USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Generally, Old World history focuses on past events in Africa, Asia, and Europe-continents with ancient beginnings and places known before the exploration of the Americas. In contrast, New World history focuses on North America, Central America, and South America.

Detailed explanation-2: -After Columbus discovered the American continents the “world” of Europe, Africa, and Asia were often referred to as the “Old World” while the Americas were called the “New World". Because it was an unexplored region at one time.

Detailed explanation-3: -The New World is one of the names used for the American continents, in use since the 16th century. The Americas were at that time new to the Europeans, to whom the “Old World” consisted of only Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Detailed explanation-4: -Generally, the list of countries considered part of the old world are: Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, and Germany. And the list of countries considered part of the new world are: USA, Canada, Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.