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What are the Countries of North America?

North America includes Canada, the United States and Mexico, the seven countries of Central America, the island nations of the Caribbean, and territories such as Greenland.

  • The United States declared independence from Britain in 1776.
  • Haiti became the first independent Caribbean nation in 1804, after a successful slave revolution.
  • Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821.
  • Central America also broke from Spain in 1821 and briefly formed one federation, which split into five countries by 1841.
  • Canada was formed by Confederation in 1867.
  • Panama separated from Colombia in 1903.
  • Many Caribbean nations, such as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, became independent in the 1960s.

Current quiz contains 18 countries: Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America.

Interesting facts about North America:

  • North America is named after an Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. He was the first man who realized that America is not the East Indies, but a different landmass.
  • Canada is the largest country in North America and the second in the world after Russia.
  • Mexico City is the largest city in North America followed by New York City.
  • Greenland is the biggest island in the world and it belongs to North America (geographically).
  • North America has all climatic zones and all the major biomes.
  • Corn is the largest crop produced in the United States with more than 90 million acres harvested annually.
  • Death Valley is the driest place in North America. It receives less than a cup of rainfall annually.