Yeah, there's some interesting extremes here.
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Yeah, there's some interesting extremes here.
And what of Mexico? It is on the North American continent yet has more in similar, economically and culturally with South American countries.
I have to correct something I said up thread. The Virginia opossum isn't the only marsupial in North America - the Mexican Mouse Opossum is found on the North America continent as well.
I honestly hadn't heard of the word Oceania (prior to your post) outside of the George Orwell novel "nineteen eight-four." And, since we're in a nitpicker thread, I believe you mean to use the word "along" rather than the words "as long..."
Neither had I.
They've always been at war with Eastasia, you know.
"Nitpicker." Now there's a word I haven't heard in a long, long time... Some happy times, some sad times. Now gone.
The term Oceania is well-known in Australia and includes Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia (including New Guinea), Micronesia and Polynesia.
The term Australasia is also used. It is made up of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands (but excludes Micronesia and Polynesia).
The term Australasia is also used. It is made up of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands (but excludes Micronesia and Polynesia).
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When I was younger I was taught that it was actually North America (US, Canada etc), Latin America (Mexico etc) and South America (Brazil and etc) that consisted the American Continent, than at some point in little before High School they started saying that it have changed to only North and South America, being Mexico part of South.
Never understood why exactly the decided to change that, but I assumed it was because of the whole economical thing.
(Just as Australia being considered part of the economical North Hemisphere, even though it's geographically down on South.)
It's what we call what I guess you'd say it's the Australian Continent? I'd have to check on that, the Oceania here for us it's Australia along with New Zealand, Tasmania and some other islands.
And haha, yeah, that's what I meant.
Weird, because we North Americans claim Mexico as part of OUR continent!
And of course you're all forgetting the term Central America, which I have seen on several maps to include Mexico and everything down to Panama.
I don't believe that's ever been taught as a separate continent. It's just another geographic grouping (similar to the phrase Latin America).
I think counting South America as part of North America (making one super continent of "America") is... odd.
Especialy considering South America is clearly it's own seperate, huge, landmass attahced to North America only by the tiny spindle of Mexico.
It makes about as much sense to me as considering Africa as being part of Eurasia.
Especialy considering South America is clearly it's own seperate, huge, landmass attahced to North America only by the tiny spindle of Mexico.
It makes about as much sense to me as considering Africa as being part of Eurasia.
Well no, not a separate continent, but certainly a term that was thrown about in my classes, while in others it was just North and South America, and in some everything south of the U.S. being Latin America. Oh if only the tectonic plates were more orderly!
Yeah, that's how I was taught as well.
I don't see why it's odd. They're both called Americas, if they weren't part of one huge thing it would only be fair if South America were called something else, like Africa is one thing and Europe/Asia are another...
I regard Central America as physically being part of the North America.
I regard Latin America as being those countries in which Spanish or Portuguese is the main language - which means most of South America (but excluding the Guyanas and Suriname) and also all of Central America (with the posible exclusion of Belize). I would also include the Spanish speaking countries of the Caribbean.
I regard Latin America as being those countries in which Spanish or Portuguese is the main language - which means most of South America (but excluding the Guyanas and Suriname) and also all of Central America (with the posible exclusion of Belize). I would also include the Spanish speaking countries of the Caribbean.
I was always taught that Mexico is part of North America, and that Central America consists of the seven small countries between Mexico and Colombia: Guatemala, Belize (formerly British Honduras), El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
If North and South America, which are connected by a very skinny isthmus less than 50 miles wide at its narrowest point, are a single continent, then why is Africa considered a separate continent when it's joined to the Eurasian landmass by an equally narrow isthmus?
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Here's something weird: I've always been taught in school that North America consists of just Mexico and everything north. The North American Free Trade Agreement even includes just Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.
The trouble is that wikipedia appears to add Central America as part of North America...which makes complete sense. I was just never taught that way...
The trouble is that wikipedia appears to add Central America as part of North America...which makes complete sense. I was just never taught that way...
