1. 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)

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

3. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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

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

12. 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

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

14. North America’s climate varies from cool to humid.

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