North America
North America extends from the Arctic to the tropics. This topic is part of Continents within Geography. This page currently draws on 71 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
North America trivia questions
Canada, the United States, and Mexico are on which continent?
Answer: North America
Bonus fact: North America extends from the Arctic to the tropics.
What is the largest country in North America by area?
Answer: Canada
Bonus fact: Canada is the world's second-largest country.
Which mountain range runs along much of western North America?
Answer: Rocky Mountains
Bonus fact: The Rockies stretch from Canada into the United States.
Which butterfly is famous for long-distance migration in North America?
Answer: Monarch
Bonus fact: Monarchs migrate between Mexico and northern regions.
Which mountain in Alaska is the highest peak in North America?
Answer: Denali
Bonus fact: Denali rises to 20,310 feet.
The Appalachian Mountains are in which part of North America?
Answer: Eastern
Bonus fact: The range stretches from Canada into the southeastern United States.
Central America connects North America with which continent?
Answer: South America
Bonus fact: It forms the southern portion of North America.
Periodical cicadas in North America famously emerge after cycles of 13 or how many years?
Answer: 17
Bonus fact: Different broods have 13- or 17-year life cycles.
What invasive beetle has devastated ash trees in North America?
Answer: Emerald ash borer
Bonus fact: Emerald ash borer larvae feed beneath the bark.
Which Viking explorer reached North America around the year 1000?
Answer: Leif Erikson
Bonus fact: Norse settlers established a site at L'Anse aux Meadows.
The Rockies run mainly through which part of North America?
Answer: West
Bonus fact: They form a major western mountain chain.
The Appalachian Mountains are located in which part of North America?
Answer: East
Bonus fact: They extend from the southeastern U.S. into Canada.