States and Provinces

A country is usually broken down into states or provinces. A state is a smaller territory of a country that, when added to other states, makes a federation, or a united group. A province is a specific area or location within a country that is a subset of a larger union.

Although states and provinces obey the rules of the central government of their country, states also have their own separate laws.

Study the slides below to locate some of the U.S. states and Canadian provinces.