
February 19th, 2004, 12:21 AM
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Re: Off Topic: Your Geographic Location
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Originally posted by moodgiesanta:
Americans/Canadians currently have the lead, by a slim amount. Are Mexicans considered North America? I've never had a good explanation of this, as the grouping is so muddled, and they are lumped in with Central America most often in my courses, while speaking of continents, clearly it is on the North American continent.
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Mexico is geographically on the North American continent. There's no actual "Central America" as a continent, but Mexico is commonly lumped in with them as a matter of economic status: Their economic status is closer to that of Central American countries than it is to Canada or the USA.
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