Northern America—the northern region of the North American continent, including Canada, the United States, Greenland, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and Bermuda. Central America—the countries south of the United States and north of Colombia. South America—all the countries south of Panama.

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The British suspected the Americans had plans to take over Canada and so in 1867, Great Britain granted Canada dominion status with permission to self-govern. Great Britain retained control over defense and diplomacy. The move was largely viewed to safeguard against American takeover of Canadian territory.

Canada is considered part of North America because it IS part of North America. North America is not a political entity. It is a geographic one. In other words, it is a big piece of land.

Even though technically both Canada and the United States of America are from North America, Canadians do not ever refer to themselves as Americans. The people of the USA have adopted the term American to refer to themselves. So Canadians never use the term.

The term Northern America refers to the northernmost countries and territories of North America: the United States, Bermuda, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, and Greenland. North America’s largest countries by land area, Canada and the United States, also contain well-defined and recognized regions.

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Most of North America’s area consists of three large nations and one large island territory. They are Canada, the United States of America (USA), Mexico and Greenland.

North America Countries

• Antigua and Barbuda.
• Bahamas.
• Barbados.
• Belize.
• Canada.
• Costa Rica.
• Cuba.
• Dominica.

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Demographics

With a population of over 327 million people, the United States is more populated than Canada (35 million). The population density of Canada is 9.6 individuals/sq mile which is one of the lowest in the world.

A continent is one of Earth’s seven main divisions of land. The continents are, from largest to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

The geographic regions of the world can be divided into ten regions: Africa, Asia, Central America, Eastern Europe, European Union, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America, and the Caribbean. There are many ways to organize the world and every single country in it.

Six regions of the world

• Western Europe.
• Central and Eastern Europe.
• Asia.
• Africa.
• Mediterranean & Middle East.
• Americas.

Canada is a mosaic of ecozones. These can be broadly categorized into 6 natural regions as follows: Pacific and Western Mountains, Central Plains, Boreal Shield, Mixedwood Plains, Atlantic, and Arctic and Taiga.

According to the AP World History framework, there are five major geographical regions. They are Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.