North america, part 2
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North America, Part 2
North America
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North America
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North America
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• 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
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• Ottawa!!!
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• Canal- Panama- Why the need? have a canal?
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Saves:- Time- Money
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• Tallest Building - One World Trade
Center (NY, NY) 1,776 ft
- Tallest building in North America
http://time.com/world-trade-center/
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One World Tower – New York City, New York
4th tallest in the world and tallest in North America and the Western Hemisphere
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The U.S. is the wealthiest country in N.A. and the world.wor.
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• Poorest country in N. America (and the Western Hemisphere) . . . Haiti
Appreciate what you have and develop empathy for those who are less fortunate!
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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
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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.
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• Largest Country (area)- Canada (3,855,102 sq. miles)
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• Largest City (population)- Mexico City, Mexico (about 20 million metro.)
- about 10th largest in the world, Tokyo, Japan is #1.
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• Largest Country (pop.)- USA (316 million) 2013 est.
How do we know this? . . . census and demographic estimates
http://www.census.gov/popclock/