So is America one or two continents? Our US schools call them North America and South America despite being connected as a single land mass.
The other fun one to spring on we United States of America citizens if that the full and proper name of Mexico is “The United Mexican States”. Having Mexico have a name and a similar idea of states forming a union, but not bring the USA doing it really bugs people here.
That’s exactly what happens to me when I tell them America is a continent. Like, WTF?
We’ll just one-up the crazy: ‘Murica is the ONLY continent.
So is America one or two continents? Our US schools call them North America and South America despite being connected as a single land mass.
The other fun one to spring on we United States of America citizens if that the full and proper name of Mexico is “The United Mexican States”. Having Mexico have a name and a similar idea of states forming a union, but not bring the USA doing it really bugs people here.
there are various thoughts on this matter
I was taught that North and South America formed one large continent called the Americas.
This makes complete sense. But let’s not act like Europe isn’t just a peninsula of Asia.