1. North America is forth among the continents in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.
2. 24 countries make up the continent.
3. About 562 million people live in North America, or about 8 percent of the world's population.
4. Mexico City is the largest city in North America.
5. North America is the only continent that has every kind of climate, from the dry, bitter cold of the Arctic to the steamy heat of the tropics.
6. North America, the third largest continent in area, extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to South America in the south.
7. The first Europeans to discover North America were the Norse, or Viking, explorers from Scandinavia.
8. North America has eight major land regions. They are the Pacific Ranges and Lowlands, the Western Plateaus, Basins, and Ranges, the Rocky Mountains, the Interior Plains, the Canadian Shield, the Appalachian Highlands, the Coastal Lowlands, and Central America and the Caribbean.
9. Most North Americans speak English, Spanish, or French. Generally, the various regions of the continent have retained the languages of the early European colonists.
10. Most North American deserts lie in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
2. 24 countries make up the continent.
3. About 562 million people live in North America, or about 8 percent of the world's population.
4. Mexico City is the largest city in North America.
5. North America is the only continent that has every kind of climate, from the dry, bitter cold of the Arctic to the steamy heat of the tropics.
6. North America, the third largest continent in area, extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to South America in the south.
7. The first Europeans to discover North America were the Norse, or Viking, explorers from Scandinavia.
8. North America has eight major land regions. They are the Pacific Ranges and Lowlands, the Western Plateaus, Basins, and Ranges, the Rocky Mountains, the Interior Plains, the Canadian Shield, the Appalachian Highlands, the Coastal Lowlands, and Central America and the Caribbean.
9. Most North Americans speak English, Spanish, or French. Generally, the various regions of the continent have retained the languages of the early European colonists.
10. Most North American deserts lie in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.