Why is Europe a continent?

[Won Won]

Australasia is really going to blow some minds

 

[ChatGPT-5]

I only see one continent and a bunch of zombie infested islands, wastelands and tundras.

 

[Cheesy]

You in America? Honestly, I never remember it being taught as Eurasia until my junior year of high school and even then it was just a term used to describe both continents. I'ma need the history of that.

As my name might give away, I'm from the Netherlands. We used two different words for continents though, we also had what can be best translated as 'world parts', I might be making it up but if I remember correctly Eurasia is the continent, while Europe and Asia are the worldparts. According to the dutch wiki: continents are based on geological factors, while worldparts are based on geopolitical factors. I guess you engilsh-speakers need to specify this to find out about which definition you are talking. So to answer the OP: Europe is a continent because you use a geopolitical view when defining the continents.

Australia just a big ass island like Greenland but it was allowed to be a continent tho.

Australia is roughly four times the size of Greenland

 

[OneManGang]

I don't understand the concept of this thread. By your reasoning, shouldn't we be questing why North America and South America are two different continents....they are connected by an isthmus. Or why Africa and Asia are two different continents? They are connected by the Isthmus of Suez? Rivers, bodies of water, and mountains don't count? Geography wasn't an exact science during most of these designations anyway. Cultural differences did play a large part in separating landmasses. Kick knowledge brehs and help me understand the problem.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

As my name might give away, I'm from the Netherlands. We used two different words for continents though, we also had what can be best translated as 'world parts', I might be making it up but if I remember correctly Eurasia is the continent, while Europe and Asia are the worldparts. According to the dutch wiki: continents are based on geological factors, while worldparts are based on geopolitical factors. I guess you engilsh-speakers need to specify this to find out about which definition you are talking. So to answer the OP: Europe is a continent because you use a geopolitical view when defining the continents.



Australia is roughly four times the size of Greenland

Indeed.

Make yourself at home here in HL my potential weed smoking friend.

 

[gho3st]

I don't understand the concept of this thread. By your reasoning, shouldn't we be questing why North America and South America are two different continents....they are connected by an isthmus. Or why Africa and Asia are two different continents? They are connected by the Isthmus of Suez? Rivers, bodies of water, and mountains don't count? Geography wasn't an exact science during most of these designations anyway. Cultural differences did play a large part in separating landmasses. Kick knowledge brehs and help me understand the problem.

You answered your own question and you din't even realize it.

 

[BlackMajik]

Go into my Paul Mooney Thread lol

We talked about this

 

[OneManGang]

You answered your own question and you din't even realize it.

Well thats what i'm saying. Europe is a continent due to those factors. Is there a problem with that?

 

[cinna_man]

I only see one continent and a bunch of zombie infested islands, wastelands and tundras.

You've been playing too much Civilization.

 

[cinna_man]

Watch this, brehs

 

[gho3st]

Well thats what i'm saying. Europe is a continent due to those factors. Is there a problem with that?

see the difference?

 

[Crakface]

The word continent is stupid.

 

[WaveGang]

White supremacy.

came in to say this

the same reason why all the "developed" countries are on the top of the map

 

[godkiller]

I don't understand the concept of this thread. By your reasoning, shouldn't we be questing why North America and South America are two different continents....they are connected by an isthmus. Or why Africa and Asia are two different continents? They are connected by the Isthmus of Suez? Rivers, bodies of water, and mountains don't count? Geography wasn't an exact science during most of these designations anyway. Cultural differences did play a large part in separating landmasses. Kick knowledge brehs and help me understand the problem.

Right. This entire thread is idiotic. Every continent is connected to every other continent. The term continent is merely a term meant to signify difference in flora (plants), fauna (animals), climate, ethnic origin, etc. It's a nebulous and subjective term with some objective underlining but not too much.

 

[KeysT]

Its not. Simple.