33+ North And South America Pics. The prehistory of the americas (north, south, and central america, and the caribbean) begins with people migrating to these areas from asia during the height of an ice age. I will try to summarize the main ones.

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The south american continent is located farther east than north america and is smaller in physical area. South america is the large southern landmass of the americas, north america and south america (central america is usually considered part of north america).the continent is longest from north to south, with the andes mountains along the left (western) side. Located in the black hills of south dakota.

North america and the caribbean sea lie to the northwest.

They had lots of good that europe needed like cotton. Both north america and south america was named after amerigo vespuci. This map shows governmental boundaries of countries in north and south america. North america is the third largest continent in the world according to area, while south america comes in fourth.