Map of North America.North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. is the third-largest continent, with a land area of more than 9 million square miles. Only Asia and Africa are larger. The continent includes Greenland, the world's largest island; the seven countries that make up Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. ; and the small island countries in the Caribbean Sea Caribbean Sea (kâr'ĭbē`ən, kərĭb`ēən), tropical sea, c.970,000 sq mi (2,512,950 sq km), arm of the Atlantic Ocean, Central America. and the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). Physical Geography Extent and Seas . North America's terrain includes two major mountain systems, the Appalachians in the East and the Rockies in the West; the five Great Lakes Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the world, with a combined surface area of c.95,000 sq mi (246,050 sq km). ; the Mississippi River Mississippi River River, central U.S. It rises at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and flows south, meeting its major tributaries, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, about halfway along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. ; the Great Plains; Canada's enormous Hudson Bay; and massive plateaus, plains, deserts, and tropical rain forests. North America's highest point is Mount McKinley (20,320 ft) in Alaska; its lowest point is California's Death Valley (282 ft below sea level). The population of North America totals more than 510 million. 1. Locate and identify these bodies of water: (A) The seas or straits at: 66[degrees]N, 58[degrees]W: --; 65[degrees]N, 168[degrees]W: --; 75[degrees]N, 10[degrees]W: -- (B) The three oceans that border North America: on the north: --; on the east: --; on the west: -- (C) Two major rivers that flow into the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east : One river begins in the Rockies and forms part of the boundary between Mexico and the U.S.: --; the other drains the central plains of the U.S.: -- (D) The narrow neck of water that separates North America and Asia: -- (E) The gulfs or bays at: 57[degrees]N, 150[degrees]W: --; 75[degrees]N, 65[degrees]W: -- --; 60[degrees]N, 80[degrees]W: -- 2. Locate and identify these countries and land areas of North America: (A) North America's third-largest country in land size and an important trading partner of the U.S.: -- (B) The six Central American countries located wholly or partly between 10[degrees]N and 20[degrees]N: -- (C) This isthmus isthmus (ĭs`məs), narrow neck of land connecting two larger land areas. Since it commands the only land route between two large areas and is on two seas, an isthmus has great strategical and commercial importance and is a favorable situation country of Central America links North and South America and has a canal that enables ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, thereby avoiding the long sea route around South America: -- (D) The U.S. state located along Canada's northwestern border: -- (E) The U.S. has imposed strict travel and spending limits on Americans visiting the island country at 23[degrees]N, 80[degrees]W in an effort to weaken the Communist rule of its leader: -- (F) The two countries that share the island of Hispaniola at 19[degrees]N, 68[degrees]W to 74[degrees]W: -- (G) The two countries that share four of the five Great Lakes: -- 3. If you traveled the continent along the 90[degrees]W meridian of longitude meridian of longitude: see longitude. , which countries and bodies of water would you cross? -- 4. Identify these cities and name the country. If the city is the capital, underline it: (A) 19[degrees]N, 99[degrees]W: --; (C) 23[degrees]N, 82[degrees]W: -- (B) 40[degrees] N, 105[degrees]W: --; (D) 45[degrees]N, 76[degrees]W: -- 5. Calculate the distance (to the nearest 100 miles) if you flew from: (A) San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , to Winnipeg, Canada: -- (B) Panama City, Panama, to Monterrey, Mexico: -- 6. On the outline map of North America, write the names of as many countries as you can. Use the Atlas map to check your answers. Map of North America 1. (A) Davis Strait; Bering Sea; Greenland Sea (B) Arctic Ocean; Atlantic Ocean; Pacific Ocean (C) Rio Grande River; Mississippi River (D) Bering Strait (E) Gulf of Alaska Noun 1. Gulf of Alaska - a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world ; Baffin Bay; Hudson Bay 2. (A) Mexico (B) Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize (C) Panama (D) Alaska (E) Cuba (F) Haiti, Dominican Republic (G) U.S., Canada 3. Arctic Ocean, Canada, Hudson Bay, Lake Superior, U.S., Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador (opt.), Pacific Ocean 4. (A) Mexico City. Mexico (B) Denver, U.S. (C) Havana, Cuba (D) Ottawa, Canada 5. (A) 1,600 miles (B) 1,900 miles |
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