Continents N America S America Australia Africa Eurasia

Continents: N. America, S. America, Australia, Africa, Eurasia, Antarctica

CANADA UNITED STATES MIDDLE AMERICA

Middle America • Mexico + Central America + Caribbean • part of North America • Part of Latin America • Not part of South America

Mexico United Mexican States Estados Unidos Mexicanos

31 states and one federal republic

2 peninsulas 1 isthmus: Tehuantepec Salt water bodies: Pacific Gulf of California Gulf of Mexico Bay of Campeche Caribbean

Central America Middle America minus Mexico and Caribbean

Central America Part of North America? Part of Middle America? 7 countries: Guatemala Belize El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama 2 bodies of salt water 2 large fresh water lakes: Lake Nicaragua, Lake Managua

South America Part of Latin America; parts not “Latin” 12 countries and one French Overseas Department (French Guiana)

Andean South America: Venezuela Colombia Ecuador Peru Bolivia

Southern South America: – Chile – Paraguay – Argentina – Uruguay – Brazil

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Guianas: French Guiana Guyana Suriname

Island groups: Galapagos (Ecuador) Falklands / Malvinas (claimed by Argentina and UK)

Tierra del Fuego

Caribbean (West Indies) Greater Antilles: 4 large islands: Cuba Jamaica Hispaniola Puerto Rico Lesser Antilles: in arc between S. America and Greater Antilles

Bahamas: “between” Greater Antilles and FLA

13 independent nations in Caribbean: 1 Bahamas 2 Cuba 3 Jamaica 4 Haiti 5 Dominican Republic 6 St. Christopher (St. Kitts and Nevis) 7 Antigua and Barbuda 8 Dominica 9 St. Lucia 10 Barbados 11 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 12 Grenada 13 Trinidad and Tobago

Dependent nations belonging to US, UK, France, Netherlands US: Puerto Rico self-governing commonwealth U. S. Virgin Islands 50 islands; internal self- government Navassa

Uninhabited; also claimed by Haiti

UK: Turks and Caicos Islands British Virgin Islands (self-governing 36 islands associated state of UK) Anguilla Cayman Islands near British Virgin (3 self-governing islands) Islands Montserrat near Antigua

France • Guadeloupe: – A French Overseas Department Islands administered by Guadelope are: Marie-Galante, La Desirade, Iles des Saintes, St. Barthelemy (Bar-te-le MEE) (St. Barths), St. Martin (St. Martin is jointly ruled by France and Netherlands ; smallest political unit on earth ruled by two countries) • Martinique

Netherlands: Netherland Antilles (5 islands) : autonomous and self-governing Bonaire Curacao Saba St. Eustatius St. Maarten Aruba