The first North Americans are believed to be of Asian descent by crossing from North East Asia. The next settlers were of European descent, starting with the Norse and continuing with the English, Spanish, and French.

North America, the world’s third largest continent, lies mainly between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. It occupies the northern portion of the ‘New World.’ North America | Countries, Regions, Map, Geography, & Facts | Britannica

North America is the third largest continent in world, ranking just below Asia and Africa (which are the first and second largest continents, respectively). North America covers an area of 24.71 million square kilometers or 9.54 million square miles. This means that 16.5% of the Earth’s total land area is taken up by North America alone. Despite being the third largest continent in the …

11/04/2020 · North America is where area and population diverge in their rankings because this continent's population is not growing as fast as Asia's. North America is third in area at 9.4 million square miles (24.5 million square kilometers).   However, it's fifth on the list in population with 369 million people.  

In terms of land mass, North America is the third-largest of the seven continents. It also has just three countries including Canada, the United States of America, and Mexico. It extends from Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, which stretch to the maritime border with Russia, down to the tiny Isthmus of Panama, and all the way to Greenland off the eastern coast of Canada.

Occupying the northern part of the large supercontinent known as Americas or New World, North America is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean from the north and by the Atlantic Ocean from the east, by the Pacific Ocean from the west and south. It has an overland border with South America continent, which runs along the state boundary between Panama and Colombia.