Why is it that North America has States and South America has Countries?

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   moiponetsokaposted 13 years ago

   Why is it that North America has States and South America has Countries?

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   lovelife08posted 13 years ago

   North America has countries too. Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
   
   The United States has states because we established them throughout history beginning with the 13 colonies.

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   MickSposted 13 years ago

   North America is, like South America, a continent, it has countries, Canada, USA, Mexico, the independant, off shore islands are considered to be part of the continent by geographers.  I believe, though not sure, that each of the states that make up the USA are independent countries joined in a federation.

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   connorjposted 13 years ago

   Well, well, not so well; please, N.A. has states, provinces and territories. S.A. has more countries; however, some of those countries have political geographical divisions called provinces or even departments which are then sub-divided into smaller provinces (i.e. Bolivia). Finally just like N.A.; S.A. has a region of France. There is more yet this I hope will suffice...

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      andrew savageposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Technically, North America has more nations than South America- as continental NA does not end until the tail end of Panama. Furthermore Greenland is a part of NA as well- thus NA is one of the largest regions of nations stemming from a rich history.

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   stesandposted 12 years ago

   There are actually more countries in North America than there is in South America.
   
   Many of the countries from each continent (depending where you are from as some parts of the world are taught that America is one continent) consists of states, provinces, and regions.

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   andrew savageposted 12 years ago

   When you use the word "countries" I feel that it is safe to presume that you mean nations- Technically, North America has more nations than South America, as continental NA does not end until the tail end of Panama. Furthermore Greenland is a part of NA as well- thus NA is one of the largest regions of nations stemming from a rich history and a high degree of cultural diversity unparalleled by much of the world due to universalist and libertarian values. Such values also play a major role in North America's mixed economic activities.
   Furthermore, the states that you are speaking of are smaller countries that became members of federations many years ago- such as the United States of America and the United States of Mexico. Thus North America not only has more states and nations than SA, but also has the most countries (as in cultural and land regions). Moreover, the day will come when the UN federalizes and each current member nation-state will be its own country (as seen in the USA and USM), through membership to a global federalist power known as the Federation of United Nations. This presumably has already begun and will continue throughout each generation via the stable unification of culture, language, economies, etcetera.
   Hopefully this answer leaves new doors open for you to explore more questions regarding the unification of countries as nations and nations as federations or unions.

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