Picture your neighbors. Who do you see? Maybe you see friends you hang out with. Or a nice family that lives in your apartment building.
In reality, you have many more neighbors than just the people in your neighborhood, your town, or even your state.
Imagine looking at the United States from space. You’ll see we have neighbors all around. There’s Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. North America also includes Greenland, Central America, and the Caribbean. They’re all part of the world’s third-largest continent, or one of the main bodies of land on Earth. Each region has its own culture and history. But as North Americans, we share a common story.
It begins like this: Once upon a time, 200 million years ago. . .