Physical Features NA
Found on the boarder of United States and Canada
The Great Lakes
13 red and white stripes with a blue rectangle (canton) in the corner.
USA
It is the longest continental mountain range in the world
run like a giant spine along the entire western coast of the continent.
Andes Mountains
If you look at a map, I am bordered by three different countries: the United States to my north, Mexico to my west, and Cuba to my southeast. I’m also the place where the mighty Mississippi River finally finishes its long journey across the U.S.
What am I?"
Gulf of Mexico
natural resource
materials found in nature that are often used for economic gain
I am the vast, flat 'middle' of North America. People call me the Breadbasket of the World because my soil is perfect for growing the wheat used in your cereal and bread. I have very few trees, which allows the wind to whip across me so fast that I’ve become the world's capital for tornadoes.
The Great Plains
Three vertical stripes: Green, White, and Red.
Mexico
the largest in the world and produces about 20% of the Earth's oxygen (earning it the nickname "The Lungs of the Planet").
The Amazon Rainforest
I am a record-breaker winding through the heart of South America. While people argue over whether I am the longest river in the world, there is no debate that I carry the most water—more than the next seven largest rivers combined!
Amazon River
modification
process of changing the environment
I am the jagged 'backbone' of the continent, stretching all the way from Alaska down into New Mexico. My peaks are tall, pointy, and covered in snow because I am a 'young' mountain range that hasn't been worn down by time yet. I am home to the Continental Divide, the secret line that decides if a raindrop will end up in the Pacific or the Atlantic Ocean.
Rocky Mountains
Two red vertical bars on the sides with a white square in the center.
Canada
I am a massive, flat grassland that covers more than 300,000 square miles across Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. My soil is some of the richest and most fertile on Earth, making me a 'breadbasket' for the world.
Pampas
My name literally means 'Big River' in Spanish
I begin my journey high in the snow-capped mountains of Colorado and flow south through New Mexico. For hundreds of miles, I serve as a natural border between the United States and Mexico, specifically separating Texas from the Mexican states to its south.
The Rio Grande
factors of production
conditions needed to create goods and services in an economy, generally land, labor, and capital
am located in the Eastern United States. Unlike my cousins out West, my peaks are rounded and look more like rolling green hills because I am very old. Over millions of years, wind and rain have sanded me down. Long ago, I acted like a giant wall that kept early explorers from moving further west.
The Appalachian Mountains
A bright green field with a large yellow diamond in the center.
Brazil
Located in the north-central part of the continent, this is the "green heart" of South America.
Amazon Basin
I am the second-largest ocean on Earth, stretching like a giant 'S' shape between the Americas to my west and Europe and Africa to my east.
Atlantic Ocean
cultural diffusion
the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another
Longest river in the United States
The Missouri River
Three horizontal stripes: Yellow, Blue, and Red.
Columbia
It is the driest non-polar place on Earth. Some weather stations there have never recorded a single drop of rain!
It is so dry and rocky that NASA uses it to test Mars rovers, and astronomers use it to look at the stars because the sky is always perfectly clear.
The Atacama Desert
I am so massive that I cover one-third of the entire planet—in fact, I am larger than all of the Earth’s landmasses put together!
Pacific Ocean
Columbian Exchange
an interchange of plants, animals, disease, people, and culture between the Western and Eastern hemispheres following the voyages of Columbus