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