• third largest of the world’s continents, lying for the most part between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer.

• generally referred to as the________, the_______, or simply the Americas

• Mainland North America is shaped roughly like a________.

• _____________ are connected to the mountainous west, while its lowlands and coastal plains extend into the eastern region.

• Within these regions are all the major types of biomes in the world. A biome is a community of animals and plants spreading over an extensive area with a relatively uniform climate. Some diverse biomes represented in North America that includes (___,____,___,___)

AREA

POLLUTION

(5) Major Cities

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN

LONGEST RIVER

LARGEST LAKE

MOST POPULOUS CITY

MAIN RELIGION

• The North America’s hottest spot

• Holds one-fifth of the world’s fresh water.

World’s Largest theme park

The boundary between two huge continental plates. As is moves it causes earthquakes in cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

affects the Caribbean between May and October

MOUNT RUSHMORE (SOUTH DAKOTA, USA)

NIAGARA RIVER (BORDERS OF ONTARIO, CANADA AND NEW YORK)

Yellowstone may one day erupt as “Super Volcano”, Contains 300 geysers

Unusual because it contains no water and people can walk over it.

Provides a shipping short cut Atlantic  between and Pacific oceans. The Canal was dug across the isthmus of _____.

The narrowest part of North America.

have the longest land border in the world with 8893 km/ 5526 miles