Johnw1104 said: I will say that, while I've always felt it makes perfect sense to have both a North and South America, I've never been entirely sure where Central America should fall lol Generally it is taught that there are three countries in North America (Canada, USA, Mexico), but it always seemed to me that North America should include everything down to the western half of Panama. |
I think it's because you are 1 level down the category tree. The 'North America' that comprises CA, USA & Mexico is perhaps just a region within the larger "North America" the continent.
I was taught all the countries from Panama to Canada, plus the strings of islands in the Caribbean are part of North America.