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                Lesson 1  North America
                              Essential Question                                                       America                                                            Let’s Learn


                             Where is North America?

                                                                                                                                     The Americas include the continents of both North and South

                                                                                                                                     America. The Americas occupy the majority of the land of the
                                                                                          Words to Know                              Western Hemisphere.


                                                                                                cordillera                           Together, North and South America cover almost 8% of the Earth’s

                                                                                                  sierra                             surface.

                                                                                               volcanoes                             North America is the third-largest continent in the world. It is
                                                                                                 magma                               bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Arctic Ocean to

                                                                                              earthquakes                            the north, and the Paci c Ocean to the west.

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                                                                                                                                     Map of North America
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