NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA OPEN-NOTES TEST ON THURSDAY October 2, 2018 Global History through Literacy Agenda: DO NOW: City-Country Matching (look to pages A6 and A10, in Global History textbook, for help) NOTES #7: What are the major geographic features of North America? NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA OPEN-NOTES TEST ON THURSDAY (BASED ON NOTES #s 6 and 7)

What are the major geographic features of North America? Notes #7

The largest countries in North America are Canada, the U. S The largest countries in North America are Canada, the U.S., Greenland, and Mexico. COUNTRY POPULATION UNITED STATES 311,630,000 CANADA 112,322,000 MEXICO 33,573,000 GUATEMALA 14,027,000 CUBA 11,204,000 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 10,090,000

Mexico City, Mexico (population: 8,851,000)

New York City, United States (population: 8,175,000)

Toronto, Canada (population: 2,503,000)

North America also consists of countries in the Caribbean Sea and Central America, such as Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Havana, Cuba (population: 2,135,000)

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (population: 2,552,000)

Appalachian Mountains North America’s land is made up of mountains in the west, flatlands in the central, and a mixture of both in the east. Appalachian Mountains

The Rocky Mountains run through the west of North America, from Canada to the U.S. More than 3,000 miles long

Mississippi River (2,320 miles long) The Great Lakes and the Mississippi River are located in the central of North America. Mississippi River (2,320 miles long) Lake Ontario

Most countries in Central America are located on an isthmus, around many mountain ranges. Tegucigalpa, Honduras   ISTHMUS   Managua, Nicaragua

North America’s climate varies from cool to humid.

North America is bordered by the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans.