The name Pangaea (one of several theorized prehistoric supercontinents) has the root words pan (Latin for entire) and Gaea (Gaia) the mythological Earth goddess. So it means "the entire world." Wegener's original term was Urkontinent.
Pangaea
When all the continents were joined together as one supercontinent, it was called Pangaea.
Actually, Pangaea was all the continents smashed together. But, the two continents that broke apart after Pangaea was created were named "Gondwanaland" and "Laurasia".
Pangea is considered the first known supercontinent.
It wasn't three continents it was all of them.
Pangaea. It was known as the supercontinent.
All of the Continents fitting together i think
The name for all the continents put together is "supercontinent." The most recent supercontinent was Pangaea, which existed about 300 million years ago.
When all the continents are stuck together, it is called a supercontinent. The most recent supercontinent is known as Pangaea.
Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift, suggesting that all the continents were once connected in a single supercontinent he named Pangaea.
When all continents were connected, they were part of the supercontinent called Pangaea. Pangaea existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, before breaking apart into the continents we know today.
When all the continents fit together into one big continent, we call that Pangaea.