America isn't a continent split into three parts called "North America", "Central America", and "South America".
Both North America and South America are separate continents unto themselves.
North America is divided up into over 33 countries/territories including The Untied States, Canada, and Mexico. Also included in this list are Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, The British Virgin Islands, The Caicos Islands, The Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, The Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Greenland, Grenada, The Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Miquelon, Montserrat, Navassa Island, Netherlands Antilles, Nevis, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint-Pierre, Saint Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad, Turks, and The U.S. Virgin Islands.
South America is divided up into over 15 countries/territories. The list includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, The Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, South Georgia, The South Sandwich Islands, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Central America is a region where the Nothern and Southern American continents meet, which often includes the countries/territories of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. However, these countries do not lie in the continent of "Central America" but rather in either North or South America respectively.
There are only 7 continents (with Atlantis being a possible mythological 8th) and "Central America" isn't one of them. The 7 continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Australia also insn't the largest island in the world, that honor belongs to Greenland. Continents are normally defined by historical conventions instead of actual tactonics. I learned this during my first years in school. Curse my functional United States education. Perhaps I should have went to school on the continent of Central America. If you break the continents down into land masses as has been done relatively recently, you get only the 4 "continents" of Africa-Eurasia, the Americas, Antarctica and Australia. Certain parts of the world actually teach that there are as few as only 6 (with North and South America being a single continent). You're the first person I've heard actually add one.
People should really stop bashing those from the United States and calling them uneducated in regards to the "outside world". Not all of us are braindead morons incapable of rational free thought. Assumptions are a terrible thing, and in my opinion show a lack of insight/intellect on the part of the assumer. In respect to that, I won't assume that all Chileans are uneducated based merely on your statements.
Have a great day.
PS: Chile is technically still considered a "Third World Country" in regards to development, so I'd relax and be thankful that you do actually have internet and other technological advancements.
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sparks770
17 years ago
So go and take a good lesson about History and Geography... dude you're really wrong.
I understand the conception of "America" that people from USA have, but talking about North, Central and South America as three complete different continents made my day laugh. How idiots and ignorants can gringos be???
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drleo
17 years ago
Truth be told: Concepcion is an ugly city. It's not caribbean or undevelop but boy, it's not mankind's state of the art city. People there are rude, just a notch below the habitants of Santiago. How sensitive can people be for a surreal scenery ? If Americans decide to visit Chile, they shouldn't schedule a trip to Concepcion...
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barrezio
16 years ago
Apparently only as ignorant as the "whatever you are" that can't read.
I'm not wrong. I didn't "talk about North, Central and South America as three completely different continents".
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evabba
15 years ago
People will stop bashing "those from United States and calling them uneducated in regards to the outside world" when they do not make bone-head mistakes like the film-makers of this film. Or when they stop telling my Chilean, blonde, fair-skinned CHILEAN father (born and raised) that you don't look "latino" or "Indian". Or like the man from Detroit who asked me "Chile... do they have shopping malls down there?". Or like my "ignorant" North American ex-friend who made a gazillion lame-a$$ statements as we sat in the open patio of a restaurant in Vina Del Mar, Chile, among them "I can't believe how NORMAL the people down here look" and when asked what she meant by "normal", she stated "they look so white" or "I can't believe there's so many buildings here" or "I didn't expect to see so many business people here" . Good riddance.
All the film-makers of this bore-fest film had do was do a GOOGLE search to see what Concepcion really looks like. In this day and age, these types of errors and stereotypes are unacceptable. They got everything wrong. They were either lazy or are just plain ignorant.
And I agree, not all American's are like this at all. My beef are with those I just mentioned, that open their mouths or make these types of movies without thinking.
And as far as Chile being "Technically a Third World Country", there are many, and not just Chileans, who disagree with that label. Anyone who has been to Third World Countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America who then travel to Chile will see the reality. The difference is like night and day.
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