The name and origin of South America must be separated from the origin of North America.

Short for "Americana". Named after the Italian explorer Amalgo Weiss Pucci. Also known as the new world. In the western hemisphere. Located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, it faces the Arctic Ocean in the north and faces Antarctica across the Drake Strait in the south. It consists of two continents, North America and South America, and many nearby islands. Panama Canal is generally used as the dividing line between North and South America; In political geography, Mexico, Central America, West Indies and South America are collectively called Latin America, while North America only refers to Canada, the United States, Greenland, Saint Pierre, Miquelon and Bermuda. It covers an area of over 42 million square kilometers. The population is 647 million (1983). The descendants of European immigrants, Indo-European mixed-race people, mixed-race people account for the majority, as well as blacks, Japanese, China and indigenous Indians, Inuit (Eskimos) and so on. The mainland is divided into three north-south longitudinal zones from east to west: the eroded mountains and plateaus in the east, and the Brazilian plateau is the largest plateau in the world; The west is a young and steep mountain, belonging to the Cordillera Mountains in America. Hankowuma Mountain is 70 10 meters above sea level, which is the highest point in the whole continent. The mountains are close to the coast, and the coastal plains are narrow; There is a vast plain between the east and the west. The central North American plain and the Amazon plain are world-famous plains. The main rivers are Amazon River and Mississippi River. North America also has the largest freshwater lake group in the world-the Great Lakes. There are different climatic zones: most parts of North America have sub-frigid zone and temperate continental climate, with vast coniferous forests and prairies; Central America and northern South America are mainly tropical, with large rainforests and tropical sparse trunk grasslands. South America has a mild climate. Underground resources are very rich, and non-ferrous metals such as coal, iron, oil, copper and nickel all occupy an important position in the world. From the end of15th century, Spain, Portugal, Britain, France and other countries explored and colonized. 1776 The United States declared independence. Latin American countries also became independent at the beginning of19th century. After World War II, many countries gained independence. See North America, South America and Latin America.

America includes North America and South America. The word America is short for America. America was named in memory of an Italian navigator named Amerigo Weiss Pucci. 1499. Amerigo sailed from the sea to India with a fleet led by Portuguese ojeda. They sailed along the route taken by Columbus, overcame many difficulties and finally reached the American continent. Amerigo made a detailed investigation on the northeast coast of South America and compiled the latest map. 1507, his book Sea Travel Tales came out, which caused a sensation all over the world. In this book, the process of "discovering" the new continent is described in a fascinating way, and the mainland is described and rendered vividly. Amerigo announced the concept of the new continent to the world, and suddenly crossed the earth structure system formulated by the absolute authority of western geography in the Middle Ages. Therefore, several French scholars revised and supplemented Doremus's masterpiece Cosmology, and named the New World after Amerigo in recognition of his outstanding contribution to human understanding of the world. After the publication of the new book Cosmology, according to the materials in the book, a new continent, Amerigo, was added to the map. Later, according to the word formation form of other continents, "Amerigo" was changed to "Americana". At first, the name was just a guide to America, and through the Mercator map of 154 1, North America was also a part of America.

America includes countries: Argentina Bahamas Belize USA Bolivia Barbados Canada Colombia Chile Costa Rica Cuba Venezuela Ecuador Grenada Guatemala Honduras Haiti Jamaica Saint Lucia Mexico Nicaragua Peru Paraguay Suriname Dominica Saint Vincent and Tobago Antigua and Barbuda Saint Kitts and Nevis.