- The Native Americans inhabited North and South America tens of thousands of years ago. They arrived in America from Asia via the Bering strait.
- The Americas were transformed by European migration.
- The cultural region of Anglo-America formed as a result of British and French migration to North America.
- The cultural region of Latin America formed as a result of Spanish and Portuguese migration to Central and South America.
- The most densely populated areas on Earth are concentrated near the shores of bodies of water.
- Most of Earth's population is nowadays concentrated in Asia.