Wikijunior talk:South America/South America

Anyone know how to get the images working? i got them from South America The bellman 00:41, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Continent?
America is a continent, South America is just part of it. At least that's how we learn it in Brazil. Is it taught differntly in other countries? 200.158.46.13 00:53, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * most of the world says that there are seven continents; Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Africa, South America, and North America. HOWEVER almost everyone in south and north america, says that there are only six continents. And since the name of this wikijuniour book is South America, i guess we have litle choice but to use the seven continents. Geologicaly, they are very different, and in a few bajillion years wont be touching each other. But really the whole continent idea is pretty stupid, since its a mashing together of geological boundries and political boundries (europe and asia are a good example) The bellman 01:08, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * I put the following info box about continents into the article (after the first paragraph), but it was screwing up the contents, anyone who thinks they know how to put it in with out breaking everyting have a go. remember if you screw up, we can always revert. The bellman 01:31, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Continents
A continent is a large mass of land, sorounded by water. Some people think that there are seven continents, while others think there are only six, or even five. The seven basic continents are; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. However many people belive that North and South America are parts of one bigger continent called The Americas while others believe that Europe and Asia are actually just part of a bigger continent call Eurasia.


 * I'm in North America- I was always taught they were seperate continents. Didn't realize anyone else thought they weren't. 68.85.91.55 02:45, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC) and that would be me Lyellin 02:46, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * do you live in Canada or the US? I'm preety sure the US teaches it as the americas, but canada because its part of the commonwealth might teach it as north and south. I dunno. Does anyone have any objections to it being written as two continents, with a clarification in the info box (if anyone manages to work out how to put the damn thing in with out fucking up the contents)? The bellman 00:20, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm in the US, always taught them as being seperate. Clarification is fine, even good. You learn new things, good to teach the kids ;) 68.85.91.55 04:42, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

translations
What do people think of the translations box? add in more english words if you think they are necessary, and ill try and fill in the translations. The bellman 01:11, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Yo y'all, i was just wondering if we should include french and dutch into the translation box. I know nothing of those languages, so someone else would have to do the translations. what do others think? The bellman 23:56, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I have only studied Quechua 1 year, but I have learned different ways to say most of those things... I'm learning Qusqu dialect. These phrases must be from another, I don't doubt that they're correct. I'll add my versions, feel free to to remove if it is too confusing...but really my teacher never says several of these (she is a native speaker of course).

Europeans
The "Europeans" section states that Iberians were the first colonizers. This is not entirely true; the French first colonized French Guyana as early as 1604. Guyana was first colonized by the Dutch in 1616 (Essequibo), and then later the British; indeed it is one of the few pockets of non-iberian heritage, still speaking English. The French and Dutch both set up early colonies in Brazil, in 1555 and 1630 respectively, but failed. Suriname was first colonized by English, and then the Dutch. I think that covers about all of the non-Iberian early settlement. What do you think? --Dmcdevit 03:23, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The Incas are dead
In the part where we talk about the indigenous people, the Incas are mentioned as the most famous ones. In fact, "Inca" was the name given only to the rulers of the empire. This means that someone "plebeian" was not an Inca. Furthermore, the Incas are considered long dead, regardless of who you are referring to, royalty or not. I think we should either change the paragraph to be in the past tense or talk about the descendants of the Incas, but the latter I think would be too confusing for the kids. --Arca 23:01, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)