MY view of the Americas... USA, Canada, and Mexico are North America. Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize. El Salvador, and Costa Rica are Central America. all those islands are Caribbean.
Central America and the Caribbean are regions of North America. We're talking about continents here. Do you consider Central America and the Caribbean to be separate continents?
You must admit that considering Trinidad and Tobago - only 10 km from mainland South America (Venezuela) - part of North America is a little odd if we're using a strict physical geography definition of the continents. By contrast it's about 2000 km to the nearest part of mainland North America (Panama).
The US is 90km from Asia (Alaska/Russia), but you wouldn't place the US in Asia. Panama is 0km from Colombia, but you wouldn't place it in South America. Why should Trinidad be in South America- they don't touch ...
The difference, foxpenguin, is that Trinidad and Tobago is an island nation, whereas the vast majority of the USA's immense land area is indisputably in North America. Obviously a country on the mainland of one continent will not be considered part of another continent, regardless of proximity. Typically, though, I feel, it makes sense to classify island nations as belonging to the nearest continental landmass (though some islands sufficiently far into the ocean might be considered to belong to no continent). The islands of Trinidad and Tobago are much closer to the South American mainland than the North American mainland. In the case of the Diomede Islands, the continentality is up for dispute. Big Diomede is part of Russia, Little Diomede part of the State of Alaska, USA. They are less than 4 km apart. But that's a much less clear cut case than Trinidad which is vastly closer to the South American mainland than the North American mainland.
The continent is AMERICA. Then it is divided in: South America (anything south of Panama), North America (Mexico, Canada and USA) and Central America (everything in between plus the islands)
I think the thought about Trinidad and Tobago is interesting. It's on the Caribbean plate most of which is overwhelmingly thought of to be part of the continent of North America. Thus, Trinidad is also North America.
Interestingly, I've always thought us North Americans should grab half of Iceland for the same reason.
I'm down with that. We get the cooler, more populated half, including Reykjavík, the international airport at Keflavík, the vodka distillery at Borgarnes, all four beer breweries, and most of the greenhouses. Eurasia can keep Eyjafjallajökull and the eastern F-roads that swallow cars. :)
I believe that it is correct to have Trinidad be "North American" considering that it is part of the Caribbean. In addition to that, the Caribbean is unified by various international groups making them a sort of "state" or "country" if you will. By that logic, you shouldn't split up the country but keep it as a whole and it is hard to argue that most of the Caribbean isn't North American.
By this logic, the Middle East would not be part of Asia, it'd be its own separate continent. Same with Southeast Asia. ... Central America is a region. ... We're talking about continents. There are seven. Every land mass in the world fits into one of those seven. If you don't know the continents, hop in your Delorean, charge up your flux capacitor and head back to the second grade.
Keep in mind that not all schools or school systems teach that there are 7 continents, many teach that there are 6, or even 5. You could make a good argument supporting any of these views.
Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Rwanda, Mahore, and Cayman... Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia, Crete, Mauritania, then Transylvania, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Malta, and Palestine, Fiji, Australia, Sudan!
Unfortunately your views don't matter here. Facts are facts. All of these countries are considered North America..... Central America is region within North America. North America and South America are continents on the landmass of America.
Go to El Salvador and tell the people that they are part of North America. See how that goes. (Will you use English? It's the most common language in North America.)
I started looking for a Salvadorian chat room online where I could ask. I got bored before I actually found one. I imagine, and strongly suspect, that the average Salvadorian doesn't really give a crap about this and would probably just accept whatever I said. Used to work with a lot of them, and while every one of them spoke English most were not passionate geography nerds. But ultimately it doesn't matter. Until this is a Spanish-language El Salvador-based website the correct response to this sophomoric challenge is: who cares what they think in Salvador? The common convention learned by almost everyone who visits this website is that there are two continents in the Americas, North and South. Stop trying to be difficult.
France should definitely be part of it. St Pierre and Miquelon, two islands close to Newfoundland. Martinique and Guadeloupe, two major islands in the caribbean area, plus St Barthelemy and other small islands in the vicinity. St Pierre an Miquelon, Martinique and Guadeloupe are french departments, just as Paris is.
The United States is not included in the countries of Oceania, despite the fact that Hawaii is in that continent. This is a similar situation with France.
And this is why the Greek islands are not included as part of Asia. Greece and its islands are NOT part of Asia - get over yourselves! Erm except Cyprus is part of Asia - no it's not -yes it is! Its not Greek - well at least half of it is - not the British bases - and Turkey's in Asia, well not all of it ...............goes off to make another cup of tea..............so therefore Turkey is all Asian and Greece is all European OK, but not Cyprus? No Cyprus is a sovereign nation in its own right! And its in Europe? NO it's in Asia. OK......Goes off to drink cup of tea and have a chat with the kids..........So that's why Trinidad is in Central America but should be part of Venezuela, not Guyana? NO NO and NO, don't you ever listen?!
Also the entire island of new guinea is in the Australian plate and that would make one part of Indonesia Australian even though it is considered part of Asia Sicily is also not part of Africa
Maybe it has something to do with tectonic plates? Is Cyprus on the European or Asian tectonic plate? In the countries quiz, it's listed in Asia, but Cyprus is part or the EU. Are the islands of Trinidad and Tobago on the North American plate or the South American plate or some other plate?
I had a question about...the UK is not a country like the UAE. It's a group or Federation. Northern Ireland, Wales, England, and Scotland are countries. In the UAE, you have Dubai, Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah, Fujairah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, and Abu Dhabi. Some places on the internet call Scotland a country or England
a country. Not so much with the UAE, but they do, sometimes.
I know for the UK, one person represents the whole UK in the UN. So, it's difficult to determine when any website you look up England on, it'll say England is a country in Europe. Well, how can a country like England be part of a country like the UK?
Acts of Union 1707, ring a bell? Scotland and England were both sovereign countries before the Acts of Union happened. Tecnically, all the countries in the UK are countries, just not sovereign.
If our understanding of continents was actually based on plate tectonics, then the eastern tip of Russia would be in North America, Eurasia would be a single continent, India would not be Eurasian and it might be part of Australia, the Philippines would be its own continent and there would be a continent called the Caribbean that would include the southern 2/3rds of Central America as well as bits of Venezuela and Colombia.
In short, no, it's not about plate tectonics at all. Plate tectonic theory was first proposed in the early 1900s, a very long time after we were calling Africa Africa, calling Asia Asia, calling Europe Europe and so on.
In Brazil, 100% of schools teach that North America are only Mexico and the two above. South America is Colombia and the continental below. Central America is the rest: from Guatemala to Panama and allthe Caribbean Islands...
By this logic, the Middle East would not be part of Asia, it'd be its own separate continent. Same with Southeast Asia. Central America is a region. We're talking about continents. There are seven. Every land mass in the world fits into one of those seven.
Are you from Brazil? How many continents do they believe there are? The answer wouldn't be relevant to the quiz until this becomes a Portuguese-language website, but I am just curious.
When I was in school we were first taught that Central America didn't belong to any continent - it was a region all its own - but later we were taught that Central America was part of North America, although Caribbean islands still didn't belong to a continent. They were simply separate islands. I believe there are still some who maintain that only countries on continental landmasses belong with that continent. It doesn't really matter to me and I can see it both ways, but on this site I do as the Jetpunkers do.
Actually, Trinidad is on the South American Plate, as are Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. And, as far as Panama being part of North and not South America: Panama was once part of Colombia, so
either Panama is in South America or Colombia is in North America!
Hello ladies, gentlement and everybody else wondering about what is North and what is not. This quiz follows JetPunk's definition of continental borders. That means that no Greenland (Nor Denmark), no France, no UK, no Netherlands (No Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Marteen also), no Colombia and no Venezuela. The Caribbean follows the law of 'Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are the borders and if you pass that borders you are South American'. And of course, no territory or constituent coutry is considered a country in its own right.
No it isn’t..... South America only as 12 countries. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.
I forgot Grenada the first time and then I wanted to redo it and I got distracted and left it running for 3 minutes and then couldn't think of Trinidad but barely got it
Wow, as an Australian, it is really interesting to see the countries that most don't even know exist down there! One day I hope I can travel to those places.
Interestingly, I've always thought us North Americans should grab half of Iceland for the same reason.
You’re not part of the UN, are you?
The continents are specifically defined, so get over it!
The Caribbean is a part of North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Panama
Haiti
Jamaica
Peru
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Caribbean
Greenland
El Salvador
(Animaniacs reference...)
Guatemala Bolivia (then) Argentina (and) Ecuador Chile Brazil
Both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain
The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal
France, England, Denmark, and Spain
Burma, Afghanistan
Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan
Kampuchea, Malaysia
Then Bangladesh (Asia)
And China, Korea, Japan
The Philippine Islands, Taiwan
Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand
Then Borneo, and Vietnam
Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana
Mozambique, Zambia, Swaziland, Gambia
Guinea, Algeria, Ghana
The Spanish Sahara is gone
Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Liberia
Egypt, Benin, and Gabon
Sierra Leone and Algiers.
Dahomey Namibia Senegal Libya
Cameroon Congo Zaire!
If it is, i like your humor.
If it isn't...well
I had a question about...the UK is not a country like the UAE. It's a group or Federation. Northern Ireland, Wales, England, and Scotland are countries. In the UAE, you have Dubai, Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah, Fujairah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, and Abu Dhabi. Some places on the internet call Scotland a country or England
a country. Not so much with the UAE, but they do, sometimes.
I know for the UK, one person represents the whole UK in the UN. So, it's difficult to determine when any website you look up England on, it'll say England is a country in Europe. Well, how can a country like England be part of a country like the UK?
In short, no, it's not about plate tectonics at all. Plate tectonic theory was first proposed in the early 1900s, a very long time after we were calling Africa Africa, calling Asia Asia, calling Europe Europe and so on.
you want to be technical about it, they should be considered
part of South America. That does not exorcise them from the
Caribbean because Venezuela and Colombia are in South \
America, yet considered part of the Caribbean because part
of their countries are on the Caribbean.
either Panama is in South America or Colombia is in North America!
I think you're going to have to rename these quizzes 'name all of the countries coloured yellow in this map'
Scoring
You scored 6/23 = 26%
This beats or equals 5.3% of test takers
The average score is 19
Your high score is 6
i think
edit: 4:22 now
I got the rest right.