North America

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/north-america

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is North America?Northern and Western Hemispheres, bordered by Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans
2. How big is North America?Approximately 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles)
3. What language do people speak in North America?English, Spanish, French, and numerous Indigenous languages
4. Which continent is North America in?Third-largest continent by area and fourth-largest by population
5. Why is North America called a giant land?It has huge ice-covered areas, deserts, rainforests, mountains, and rivers that make it very diverse.
6. How many people live in North America?More than 592 million people live in North America, from many different backgrounds.

Paleo-Indian Period: The earliest period of human habitation in North America, following the last Ice Age.
Columbian Exchange: The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World.
Federal System: A form of government where power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
Indigenous Languages: Languages spoken by the original inhabitants of a region, predating colonial settlement.