Explore the Americas: Two Continents, One Giant Land

Look at a globe or world map. Can you spot the two enormous landmasses on the left-hand side? They stretch all the way from icy cold lands near the North Pole down to the freezing tip near the South Pole. These two giant pieces of land are called the Americas. Together they cover about a quarter of all the land on Earth! Here is a question to get you thinking before we start.