Americans and Non-Americans, What is Your Opinion on the United States of America in General

[Rogerioandrade]

sc94597 said:

Rogerioandrade said:

- the insistence in treating regional continental divisions as separate continents (North/South/Central America). Thankfully, not all Americans agree with that and many don´t care. But those who care have a tendency to be very, very vocal about it, to the point of hating those who don´t agree. It seems that they don´t like to think that they live in the same continent as Venezuela or Brazil.

Generally this is the logic behind it. Eurasia has a better claim to being a single continent than America. 

 

I see.....

There are at least  seven continent models accepted/known universally, but only 2 of them actually consider North/South America as separate continents.

America is considered as a single continent since its discovery, it was only later, in the 17th century, that some maps started to depict North and South America, for some unknow reason (probably due to colonization matters)

Even so, it´s still a country and a continent with the same name. It can get confusing, sometimes.