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At 11:40 PM 98.12.4, Andy C Pratt wrote: > I hope that CGFers can help me with a question I was recently asked by a > friend who is writing a book about Geography for 5-8 year olds. What are the > continents of the world ? > Well, it seems the standard response is: Africa, Asia, South America, North > American, Europe, Australiasia, Antarctica. > Of course, the 'real answer' is that it is a social construction. But, that > simply generates more questions: who created it, who normalised it ? Also, > what are the other constructions (South American, or Asian geographers might > have an entirely different taxonomy). Dear colleague, In Japan, the standard answer should be: Eurasia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica. In some cases, putting Antarctica aside, the world is referred to as "Five Continents". Hoping this helps a bit. Harumichi YAMADA, DSc. Department of Communication Studies Tokyo Keizai University [log in to unmask] http://camp.ff.tku.ac.jp/YAMADA-KEN/English/home.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%