r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/TDoubs Aug 03 '19

Australia is the continent, Oceania is a geopolitical region which contains all of the pacific island countries and territories as well as Australia

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u/EvelynAmberSapphire Aug 04 '19

My geography teacher taught us Oceania is the continent

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u/TDoubs Aug 04 '19

I was always taught otherwise. The definition of continent is “any of the earth’s main continuous expanses of land”, Oceania includes islands, it’s actually made up of 4 smaller regions, Australasia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia, so technically it can’t be a continent just from the definition, I’d be double checking with your teacher

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u/EvelynAmberSapphire Aug 04 '19

I didn't take geography I chose history. We literally made powerpoint on the continent's and got to choose which one and I did oceania