North America was originally named Vinland by Leif Erikson but was later called North America by Amerigo Vespucci. It formed as a continent over 1 billion years ago on the North American tectonic plate and has many unique landforms like mountain ranges as well as plants and animals not found elsewhere such as porcupines, axolotls, and sequoia trees. Shifting of continents over time caused climate and vegetation differences across the region.

1. North America
EYOVIEL

2. Origin of the Name
Leif Erikson and it was first called
Vinland

3. But…
The person to name it North America was the
Italian merchant and navigator Amerigo
Vespucci,

4. Meaning?
North America is a continent completely in the Northern
Hemisphere and almost in the Western Hemisphere.

5. Plate tectonics
 North American Plate

6. Formed When?
1.5 to 1.0 billion years ago

7. VERY UNIQUE LANDFORMS!!
The Cumberland Mts. in Tennessee
The Blue Ridge Mts. in Virginia
The Alleghenies in Pennsylvania
The Catskills Mts. in New York
The Green Mts. in Vermont
The White Mts. of New Hampshire

8. UNIQUE ANIMALS
1. North American Porcupine
2.Mexican Axolotl
3. Manatee
4. Hawaiian Monk Seal

9. UNIQUE PLANTS
Giant Sequoia
Bristlecone Pine
Texas Snowbells
the Flame Azalea

10. Geology
 The shifts of the continents caused there to be differences in climate, and
vegetation.