American Reacts to How Many Continents Are There by Map Men 

Oh dear, now you really need to do a Eurovision video to work out what that is all about😂

8:10 is a Simpson's reference, when Moe turns his bar into a family-friendly restaurant. He sings that when he serves kids food

Europe used to have its own continental plate, and used to be a continent in its own right like Africa and South America, until about 250 million years ago, when the European plate smashed into the Asian plate, and the Ural mountain range was formed. Since then, the two plates have been fused together. So at least the eastern geographical border of Europe is not an artificial construct; the border around the Caucasus gets a little more fuzzy though

In France we just have 5 continents since Australia and Antarctica are just considered to be island. However, the idea of Oceania (including Australia and New Zealand) is sometimes considered to be a "water" continent.

Nice job on correcting the "Birmingham" at the last minute. It's properly triggering when Americans give it the massive "hyeaaaam" at the end. 😂

8:21 - The Uncle Moe song is "Million Dollar birthday Fries" sung by Moe Szyslak in The Simpsons episode "Bart sells his soul".

One of those interesting bits of history Denmark invaded and then colonised england but also set colonies on icland and greenland through their relationship with the norsemen, some of them also braved the sea down to the Americas. The Japanese anime “vinland saga” accounts some of this

The "Uncle Moe" stuff is a Simpsons reference (Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag, episode 132) 😁

JJLA videos are great as I can see what I American thinks of England my country

It's completely unrelated but I'd love to watch you react to Babymetal. It's a japanese metal band. It's weird and it's awesome. If you do chose to react to Babymetal, I suggest you start with their very first ever song: "Doki Doki Morning".

Muse actually has a song called "United States of Eurasia", from their album The Resistance which has similar themes to the book "1984".

viz Greenland, Iceland used to be part of Denmark too, it only became independent in 1918 and completely severed ties with Denmark in 1944!

Does it matter how many continents there are? When online US americans insist on saying that every number but 7 is wrong, it damn sure does!

Here in Belgium we did use Ocianië for a continent. North-America, South-America,, Scandinavia, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the above for 7 total.

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) was by The Four Lads who were a Canadian male singing quartet. You were thinking of a cover.

I would use the noun version of contaminate where appropriate 😂

Great reaction, i learn 5 continents in my south american country, later in life i discover people in the US and Canada separate North and South America, and Europeans separate Europe and Asia. But now my opinion is there should be 4 continents based on big landmasses separated by oceans like the first definition (or even 3 if we consider Australia to be just a big island instead of a continent).

Slightly random, but sice the Straits of Bosphorus were mentioned. The battle there between the Sultanate of the Ottoman's and the Christians, with the chains across the straight, is an incredibly interesting one.

Kardashian is a traditional Armenian surname. PS, geologically speaking there's yet another continent, it's just that it - Zealandia - is 90% underwater! It's an area of continental crust which includes New Zealand, New Caledonia, various smaller island groups, and a lot of ocean. FWIW, even here in New Zealand we consider Oceania as a "continent" politically.

The bit about “don’t eat this, if you do consult a doctor” is that Norwegian and Swedish are fairly similar but the Vietnamese is very different.

What about Zealandia? !!!

😂😂😂oh dear JJLA, you are so young. They Might be Giants did a Cover of Istanbul (not Constantinople) the original came even before I was born (and I'm retired now). A Canadian band called The Four Lads 1953 did it first.

Istanbul not Constantinople is a song originally by a Canadian quartet called the four lads back in 1953, it's been used in old comedy shows over the years, they might be giants is a recent band that had a hit with this old song

I was taught there was 7 continents. Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica

Here you go, thank you ma'am! Uncle Mo while you eat!! Is a Simpson's reference. Also, please take the fries off my head, the basket is EXTREMELY hot!

In every romance language speaking country, we are taught that there are only 5 continents: America, Asia, Africa, Europa and Oceania. 😉

I recommend Jay's Potato song video.

uncle moe is a simpsons reference, when he has a family friendly restaurant with sparklers on his head.

The Uncle Moe thing is a Simpson's reference.

Isn't it between 4 and 7 continents depending on how they're named and which if any outliers you include. Although you could say one, Pangaea, and that it's just stretching it's legs before re-combining! Lets find out!

If it wasn’t for you even I would miss the jokes and I’m from the UK😂😂😂

You, are, the, only, one. There can be only one

It is complicated because the physical reality of 4 continents (by surrounded by oceans definition) is not useful for most things. The tectonic plates definition is useful for geology but little else. And none of them are as useful in a human reality as arbitrary borders based on ethnicity and history. Of course no continental definition can survive the irrational thought process. Example, Canadians and US citizens seem to not think of Mexico (which is part of NORTH America) as anything other than part of Central America or even South America (which it is definitely not.) Mexico is as North American as it gets, but try telling that to most US citizens. The term 'Latin America' is their clever way of suggesting that the bottom part of North America is located along the Mexico border.

It shouldn't depend who you ask. It's an unclear question, whoever you ask should ask what you mean by "continent" before they give you an answer.

😂 You're not meant to understand those symbols! It is brilliantly surreal 😂😂

What is an example of conurbation?, careful how you say it. One example of a conurbation is the expansive concept of the New York metropolitan area (the Tri-state region) centered on New York City, including 30 counties spread among New York State, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, with an estimated population of 21,961,994 in 2007. google. What is another word for conurbation? municipality metropolis city urban area urban sprawl built-up area megalopolis cosmopolis megacity burg plus 44 more on google.

10:23 "I would say yes, just to see it happen." - Sadly, that's why some people voted for the actual Brexit.

The problem is that there is no internationally agreed definition of "continent". I've seen loads of memes on the internet relating to continents that people endlessly argue about in the comments as people from different countries were taught different continental models. Same with South Americans getting annoyed when US citizens are referred to as "American" as in their languages / education systems, the term "American" stands for people from the continent "America". But in the view of the English-speaking world there is no continent called "America" as there are 2, so the word "American" wasn't taken and therefore can be used for US citizens. There is no right or wrong in this, it's just what you have been taught.

Even countries are mental constructs. The land itself has no idea what country it is.

Yes you are the only one LOL

However you devide it it becomes a bit stupid, landmasses separated by oceasns, then Iceland is a continent, Greenland too, New Zealand is at least two.

Were you aware that "Caucasian" technically means "white Asian"? At least that's what I was told 20 years ago...

Can we just pretend Great Britain is a continent so we can a nice even number 8? 😉

They forgot about African America. It's a big continent.