Which of the 7 continents of the world has the most number of countries?

Africa. Africa has a total of 54 countries, the most of any continent.

Why are the borders of Africa straight?

In the case of Africa, some of its countries’ borders have straight-line because they colonized by European powers. Most of these colonies obtained independence during the 1900s. European powers divided up regions between themselves and drew borders dividing mainly to avoid a dispute with other powers.

How many borders does Africa have?

There are about 110 borders between African States and several inter-State borders that cut across the entire African continent. The origins of these borders date back to the later nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial and empire period.

How many borders does Europe have?

Europe

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Area	10,180,000 km2 (3,930,000 sq mi) (6th)
Demonym	European
Countries	50 sovereign states 6 with limited recognition
Dependencies	6 dependencies

What continent has 12 countries?

South America
South America – 12 South America contains 12 independent countries. The largest and most populous country on the continent, by far, is Brazil, which is home to nearly 214 million people. This is almost half the population of the entire continent.

How Africa was divided?

In 1885 European leaders met at the infamous Berlin Conference to divide Africa and arbitrarily draw up borders that exist to this day. Lines of longitude and latitude, rivers and mountain ranges were pressed into service as borders separating the colonies.

Are the continents always where they are today?

The continents have not always been where they are today. About 480 million years ago, most continents were scattered chunks of land lying along or south of the Equator. Millions of years of continuous tectonic activity changed their positions, and by 240 million years ago, almost all of the world’s land was joined in a single, huge continent.

What are the 7 continents of the world?

Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Together these make up the 7 continents of the world. Depending where you are from variations with fewer continents may merge some of these.

How far are the continents moving away from each other?

The positions of the continents are always changing. North America and Europe are moving away from each other at the rate of about 2.5 centimeters (one inch) per year. If you could visit the planet in the future, you might find that part of the United States’s state of California had separated from North America and become an island.

How did the world become a continent 240 million years ago?

Millions of years of continuous tectonic activity changed their positions, and by 240 million years ago, almost all of the world’s land was joined in a single, huge continent. Geologists call this supercontinent Pangaea, which means “all lands” in Greek.