize it

  • @gachakitten1599
    @gachakitten1599 4 роки тому +138

    2:57 i heart Australia too.

  • @adne4336
    @adne4336 3 роки тому +392

    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

    • @quidam_surprise
      @quidam_surprise 3 роки тому +3

      Shouldn't it be the reverse for America ?

    • @adne4336
      @adne4336 3 роки тому +3

      @@quidam_surprise in which category

    • @quidam_surprise
      @quidam_surprise 3 роки тому +3

      @@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.

    • @victoriajorge3619
      @victoriajorge3619 2 роки тому +3

      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

    • @KrasBadan
      @KrasBadan 2 роки тому +6

      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.

  • @JordanBeagle
    @JordanBeagle 3 місяці тому +2

    I'm on a old CGP Grey video binge

  • @HFStudio39
    @HFStudio39 Рік тому

    We just watched this in class today!

  • @rooseveltlouissaint3252
    @rooseveltlouissaint3252 7 років тому +623

    1: Kanto
    2:Johto
    3:Sinnoh
    4: Hoenn
    5:Unova
    6:Kalos
    7:Alola

    • @erindonnelly8283
      @erindonnelly8283 6 років тому +26

      You forgot Louisiana

    • @titin3287
      @titin3287 6 років тому +25

      Roosevelt Louissaint isn't Alola an archipelago though?

    • @Siuwajansiwa
      @Siuwajansiwa 6 років тому +31

      Roosevelt Louissaint Yeah, because Hoenn is so 4th gen.

    • @KingAgniKai
      @KingAgniKai 6 років тому +5

      POKÉMON

    • @Mernom
      @Mernom 6 років тому +8

      Trivia: Kanto is also the name of one of the regions of Japan. Others might be too, not sure.

  • @Mr_Kiwi
    @Mr_Kiwi 3 роки тому +521

    “7 continents”
    Zealandia: There is another

    • @AngelPerez-ds5ok
      @AngelPerez-ds5ok 3 роки тому +5

      Lol

    • @drspeckdeck6563
      @drspeckdeck6563 3 роки тому +12

      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

    • @letsdoodlesomethinghome3404
      @letsdoodlesomethinghome3404 3 роки тому +4

      3:29 where is NZ??? 👀
      Why do everyone forget NZ on maps :(

    • @gyanndtdfstudio8285
      @gyanndtdfstudio8285 3 роки тому

      lemuria: hahahaha you small Zealandia

    • @oof2104
      @oof2104 3 роки тому

      Greater Adria and Doggerland: There is another

  • @EnderSpy007
    @EnderSpy007 2 роки тому

    Im rewatching this about to go to college and i think this was shown in my middle school social studies class

  • @micahscott3895
    @micahscott3895 Рік тому +4

    Honestly I like the 4 continent view because it makes the most logical sense

  • @Andrewcranky
    @Andrewcranky 6 років тому +563

    There is only one continent. Pangaea. Everyone else are just defectors.

    • @DragonHunter24
      @DragonHunter24 5 років тому +15

      Andrew Banks actually, there were more supercontinents before pangea for example Gondwana

    • @ProjectNetoku
      @ProjectNetoku 5 років тому +7

      pangea wasnt the first continent

    • @williammalone9734
      @williammalone9734 5 років тому +2

      @@ProjectNetoku ...
      No

    • @DragonHunter24
      @DragonHunter24 5 років тому +6

      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.

    • @SundanceMLD
      @SundanceMLD 5 років тому

      Andrew Banks cool

  • @andrewcleary9952
    @andrewcleary9952 5 років тому +144

    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.

    • @icecube4103
      @icecube4103 5 років тому +4

      yoooo i didn't realize how long ago this was made XD i though it was made in 2017 or something not 2011 haha

    • @HM-bo5kf
      @HM-bo5kf 5 років тому +5

      Uhh, it’s obviously 69

    • @makaalbarn2910
      @makaalbarn2910 5 років тому +4

      No, 420

    • @HM-bo5kf
      @HM-bo5kf 5 років тому +1

      Name them

    • @sloothorr
      @sloothorr 5 років тому

      3:46

  • @_ImUnfunny_
    @_ImUnfunny_ 2 роки тому

    Thanks cgp for telling me about how pluto is a planet

  • @corruptedorb2854
    @corruptedorb2854 2 роки тому

    I love how everyone was just being changed besides Australia who’s having a beach vacation.

  • @varvaramir
    @varvaramir 3 роки тому +290

    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

    • @geewillikers918
      @geewillikers918 2 роки тому +41

      Did you mean Australia when you said Antarctica, or did you mean continent when you said country?

    • @zealandia5668
      @zealandia5668 2 роки тому +11

      I think your elementary schools have driven you crazy. 😂

    • @LM-he7eb
      @LM-he7eb 2 роки тому +3

      @@geewillikers918 I don't consider Antartica a continent

    • @MijmerMopper
      @MijmerMopper 2 роки тому +15

      I was not prepared for the sentence "i have even met some people who do not consider antartica a country"

    • @zealandia5668
      @zealandia5668 2 роки тому +6

      @@MijmerMopper Antarctica is never a country. 😂

  • @RealClutchMcGee
    @RealClutchMcGee 5 років тому +1645

    Culturally divided huh then that means North Korea is a continent

  • @jimmybellmon1268
    @jimmybellmon1268 Рік тому

    This was an awesome explainer👍

  • @arimago
    @arimago Рік тому

    the last unyassified old CGP Grey video

  • @JustYourAvgPasta
    @JustYourAvgPasta 3 роки тому +744

    I love how Honshu says *"Rule 34 Island"*

    • @niksy80
      @niksy80 3 роки тому +47

      and the video is made in 2011 lmao

    • @woopro1234
      @woopro1234 3 роки тому +27

      @@niksy80 Hits with so much meme nostalagia.

    • @rivulet5417
      @rivulet5417 3 роки тому +22

      I don't get it and I'm scared

    • @astroorbis
      @astroorbis 3 роки тому +10

      @syabill how... scared?

    • @therealmaggiemae
      @therealmaggiemae 3 роки тому +29

      @@niksy80 yes, rule34 wasn't invented yesterday, in fact it has been existing since the start of the internet.

  • @spooderguy7535
    @spooderguy7535 3 роки тому +405

    Me seeing the video: "what are continents?".
    Me: *Clicks the video*
    Me after seeing the video: (confused) "What are continents?".

    • @raymondha1897
      @raymondha1897 3 роки тому

      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!

    • @Theboy-ow3ip
      @Theboy-ow3ip 3 роки тому +4

      @@raymondha1897 ?

    • @Angel-wc1jf
      @Angel-wc1jf 3 роки тому +4

      @@raymondha1897 did you copy and paste the wrong thing?

    • @isaacfoster2820
      @isaacfoster2820 3 роки тому

      Id consider middle east and Asia different continents due to large cultural difference

    • @scrapfightergd
      @scrapfightergd 3 роки тому +1

      @@raymondha1897 okay who are you supposed to be and why are you here?

  • @mr.creeper6836
    @mr.creeper6836 2 роки тому +4

    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

  • @spooxer
    @spooxer 2 роки тому

    2:48 oh my goodness. so much nostalgia.

  • @jeffreycanfield1939
    @jeffreycanfield1939 8 років тому +246

    Continents:
    Mustard
    Ketchup.
    Anyone?
    No?
    Kill me.

  • @mandyberry2500
    @mandyberry2500 4 роки тому +115

    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 ^_^

  • @crazysiblings1806
    @crazysiblings1806 Рік тому +4

    I found the 1984 reference too funny lmao 0:45

  • @franklinclinton4539
    @franklinclinton4539 Рік тому +7

    Nonsense, There are 3 continents.
    Old world, New world, and Upside down world.

  • @sirbillius
    @sirbillius 7 років тому +29

    I died at "rule 34 island"

    • @awesomeduck7022
      @awesomeduck7022 6 років тому

      New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar *(Shut. Down. Everything.),* Baffin Island, Sumatra and Honshu (Rule 34 Island)

  • @brodewall8418
    @brodewall8418 8 років тому +766

    Was that a little 1984 joke snuck in there?

    • @carlose4314
      @carlose4314 8 років тому +3

      I read that book.

    • @MrAllenCrown
      @MrAllenCrown 8 років тому +3

      so wait, Orwell never counted the africa's? like why is that blanc?

    • @renatoraia4103
      @renatoraia4103 8 років тому +20

      +MrAllenCrown in 1984 northen africa is a fighting zone among the super-states

    • @MrAllenCrown
      @MrAllenCrown 8 років тому +1

      oh, well that still came through.

    • @matthewkingston6797
      @matthewkingston6797 8 років тому +3

      Africa below the Equator is Oceania and Africa above is along the with the Middle East , India and the North Pole No Mans Land

  • @kanhabhardwaj3353
    @kanhabhardwaj3353 2 роки тому +5

    Instead of getting answers I'm left with a bunch of knowledge and more questions🥺🥺

  • @jssmith0225
    @jssmith0225 2 роки тому

    0:47 I just got that 1984 joke. Well done 👏 👏 👏

  • @mikaelsza
    @mikaelsza 4 роки тому +508

    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.

    • @breakfast_food
      @breakfast_food 4 роки тому +85

      I think the Oceania continent makes sense

    • @rouge5140
      @rouge5140 4 роки тому +14

      Same here way the fuck up north in canada

    • @Jackbusta
      @Jackbusta 4 роки тому +6

      I hate this

    • @Jackbusta
      @Jackbusta 4 роки тому +9

      @Itz_Purplexed Yeah I agree that Oceania is a region, certainly not a continent.

    • @anacarolinaalves3430
      @anacarolinaalves3430 4 роки тому +67

      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).

  • @MateusSFigueiredo
    @MateusSFigueiredo 7 років тому +260

    In Brazil, Australia is just a part of the continent Oceania.

    • @Meckro
      @Meckro 7 років тому +33

      Lol I always tell people Australia isn't a continent

    • @Talamare2
      @Talamare2 7 років тому +83

      Tom Mate Europe isn't a continent, it's a region

    • @lukeytube3256
      @lukeytube3256 7 років тому +15

      I come from the land down under

    • @timmystwin
      @timmystwin 7 років тому +11

      It's what I always learned. (UK here.)
      I also heard it called Australasia.

    • @Flyingfish60
      @Flyingfish60 7 років тому +35

      here in Australia Brazil can fuck off

  • @caddilacbob
    @caddilacbob 10 місяців тому

    Ooooh John Flanagan was talking about the location of the Suez canal!

  • @sampolis
    @sampolis 2 роки тому

    I will start saying 2, and continue with half an hour explenation. It's great conversation starter. It got everything: Geography, history, science, definitions, a few jokes. Mostly at Australia, but hey, they got the biggest island in the world, what else do they want?

  • @ajw20
    @ajw20 4 роки тому +264

    Honshu: the rule 34 island

    • @griddy_energy_official
      @griddy_energy_official 4 роки тому +4

      So true.

    • @matthewmagda4971
      @matthewmagda4971 4 роки тому +15

      I know what Rule 34 is but not how it applies to Honshu. What's the correlation?

    • @neyte7313
      @neyte7313 4 роки тому +57

      @@matthewmagda4971 it is the largest island of Japan, the homeland of anime and, uh, well, hentai

    • @matthewmagda4971
      @matthewmagda4971 4 роки тому +5

      @@neyte7313 I see. Maybe they could do a History of Anime post. Thanks for the clarification!!

    • @sai-tc7wv
      @sai-tc7wv 4 роки тому +13

      i just came back to this video after years and found out i had this video disliked just because of that lame af joke. honestly cant blame past me

  • @mrspooks5287
    @mrspooks5287 4 роки тому +628

    There Are Three:
    *_Oceania_*
    *_Eurasia_*
    *_Eastasia_*

    • @IloveRumania
      @IloveRumania 4 роки тому +47

      1984.

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 4 роки тому +36

      No!
      There is just Oceania and the rest are enemies.
      Don't let them fool you comrade!!

    • @Kyle1227
      @Kyle1227 4 роки тому +27

      We have always been at war with Eurasia

    • @Martinxo51
      @Martinxo51 4 роки тому +22

      @@Kyle1227 and Eurasia has always been at war with Eastasia

    • @Kyle1227
      @Kyle1227 4 роки тому +21

      @@Martinxo51 And we have always been at war with Eastasia.

  • @lukasl4135
    @lukasl4135 Рік тому +1

    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

  • @taherelmadani7337
    @taherelmadani7337 2 роки тому +1

    this is my new answer when someone asks me how many continents there are

  • @a2falcone
    @a2falcone 3 роки тому +53

    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.

  • @michellegiacalone1079
    @michellegiacalone1079 5 років тому +615

    "Remove the ice sheet that covers Antarctica..."
    We're trying.

    • @Aroacemafuyu
      @Aroacemafuyu 5 років тому +9

      *GOBAL WARMING*

    • @tris592
      @tris592 5 років тому +5

      @@Ryfried **global warming.

    • @stan3rdgenkpop
      @stan3rdgenkpop 5 років тому +4

      why you stealing a comment from 2 years ago

    • @michellegiacalone1079
      @michellegiacalone1079 5 років тому +4

      @@stan3rdgenkpop Because we're still trying?

    • @dove7374
      @dove7374 5 років тому +2

      @@tris592 goslr warming

  • @takashiari1598
    @takashiari1598 Рік тому +1

    I just refer to the Australian continent as Oceania because there is so much else included like Fiji, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea

  • @petertrebensky275
    @petertrebensky275 2 роки тому +1

    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

  • @hashidatackey8758
    @hashidatackey8758 8 років тому +54

    2:23 Honshu rule 34 island?? How

    • @GarryDumblowski
      @GarryDumblowski 8 років тому

      If you have a really perverted mind, then I guess it kinda looks like a penis?

    • @hashidatackey8758
      @hashidatackey8758 8 років тому +3

      +Hecatia Lapislazuli well, I was born lived there for 6 years. But XD

    • @GarryDumblowski
      @GarryDumblowski 8 років тому

      Hashida Tackey
      Truthfully, I don't think it looks like a penis at all.

    • @hashidatackey8758
      @hashidatackey8758 8 років тому

      +Hecatia Lapislazuli me neither

    • @hashidatackey8758
      @hashidatackey8758 8 років тому

      +orochimarujes oh yeah that too

  • @doubleunifierh25jndborigin23
    @doubleunifierh25jndborigin23 4 роки тому +180

    Continents:
    dirt

    • @ashleybyrd2015
      @ashleybyrd2015 3 роки тому +3

      Brb gonna sell some continents on ebay

    • @yellowrobloxian37-gaming50
      @yellowrobloxian37-gaming50 3 роки тому

      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

    • @phase0400
      @phase0400 3 роки тому

      @@yellowrobloxian37-gaming50 arabia and india no. China is bigger than india ur indian arent u?

    • @anothergermanmapper7754
      @anothergermanmapper7754 3 роки тому

      @@n.m.8802 Central America as a continent is a stupid idea. And you could fuse Persia and Arabia. Also, Indochina? Yeah, no.

  • @Messiiiii599
    @Messiiiii599 2 роки тому

    Bro my teacher subscribed to this dude

  • @Slu5h3
    @Slu5h3 2 роки тому

    I like the geologist definition :D

  • @captainclarky5352
    @captainclarky5352 6 років тому +57

    0:50 lol nice reference to 1984 there

  • @cameronballard155
    @cameronballard155 7 років тому +239

    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.

    • @MenagerieOfMadness501
      @MenagerieOfMadness501 7 років тому +14

      Cameron Ballard Panthalassa. Nuff said

    • @theorangeninja6486
      @theorangeninja6486 7 років тому +31

      James Vo Alaska is cold as fuck and Tijuana is a sweltering hell hole and yet they are both considered "North America"

    • @rylencason4420
      @rylencason4420 6 років тому

      THERE IS ONE OCEAN, around the continents. The oceans are too similar to divide them.

    • @HitodamaKyrie
      @HitodamaKyrie 6 років тому

      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.

    • @mateistoian726
      @mateistoian726 6 років тому

      Cameron Ballard the oceans have different cultures ;))

  • @CheesiusCaesar69
    @CheesiusCaesar69 2 роки тому

    0:50 I always thought this clip never made any sense until i discovered 1984

  • @jingqiao661
    @jingqiao661 2 роки тому +1

    ‘How many do you want there to be?’
    Well I wish New Zealand could be included in maps for once :(