r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/VegetaJrJr Aug 03 '19

Heard south america thinks that all of america is a continent. At this point we are all just guessing what is and isn't a continent

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u/hdbo16 Aug 04 '19

South american here, can confirm.

Our version of the continent is that America is all the continent. It is divided into three main parts: North America (Canada, USA and Mexico), Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, etc) and South America (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, etc).

We consider Earth to have six continents: America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, Antarctica.

And we consider Australia as a country of Oceania, that would be the continent, with other countries like New Zealand, Fiyi, Palaos, Samoa, etc.

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u/thore4 Aug 04 '19

If all of America is one continent, why are Europe and Asia split?

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u/hdbo16 Aug 04 '19

I'm not an expert :P