Introduction to North America

Physical: Total Land Area  Area: 9,540,000 square miles

Nations of North America  United States  Mexico  El Salvador  Costa Rica  Panama  Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua  Canada  Jamaica  Haiti  Dominican Republic  Belize  Cuba  Bahamas  Trinidad & Tobago

Physical: Large Bodies of Water  Atlantic Ocean  Arctic Ocean  Pacific Ocean  Gulf of Mexico  Hudson Bay  Caribbean Sea  Great Lakes

Physical: Landforms  Appalachian Mountains – 1600 miles long  Great Plains – between Appalachian and Rockies  Rocky Mountains – 3000 miles long  Continental Divide – is the line of highest points in the Rockies that marks the separation of rivers flowing eastward and westward.

Physical: Resources  Coal  Fish  Copper  Hydroelectric power  Iron Ore  Lead  Natural Gas

Population & Pop. Density  528,720,588 estimated in July 2008  59.3 people per square mile

Political: Governments  Oligarchy (rule by few)- Honduras  Tyranny (rule by one)- Cuba  Democracy (people rule)– United States

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