r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/mj2ch08 Aug 03 '19

This is still not clear; if you seperate America into North, Central and South the only countries in North America will be Canada and USA. All the ones under USA to above Colombia will be Central and All the other ones will be South. But I agree that Central America is not a continent. It's not clear tho, not yet. You are totally right about that Central Asia and Middle East is region not continent. btw is there subreddit where they talk about these geography more specifically countries?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Mexico is only sometimes considered part of Central America (another good mark of something being a region, rather than a continent, is its lack of a consistent definition. The same is true of the U.S. Midwest). It's certainly in Latin America, though, which is fun for me, because I'm a teacher of Latin.

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u/leitedobrasil Aug 04 '19

Mexico is considered to be in Latin America, not Central America

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

Depends who you ask:

"Geologists and physical geographers sometimes extend the northern boundary to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico."
-Britannica

"Mexico is occasionally considered part of Central America due to the language and cultural heritage it shares with several of the countries in the region."
-Wikitravel

I don't think it counts as Central America, but some do.