(共20张PPT)
Lesson42
North America
Can you name them
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
The continents of the world
North America
Canada
U.S.
Mexico
Area:
About 24 million square kilometres
(24 000 000 km2)
Population:
About 550 millon (550 000 000)
The Great Lakes
The great lakes are the largest bodies of fresh water in the world
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are the biggest mountains in North America.
Read the text and complete following tables.
North America area
the numbers of main countries
the biggest country
languages
the largest lake
the biggest mountains
24 million square kilometres
3 main countries
Canada
English,French,Chinese,Spanish
The Great Lakes
The Rocky Mountains
Canada
Area
Population
Language
Area
Population
Language
U.S.
USA
Mexico
Area
Population
Language
Canada U.S. Mexico
area
population
language
the biggest of the three countries in area
about 35 million,
the smallest
the second biggest of the countries in area
smaller than both Canada and U.S.
more than 315 million,
the largest
more than 110 million,
the second largest
English,French, Chinese
English,Spanish>Chinese(more than 2 million)
Spanish
Matching
statements
People there mainly speak Spanish.
It's the smallest country in area in North America.
Over 2 million people speak Chinese there.
It's the largest country in population in North America.
It'the farthest north in North America.
countries
Canada
U.S.
Mexico
practice
Fill in the blanks with correct words.
A
B
C
D
N
C is _ the _ of A.
D is _ the _ of C.
B is _ the _ of A.
on east
to north
in south