2. North America
Covers an area of
about 24,709,000
square kilometers.
North America is the
third largest continent
by area,
following Asia
and Africa, and
the fourth by
population after Asia,
Africa, and Europe.
3. The continent became a human habitat later than
continents such as Africa, Asia, and Europe, when
people migrated across the Bering Sea 40,000 to
17,000 years ago. These migrants settled in many
locations on the continent, from the Inuit of the
far north to the Mayans and Aztecs of the south.
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7. - As the Age of Exploration dawned in Europe, Europeans began to
arrive in the Americas and develop colonial ambitions for both North and
South America. Christopher Columbus was credited with "discovering"
the New World for Europeans, although at least the Norse are known to
have explored it almost 500 years previously, and influxes of Europeans
soon followed and overwhelmed the native population. North America
became a staging ground for ongoing European rivalries. The continent
was divided by three prominent European powers: Great Britain, France,
and Spain. The influences of colonization by these states on North
American cultures are still apparent today.
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12. • Antigua and Barbuda
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Canada
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• El Salvador
• Grenada
• Guatemala
This list does not include the island dependencies and overseas territories
in the Caribbean.
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• United States
13. Mt. McKinley (Denali)
The highest point in North America about 20,320 ft. (6,194 m)
14. Mississippi River
It is the major river of North America and the United States at (2,339
miles) (3,765 km) in length.
The Mississippi ranks as the fourth longest and ninth largest river in the
world by discharge.
15. Baja California Peninsula
Is a peninsula in Northwestern Mexico. Its land mass separates the Pacific
Ocean from the Gulf of California.
16. Bermuda Triangle
Also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a loosely defined region in
the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where a number
of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious
circumstances.
