September 30 2019 Global I History 1 DO

September 30, 2019 Global I History: 1. DO NOW: City-Country Matching (look to pages A 6 and A 10, in the Global History textbook, for help) 2. NOTES #7: What are the major geographic features of North America? NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA OPEN-NOTES TEST TOMORROW (BASED ON NOTES #s 6 and 7)

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

n 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

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

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

Los Angeles, United States (population: 3, 884, 000)

Chicago, United States (population: 2, 719, 000)

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

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

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

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

n 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

n The Rocky Mountains run through the west of North America, from Canada to the U. S. Length: over 3, 000 miles

n The Great Lakes and the Mississippi River are located in the central of North America. Mississippi River (length: 2, 320 miles) Lake Ontario

n Most countries in Central America are located on an isthmus, around many mountain ranges. Tegucigalpa, Honduras IS TH MU S Managua, Nicaragua

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

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