Interactive Map of North America: Geography Educational Game
The North America Puzzle is a free online geography learning game designed to help you study the sovereign states and independent territories of the North American continent. Featuring the political borders established up to 2016, this drag-and-drop exercise is an excellent "Minute to win it" tool for desktop computers, laptops, and tablets. It is part of the Planeta 42 Interactive World Maps educational toolset.
Exploring the Continent
North America is the third-largest continent in the world, stretching all the way from the frigid Arctic Ocean in the north to the tropical Isthmus of Panama in the south. The continent boasts an incredible variety of environments, political structures, and cultures.
By studying the shapes and borders of these countries, students gain a better spatial understanding of how massive nations like Canada and the United States share the continent with smaller, densely populated nations across Central America and the Caribbean.
How to play North America Puzzle
There are 15 graphical puzzle pieces representing the shapes of North American countries situated on the left side of the screen. Your task is to drag and drop them into their correct geographical locations within the outlined North America continent on the right. If dropped incorrectly, the country shape will bounce back to your hand until it is placed accurately.
Knowledge Achievements:
Successfully complete the map to memorise the locations of the countries and earn +1 Knowledge Level on Planeta 42.
Difficulty Level: Easy.
Did you know?
• The Giant of the North: Canada is the largest country in North America by total land area, and the second-largest in the entire world (behind only Russia).
• An Icy Association: Greenland is physically part of the North American continent, but politically and culturally, it is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, associating it closely with Europe.
• The Narrow Path: The Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip of land that links North America and South America. At its narrowest point, it is only about 30 miles (48 km) wide!
Class Subject: Countries of North America
This fun learning game answers questions such as: Which is the biggest country in North America? What are the political borders? Where exactly is Mexico situated?
Included Sovereign States and Territories:
Canada
United States
Greenland
Mexico
Nicaragua
Honduras
Cuba
Guatemala
Panama
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Belize
El Salvador
Jamaica
Not included as they are too small to be dragged easily in this puzzle format:
Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Turks and Caicos Islands, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Curaçao, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United States Virgin Islands, Grenada, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Anguilla, Saint Martin, Bermuda, Sint Maarten, Saint Barthélemy, Sint Eustatius, Saba, and Clipperton Island.
