Vocabulary Dozen What should I already know? colonisation occurs when one country Human Geography Features takes control of another Where? country or region,  Name and locate the world’s 7 continents and 5 oceans; establishing a The population density for is about 20 Parts of Central Key Fact:  Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the settlement, or people per km². However, due to big cities in some areas America and the The most densely populated world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles; Population Densities permanent part of the (e.g. ) and extreme weather in others (e.g. are country in North America is  Name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human colony, in order to northern Canada) people are not spread evenly. also densely Bermuda. and physical characteristics, key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land- control the area and gain use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time; populated. riches  locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia), concentrating on colony a country or area under What? their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities. the full or partial political Manhattan is the business and entertainment centre of One WTC is the Key Fact: Map and Overview control of another Manhattan, New New York City, the largest city in the US. Manhattan is tallest building in In 2001, the original World Trade country and occupied by York City mostly on an island, with many high-rise buildings, e.g. the Manhattan and Centre towers were destroyed by settlers from that Empire State Building, surrounding Central Park. the USA, at 546 terrorists. country -North America is the world’s third largest continent by area. It metres. biome a natural area of the covers about 24.7 million km², which is about 16.5% of the earth’s Throughout the 16th-17th centuries, European settlers living world which has its When? total land area. own climate, vegetation (mainly from Britain, Spain and France) colonised different Key Fact: The USA became and animals Colonisation/ parts of North America. Many native North Americans The languages spoken in North independent -North America is the fourth most populous continent, after Asia, latitude the angular distance of a Languages became displaced by the colonisers. Christopher Columbus America are mainly as a result of from colonisers Africa and Europe. Its population is about 580 million people. place north or south of is one famous example and was known as 'the man who colonisation. on July 4th, 1776. the earth's equator, or of discovered America'. -North America is in the western hemisphere (apart from Hawaii the equator of a celestial object, usually expressed What? and parts of Alaska) and the northern hemisphere. North America is relatively unique in that that in degrees and minutes American Key Fact: originated in the region (e.g. American , , -The first people reached America over a frozen crossing from longitude the distance of a place Sports/ Recreation football is the is the fastest growing ) are more popular than the global sports Siberia in the last Ice Age, between 40,000 and 15,000 years ago. east or west of an most popular in North America. imaginary line between popular elsewhere (e.g. football/soccer, rugby, cricket). the North Pole and the sport in the USA South Pole, measured in What? This an ongoing conflict between the Mexican government degrees Mexican cartels Key Fact: The Mexican Drug and several of the large drug cartels. This has been in native relating to or describing control 90% of The Mexican government someone’s country or War response to the excessive wealth, control, and violence of Countries of North America illegal drugs declared the war in 2006. place or birth or the cartels. someone who was born entering the USA. in a particular country or Largest N. American countries There are 23 Most populous N. American countries place countries in North States of a country in North Physical Geography Features 1. Canada – 9.98 million km² America, and a 1. USA – 328 million people America America, sharing land 2. USA – 9.83 million km² borders with Canada and further 9 states 2. Mexico – 132 million people What? 3. Greenland (Den) – 2.16 Mexico, stretching from that are listed as 3. Canada – 37 million people The Mississippi River is the second-longest on the Along the river is million km² the Atlantic to the Pacific Key Fact: dependencies of 4. – 18 million Ocean and including continent, with its basin including 32 states in the USA. amongst the 4. Mexico – 1.96 million km² The Mississippi River The Mississippi serves as a other nations. people Alaska, Hawaii and North Americans have lived along the Mississippi River for most fertile 5. – 130,375 km² boundary between several states. 5. Cuba – 11 million people several territories thousands of years. places in the canton a rectangular area, USA. usually at the top hoist What? corner of a flag, The United States Canada Because of their occupying up to a The Great Lakes are a series of interconnected lakes across Key Fact: great size and quarter of the flag's area the USA-Canada border. They include lakes Superior, Only Lake Baikal in Russia has a The United States is a large country made Canada is the largest country by area in The Great Lakes their waves, they tribe a social division in a Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. By area, they are the larger volume than the North up of 50 states – including 48 on the US North America, and the second largest traditional society made are sometimes largest lake system in the world, and 2nd by volume. American Great Lakes. mainland, plus Alaska and Hawaii. It has in the world (after Russia). As a whole, Canada is very up of families or called inland the largest population of any country in North America, sparsely populated – most of its population lives along communities linked by seas. and the third largest population in the world. The USA is the US border in the south, whilst very few people live in social, economic, What? religious, or blood ties, Due to the extreme latitudes of the continent, there are a considered the richest and most powerful country in the the central and northern areas of the country. Most of its North America Key Fact: with a common culture wide variety of animals adapted to different climates in world, at the forefront of world politics and economy. land is dominated by forest and tundra. has 457 American Alligators can attain and dialect, typically Animals North America. The brown bear is one of the largest and mammals, 662 lengths of longer than 4m – they having a leader most powerful carnivores, whilst the American alligator is a microcontinent a landmass which is not reptiles & 300 are a serious threat to people. feared predator in South-Eastern USA. small enough to be amphibians. Central America The Caribbean Islands considered an island but Death Valley, located in eastern California, is one of the What? Key Fact: not big enough to be Death Valley hottest places in the world. Its Badwater Basin is 86m It has an area of In 1913, the heat reached 56.7˚C, considered a continent Central America is the region found The Caribbean Islands are a number of below sea level, the lowest point on the continent. 7,800 km² the hottest ever recorded. population a measurement of on the southern tip of North America, tropical islands based in the Caribbean density population per unit area The Hawaiian Islands consist of 8 major islands, and many Key Fact: and contains many smaller nations: Sea off North America. The sea is considered as a part of Where? The Totem pole monumental carvings, a other smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean. They are Mount Kea is the ‘tallest’ Belize, , El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Mexico and Central type of Northwest Coast spread out over 2400km. The islands are the exposed islands are about mountain in the world – 10,000m Nicaragua, and . The countries have many America. Cuba is by far the largest Caribbean Island, with art, consisting of poles, Hawaiian Islands peaks of a massive underwater mountain chain. 3,000km from from base to tip (6,000m is below cultural similarities, and Spanish is the main language in an area of 105,806 km². The Caribbean Islands are posts or pillars, carved the nearest the sea). the region. The area is sometimes considered as its own sometimes referred to as the . with symbols or figures. continent. microcontinent. Colorado – 2,333km Arkansas – 2,364km Highest Mountains Longest Rivers Rio Grande – 3,034km Yukon – 3,190km Mississippi – 3,544km Saint Elias – Pico de Orezaba– Mount Logan – Foraker – Popocatepetl Denali – 6,190m 5,489m 5,636m 5,959m Missouri – 3,768km 5,304m – 5,462m

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60 Question 6: What is the Question 9: In what year did 50 name of the major Start of End of Christopher Columbus discover Start of End of 45 mountain range running unit: unit: America? unit: unit: 49 along the western edge of North America? 51 1501 The Himalayas 1487 The Andes Question 3: How many countries does 1492 Start of End of North America have? The Rockies unit: unit: 1520 The Alps 49 23 Question 10: What is the name of this country? 50 Question 7: North America has some of the Start of End of 20 Start of End of hottest places in the unit: unit: unit: unit: world. True Question 4: How was the Grand Start of End of Canyon in Arizona (USA) created? False unit: unit: Bahamas The Colorado River carved out the big Canada crevices through the process of United States erosion. Due to the Ice Age that cracked the Costa Rica rocks apart. Niagara Falls caused erosion and the rocks wore away.