I swear this is what I was taught in school when I was a kid. Now I see that it includes all of the Caribbean islands and has something like 23 countries in total. I can't be the only one who thought it was just the three
Maybe cuz of NAFTA?
Obviously the North American continent has 23 countries but if Central America is a region, what do you call the region consisting of Canada, US, and Mexico?
The following is an alphabetical list of countries in the United Nations geoscheme for the Americas grouped by subregion and (if applicable) intermediate region. Note that the continent of North America comprises the intermed...
Everyone knows America is the USA. We are known worldwide as Americans. This never includes other countries. Case closed.
I agree with this. If you are in Europe, a Canadian would NEVER say, "hey, I am an American." And if a US citizen is not called an American, what are they supposed to be called? A United Statesian?
I swear this is what I was taught in school when I was a kid. Now I see that it includes all of the Caribbean islands and has something like 23 countries in total. I can't be the only one who thought it was just the three
As a card carrying exceptionalist, I assumed America is the world.
The Olympic flag has 5 rings representing the 5 inhabited continents. What are they? I thought everyone that watched the olympics knew what those 5 rings symbolized.
Since there are many island countries competing in the Olympics, presumably they are also included with one of the 5 continents.
Define "North America" though. If you mean "the contiguous landmass of North America" then nations that are not physically on that continent are indeed not included.
If you mean part of some cultural constellation such as the FIFA "North American Cup," then yes, Jamaica and Cuba should, for example, also be included.
You just have to figure out if you are talking about a cultural union or a fact of geology.
it’s a geological fact that Jamaica and Cuba are on the same tectonic plate as America.
You know, the definition of a continent..
There is no one definition of what a continent is. It's a matter of opinion. Some countries, like the US, say there are 7 continents. Some say only 6. Others say 5. And a few countries even say there are only 4 continents.
In the US we are taught 7 continents but that's just our interpretation, not an actual fact.
Source - I learned this the hard way by arguing with people in other countries who were taught in their country's schools that there are less than 7 continents.
1) There isn't the US, Canada and Mexico, because Mexico is officially the United States of Mexico.
2) South America is connected to North America, so it's not correct to call it two continents. You can't walk from one continent to another, that makes no sense.
3) Europe is not remotely disconnected from Asia, so that's not two continents either. And you can walk to both of them from Africa.
4) America and Eurasia-Africa are barely different continents, and only because the sea level rose. Despite this, people have walked between them on ice.
5) Part of the United States and Canada is French. The Quebequois might secede at any moment and become a new country, they've tried before.
a human from guatemala is as much of an american as someone from the u.s. of america is. thats just a 100 % objective fact. There is no other way you can spin this without being very wrong.
a human from guatemala is as much of an american as someone from the u.s. of america is. thats just a 100 % objective fact. There is no other way you can spin this without being very wrong.
I certainly wouldn't call that human wrong if they said "Soy Americano," but when I lived in Guatemala, I never heard anyone say that. I think the bigger question is whether you can disallow US Americans from referring to their nationality as American -- even if it sounds like it's taking ownership of a word that people from other countries may feel is partly theirs.
Denmark shares a land border with Canada on Hans Island, so I guess add Denmark to the list.
You can also add France. Saint Pierre and Miquelon are islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Its residents are French citizens; the collectivity elects its own deputy to the National Assembly and participates in senatorial and presidential elections. Their currency is the Euro.
a human from guatemala is as much of an american as someone from the u.s. of america is. thats just a 100 % objective fact. There is no other way you can spin this without being very wrong.
I certainly wouldn't call that human wrong if they said "Soy Americano," but when I lived in Guatemala, I never heard anyone say that. I think the bigger question is whether you can disallow US Americans from referring to their nationality as American -- even if it sounds like it's taking ownership of a word that people from other countries may feel is partly theirs.
If Americans started saying “I’m Earthian”, I wouldn’t call those humans wrong, just aspirational, until NATO expands to cover the entire planet, that is.
a human from guatemala is as much of an american as someone from the u.s. of america is. thats just a 100 % objective fact. There is no other way you can spin this without being very wrong.
I don't disagree with that in a continental sense. But when you ask them where they are from, they say, "I am Guatemalan." The people from France say, "I am French." That is how normal people talk.
What you want United States citizens to say for that question? "I am not Canadian, Mexican, or Brazilian, I am ............" Everyone gets to be someone. What are we?
We are indeed United States of Americans but that sounds idiotic (and too long), so no one has ever said that. We just call ourselves Americans and that is not confusing to anyone unless they are trying to be jerks about it.
Hell, I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I only snapped to Mexico being part of North America a few years ago.
Several Germans I know were taught that there is a North America, Central American, and South America. But they were taught this in a geo-political sense, not a plate-techtonic sense (see my original post on page 1).
They are older, so that might not be the current way of teaching it. They refused to believe me when I said that Mexico was in NORTH America.
I swear this is what I was taught in school when I was a kid. Now I see that it includes all of the Caribbean islands and has something like 23 countries in total. I can't be the only one who thought it was just the three
I am guessing that if you are an American, you were likely educated in a state that is at present a Pro-Trump state
I swear this is what I was taught in school when I was a kid. Now I see that it includes all of the Caribbean islands and has something like 23 countries in total. I can't be the only one who thought it was just the three
Maybe cuz of NAFTA?
Obviously the North American continent has 23 countries but if Central America is a region, what do you call the region consisting of Canada, US, and Mexico?
