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In France 5 are taught.
America, Oceania, Europe, Asia, Africa
Yeah. Continent conventions are political, not geographical.
Antarctica: am I nothing to you?
(In fairness, there is an argument to be made—though personally I disagree with it—that Antarctica is an archipelago underneath the ice, and shouldn't be a continent for that reason.)
That’s the thing, French schools teach them as political regions, so Antarctica isn’t really mentioned since there aren’t large populations or nation states solely based thete.