Matching Pairs Our Nation's GeographyOnline version Matching review Chapter 1 by Jeannine Gryn 1 This is the number of people in an area 2 An area of flat or rolling land covered mostly by grasses 3 It is where a place is compared to other places 4 It is an area in which many features are similar 5 This natural process has worn down the Appalachian Mountains 6 The number of contiguous states 7 Earth's seven largest landmasses 8 A group of connected mountains 9 The kind of weather a place has over a long time 10 This is how the climate of the Southwest differs from the climate of the Northeast 11 The gradual wearing away of the Earth's surface 12 The surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live 13 This is the reason why people modified rivers and streams 14 This describes states next to each other 15 This is the relationship between Earth and the sun that causes the seasons 16 A region that has similar landform features 17 This is how people change the land to improve movement of goods and people It is hotter and drier prairie environment water was used for drinking and generating electricity region landform region forty-eight climate mountain range the change in the Earth's tilt toward the sun by digging channels erosion continents population erosion relative location contiguous
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