North America, Part 2

North America

North America

North America

• Major Countries- United States (Washington D.C.)- Mexico (Mexico City)- Canada

Mexico City, Mexico

What is the capital city of Canada? Very, very, very few people in the U.S. know what it is..

Mexico City, Mexico

• Ottawa!!!

• Canal- Panama- Why the need? have a canal?

Saves:- Time- Money

• Tallest Building - One World Trade

Center (NY, NY) 1,776 ft

- Tallest building in North America

http://time.com/world-trade-center/

One World Tower – New York City, New York

4th tallest in the world and tallest in North America and the Western Hemisphere

The U.S. is the wealthiest country in N.A. and the world.wor.

• Poorest country in N. America (and the Western Hemisphere) . . . Haiti

Appreciate what you have and develop empathy for those who are less fortunate!

Five poorest countries (states) in North America (GDP per capita income):1. Haiti2. Nicaragua3. Honduras4. Guatemala5. El Salvador

Most are located in ????

It didn’t help that Haiti had a 7.0 earthquake in 2012 that killed over 300,000 people and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings.

Haiti

Subsistence farming – farming intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.

Nicaragua

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Nicaragua

Honduras

Haitian economy is still based on subsistence farming.

• Largest Country (area)- Canada (3,855,102 sq. miles)

• Largest City (population)- Mexico City, Mexico (about 20 million metro.)

- about 10th largest in the world, Tokyo, Japan is #1.

• Largest Country (pop.)- USA (316 million) 2013 est.

How do we know this? . . . census and demographic estimates

http://www.census.gov/popclock/