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I am not american, but I always see Canada + USA as being north-america, whereas anything south of the US is south america. Is that weird, or do you also see it that way?
I feel like, culturally, Central America has a lot more in common with South America than with the United States or Canada, so it makes sense. Granted, isn't Latin America already a kind of catchall for clumping Central and South America together?
The one I don't get is why the Mideast refers to Muslim countries in Asia near North Africa while the Midwest refers to the Great Plains in the United States
Latin America also includes Mexico. Latin America is Mexico, Central America, and South America.
That's because we divide the globe into hemispheres and the east and west divide are split through the prime meridian taken from the perspective on someone on the prime meridian looking to either side.
True, but I don't know know that the manmade division of hemispheres is necessarily the cause of why some regions within those areas have similar cultures. For example, look at Canada and the United States. The only physical border that Canada shares is with the US, yet in terms of culture, Canada is far more similar to Europe than America
Close economic, societal ties. Mexico was practically lawless or between leaders for a good chunk of their history. Also having a language divide is also a good way to be seperated. Since canada is a british commonwealth they had to know english and america being a former british colony they had a lot to relate with to eachother.
Honestly I know a lot less about the political and societal crossing that south america did. They dont really have a too interesting of a history compared to other parts of the world.
You don't think so? Personally, I actually find the histories of the United States, Canada, and most European countries to be less interesting than other countries. Maybe it's specifically because of that added degree of foreignness
Honestly the longer you can draw your history back the more interesting your country.
Not shitting on south America here but the Aztec civilization was building pyramids when the university of oxford walls were still standing. The relative nature of time is fascinating.
Oh no there’s definitely central, and if you have been to both North America and South America you begin to understand what a fulcrum it is, it becomes glaringly apparent
Its weird because when you look up North America it often includes Central America as North America.