• Humanius@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Africa, Asia, and South America

    So we are not counting North-America, where the ICE raids continue then?

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      2 months ago

      America is one continent.

      ITT: Lots of angry Americans on copium. Stay strong.

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        2 months ago

        If America is one continent, then Afro-Eurasia is also one continent.

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          Depends on which third grade. Some countries learn about America as one continent in e.g. a six-continent model. Which I think is silly given the obvious first continental divide to go would be the Eurasian one that only exists for historical reasons.

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            Which I think is silly given the obvious first continental divide to go would be the Eurasian one that only exists for historical reasons.

            America makes sense for historical reasons as well. After all it is a massive settlers colony of different European nations. The Spanish influence very much connects both continents, if you want to do that.

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            This is the correct model. America developed very similarly, unlike parts of Eurasia which is why Europe and Asia are definitely culturally distinct, but America isn‘t. At least not for a lot of us.

            Sorry „north“ Americans, but you‘re not that different from Argentinians to us.

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              Developed very similarly? On what time scale? Inuit, Salish, Cherokee, Aztec, Inca, and Rapa Nui are all pretty distinct. Post-colonialism there’s lots of differences between French, English, Spanish, and Portugese influence. And topographically the North Andes are a pretty solid border (though in many ways it makes more sense to extend out to the coast).

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        2 months ago

        Seems like you enjoyed US education. North America and South America are 2 continenta. They are sometimes referred to as The Americas when talking about them. Same as how europe and asia is called eurasia. Oh and “central america” is a part of north america.

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          2 months ago

          This entirely depends on where in the world you are from.

          The English-speaking world generally refers to America as two continents.
          The Spanish-speaking world generally refers to America as one continent.

          Neither are correct, both are correct.