Originally posted by jqnetto *Oceania is the continent. Australia is a country;

Originally posted by jqnetto *Oceania is the continent. Australia is a country; There are 6, since America is only one continent.

Originally posted by jqnetto *Oceania is the continent. Australia is a country; There are 6, since America is only one continent.

Originally posted by jqnetto *Oceania is the continent. Australia is a country; There are 6, since America is only one continent.

To start with, the continent where New Zealand is can be taught as Australia or Oceania in English speaking parts of the world, both are CORRECT and can be used interchangeably, it all depends on which one is more common where you live. I live in Chile, so I've always called it "Oceanía" in Spanish. I was also taught the Americas were just one continent called "América" in SPANISH. This also leads to a debate, since America is used in English to refer to the United States of America, which is completely valid in ENGLISH. In other parts of the world, North and South America are always taught as different continents, and it's VALID. Continents are taught differently around the world and in different languages, all forms of teaching them are correct, it's not that hard to understand

Originally posted by Finny Can anyone else beat the Countries of the World quiz on sporcle?

AMEN to this post.

Originally posted by Finny Can anyone else beat the Countries of the World quiz on sporcle?

Originally posted by DenzxShe To some extent, yes. But it' divided into two different parts. The North and South which counts as separate continents.

Originally posted by Britney Is Fierce To start with, the continent where New Zealand is can be taught as Australia or Oceania in English speaking parts of the world, both are CORRECT and can be used interchangeably, it all depends on which one is more common where you live. I live in Chile, so I've always called it "Oceanía" in Spanish. I was also taught the Americas were just one continent called "América" in SPANISH. This also leads to a debate, since America is used in English to refer to the United States of America, which is completely valid in ENGLISH. In other parts of the world, North and South America are always taught as different continents, and it's VALID. Continents are taught differently around the world and in different languages, all forms of teaching them are correct, it's not that hard to understand

Originally posted by Lethal Everything before this statement was spot on.

Originally posted by Vini Technically it is divided in three parts, not two. North, Central and South America. If you want to divide it, do it properly.

Oceania, also known as Oceanica, is a region centred on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean.Opinions of what constitutes Oceania range from its three subregions of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia to, more broadly, the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago. The term is often used more specifically to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate islands or biogeographically as a synonym for either the Australasian ecozone (Wallacea and Australasia) or the Pacific ecozone (Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia apart either from New Zealand or from mainland New Guinea).