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    NORTH AMERICA

    S6 - Social Studies

    Shaanthi School
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    TOPICS TO BE COVERED
    Formation Of Continents

    Introduction of North America

    Location And Extent

    Political Division Of North America

    Major Physical Features


    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS
    RECALL OF PREVIOUS CLASS

    1.What are the characteristics of non-metallic


    minerals?

    2. What are the uses of coal?

    3. What is shaft mining?


    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    FORMATION OF CONTINENTS
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS
    FORMATION OF CONTINENTS
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    NORTH AMERICA

    Christopher Columbus discovered


    America in 1942.
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    LOCATION

    • North America lies completely in the Western and Northern


    Hemisphere.
    • The Continent is separated from Europe by the Atlantic Ocean.
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS
    BOUNDARIES

    North America is Separated from Asia by


    the narrow Bering Strait. It is linked with
    South America by the narrow Isthmus of
    Panama.
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    POLITICAL DIVISION

    North America’s main countries are Canada, United States of


    America and Mexico.
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    NORTH AMERICA
    Country Capital
    Antigua & Barbuda St. John’s
    Bahamas Nassau
    Barbados Bridgetown
    Belize Belmopan
    Canada Ottawa
    Costa Rica San Jose
    Cuba Havana
    Dominica Roseau
    Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
    El Salvador San Salvador
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    CENTRAL AMERICA

    Countries of Central
    America :
    • Belize
    • Nicaragua
    • Panama
    • El Salvador
    • Costa Rica
    • Honduras
    • Guatemala
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS
    RIVERS IN NORTH AMERICA

    The Mississippi is the most important river in North America. The


    Missouri and the Arkansas are the tributaries of the Mississippi.
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    PHYSICAL FEATURES - CANADIAN SHIELD

    Hudson
    Bay

    Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake


    Canadian Shield
    Winnipeg and The Great Bear are
    some of the important lakes.
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    EASTERN HIGHLANDS

    Appalachian Highlands

    • Located west of coastal plain


    extending from Eastern Canada
    to Western Alabama.

    • Consists old fold mountains.


    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    CENTRAL LOWLANDS
    • The Central Lowland is a
    Central Lowland
    flat-lying region located
    between the
    Appalachian Mountains
    to the east and the Great
    Plains to the west.
    • It extends from the
    Canadian Shield in the
    north to the Atlantic
    Coastal Plain in the
    south.
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS
    THE WESTERN CORDILLERAS

    • Young fold mountains.

    • Spread across the distance of


    about 6500 km from Alaska in
    the north to Panama in the
    south.
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    HOMEWORK

    1. Read the lesson well.


    2. Do book back exercises 1 to 4.
    3. Mark the following countries on the map of North
    America - Canada, United States of America, Mexico,
    Jamaica, Cuba, Panama and Saint Vincent
    4. Do the map work given under the head - Worksheet.
    NORTH AMERICA

    S6 - Social Studies

    THE END
    SHAANTHI
    SCHOOLS

    THE END

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