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Continent models are very arbitrary and vary based on where you are, what language you’re speaking, etc. Fun fact, in Mexico (and most of Latin America), North
by readarticle 6y ago
Continent models are very arbitrary and vary based on where you are, what language you’re speaking, etc.
Fun fact, in Mexico (and most of Latin America), North America is simply a subregion of the real continent “America” that includes North, Central, and South as one.
Prior to WWI or II, the US used that definition (The Americas) as well IIRC.
- mantap 6y agoI think most Americans do implicitly treat it as one continent because if you talk about Central America you kind of have to, otherwise Central America would be part of North America and that's just weird.
- qalmakka 6y agoAFAIK South and North America belong to two independent tectonic plates that happened to merge a few millions of years ago; North America was part of Laurasia, while South America was part of Gondwana and it was originally attached with Africa. So I guess you can indeed argue that North and South America are two different continents...