I thought there were only two types of maps, one where they divide the Pacific and one where they divide the Atlantic. It's pretty stupid to just cut right through a continent.

The America's like to have themselves in the middle. :P

You'd think it makes sense to dow a world map in the part where there is no land mass cut off but alas, got to make sure Russia is divided in 2.

"Historically, there are four named oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. However, most countries now recognize the Southern (Antarctic) as the fifth ocean. The Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian are known as the three major oceans."

3, 4, or 5 depending on who you ask.  I mean technically they are all connected so you could say 1 and just call it the ocean. Dividing it up seems to vary to countries discreation.

There is also the recently scientifically discussed now mostly submerged continent of Zealandia in the pacific consisting of New Zealand and pacific islands extending to huge under water regions close to mainland Australia.

There are so many plates, so I only counted the major ones. But yes could argue Arabia and central America are continents

"continents"

thats where division starts already

there be only 1 continent: pangea

As a Geography nerd, it has been hard to remain restrained for this wrong.

First of all, we have to remember that the definition of continent is "big chunk of land." Problem is, this is not exactly clear, and there are loads of situations where the term is used very differently, including some fields of geography and geology.

Ms Sunnyfield in Kindergarten might have taught you that there were 7 continents. She also taught you that there were 9 planets and that you could see the Great Wall of China from the moon. This is because Ms Sunnyfield is a sociopathic liar, and should not be trusted.

That up there is what is usually meant by the Seven Continents. As you can see, most continents are either completely isolated from their neighbors or only share a narrow land border. For example, the border between North and South America is under 100 miles wide, the connection between Asia and Africa is not even 80 miles wide, and the border between Europe and Asia is about 1600 miles wide.

Yeah, 1600 miles. And it isn't even that tall a mountain range that stretches that length. The tallest mountain is shorter than a bunch of mountains in Indonesia, and we don't divide that into continents.

I like this map.

I like how New Guinea is divided by a political boundary from north to south which this map determines whether it's in Asia or Australia, instead of the mountain range that runs from west to east. I also like how this map saves us from the debate if the Sinai is in Asia or Africa by simply making the Suez canal as wide as the Red Sea. I like how instead of Europe and Asia being divided by the Urals, it's divided by the Don River...sort of, just like the good old days. I also like how Japan has gone missing, now North Korea can freely shoot missiles over the ocean without bothering anyone.

I'm nitpicking but the standards for teaching Geography are shockingly bad.

I'm not sure but if Sal is a teacher then they're off to a good start by exposing Ms Sunnyfield's lies.

I'm not a teacher, I'm just passionate about Geography.