Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: ...

If you are looking at a traditional world map, you won't get an accurate idea of the size of the seven continents; depicting a sphere onto a flat surface means that something will end up distorted.

The continent contains no countries ... Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps.

six and seven-continent responses around the world." While the U.S. teaches that there are seven continents, Europe teaches that there are only six, with North and South America counting as one ...