DON'T MISS: In addition to distorting Africa's size, Mercator's map also significantly enlarges North America and Europe ... several northern hemisphere countries also appear much larger on ...

The most part of North America lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. The largest countries in North America in terms of land area are Canada and the United States of America (USA).

In fact, you can fit north America into Africa and still have space for India, Argentina, Tunisia and some left over. The map also suggests that Scandinavian countries are larger than India ...

Locate them using a large map. Share any holiday photographs from pupils who have visited countries in North America such as Disney World, Florida, US and add them to a map along with other images.