They're all part of NORTH AMERICA.
2007-07-09 01:24:28
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answer #1
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answered by marcelino angelo (BUSY) 7
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West Indies Continent
2016-10-22 04:44:04
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answer #2
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answered by eatherly 4
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There's an awful lot of hair splitters and incorrect assumptions here.
The question was what continent are the West Indies part of?
Your Choices are:
North America
South America
Asia
Africa
Europe
Australia ( or to be P.C., Oceania)
Antarctica
Those who say North America get a prize.
Everyone else stays after class.......
2007-07-11 06:31:40
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answer #3
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answered by yankee_sailor 7
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North America
2007-07-09 17:09:09
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answered by Anonymous
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In Spanish-speaking countries, they teach you that all of the western hemisphere is one continent, simply called "America." They called it this long before people in the US began calling the US "America." Of course, in the US, they teach that North and South America are two different continents, so that has as much to do with your confusion as anything else. In Venezuela, you would belong to the continent of "America."
2016-03-17 03:02:40
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answered by Anonymous
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All the islands in the west Indies are part of North America. If u see in my geography map of the world, the countries of North America contain these islands. But most of the islands here are the territories of other countries. ( This include Guadalupe, Martinique and Saint-Pierre and Miquelton are owned by France. Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin islands, Caymayan islands Montserrat, Turks and Caicos islands are owned by Great Britain and Navassa island, Puerto Rico and Virgin islands are owned by United States.) Others (not mentioned) are independent countries here at west indies.
-They are part of North American Continent
2007-07-09 01:56:10
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answered by Fonso Rocks 1
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Mostly good answers. The term "continent" not only includes the mainland, but associated islands as well. Thus, Greenland is part of North America and New Zealand is part of the continent of Australia (or Oceania, if you prefer).
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
2007-07-09 06:30:48
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answered by JimPettis 5
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The Caribbean (Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; German: Karibik; Spanish: Caribe) is a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of which enclose the sea), and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north and west of South America.
Situated largely on the Caribbean Plate, the area comprises more than 7,000 islands, islets, reefs, and cays. The West Indies consist of the Antilles, divided into the larger Greater Antilles which bound the sea on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the south and east (including the Leeward Antilles), and the Bahamas. Bermuda lies much further to the north in the Atlantic Ocean and is in the West Indies. Geopolitically, the West Indies are usually reckoned as a subregion of North America and are organised into 28 territories including sovereign states, overseas departments, and dependencies. At one time, there was a short-lived country called the Federation of the West Indies composed of ten English-speaking Caribbean territories.
Caribbean vs. West Indies
The name "Caribbean" is named after the Caribs, one of the dominant Amerindian groups in the region at the time of European contact during the late 15th century.
The analogous "West Indies" originates from Christopher Columbus' idea that he had landed in the Indies (then meaning all of south and east Asia) when he had actually reached the Americas.
The Spanish term Antillas was commonly assigned to the newly discovered lands; stemming from this, "Sea of the Antilles" is a common alternate name for the Caribbean Sea in various European languages.
In the English-speaking Caribbean, someone from the Caribbean is usually referred to as a "West Indian," although the rather cumbersome phrase "Caribbean person" is sometimes used. The use of the words "Caribbean" and "Caribbeans" to refer to a West Indian or West Indians is largely unknown in the English-speaking Caribbean.
Some Spanish-speaking Caribbean residents do not like to be called Hispanics or Latinos due to the significant differences with South and Central American countries. Spanish-speaking Caribbean people differ significantly from mainland Latin-Americans in many aspects of ethnicity, history, dialects of Spanish spoken, culture, and traditions.
Geography and climate
The geography and climate in the Caribbean region varies from one place to another. Some islands in the region have relatively flat terrain of non-volcanic origin. Such islands include Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, the Cayman Islands or Anguilla. Others possess rugged towering mountain-ranges like the islands of Cuba, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Trinidad.
The climate of the region mainly ranges between sub-tropical to tropical and depends a great deal upon location in proximity to the tradewinds from the Atlantic. The tradewinds blow towards the Eastern Caribbean islands heading northwest up the chain of Windward islands.
When the tradewinds arrive close to the island of Cuba they tend to be overcome by other minor jet streams across the Caribbean region.
In the waters of the Caribbean Sea, the region can be found to host migratory, large schools of fish, turtles and coral reef formations.
The Puerto Rico trench, located on the fringe of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea just to the north of the island of Puerto Rico, is said to be the deepest point in the entire Atlantic Ocean.
In the majority of cases, hurricanes which at times batter the region usually strike northwards of Grenada, and to the west of Barbados. The principal hurricane belt arcs to northwest of the island of Barbados in the Eastern Caribbean.
2007-07-09 17:58:27
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answered by catzpaw 6
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The west indies are islands, they are not part of a continent. Some were formed from volcanic reactions, others from weatherd corals and others from deposited materials from the orinoco and amazon rivers. there are minor specs in the shallow waters within that area that have been elevated by tectonic movements in some cases, falling sea levels in others geologic activites such as volcanic reactions (some of the islands are only an extinct volcanoe, the majority of the time the origin of the island can be determaind from the colour of the beach sand, pink in the bahamas from weatherd queen conch shells, white sand in tobago from weatherd corals, black sand from weatherd volacinc materials [i can't remember which islands off the top of my head but im thinking st lucia], and brown sand from deposited eroded terrestial materials, like some parts of trinidad)
they are all on one particular plate though, the caribbean plate.
2007-07-09 01:36:23
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answered by Anonymous
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lyndon is right. in the old encyclopedias, the caribbean islands are termed as not a part of north, central or south america. they are known as the caribbean or bahamas.
2007-07-09 09:46:39
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answered by Anonymous
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It should be called the Caribbean in that case it should be part of Africa or Asia
2016-03-17 18:58:35
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answered by Darlene 1
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