Chapter 1: Lesson 1-3 The Americas Geography

The number of people who live in an area

• Population

• Continent

• Region

What is a landform region? 

• is a land that does not have similar landforms throughout

• is a land that contains the same type of landforms throughout

• is a region that has similar landforms throughout

The gradual wearing away of the Earth's surface. 

• gulf

• volcanic eruption

• erosion

one of Earth's seven largest land masses

• region

• country

• continent

A group of connected mountains.

• valley range

• landform region

• mountain range

An area where many features are similar

• continent

• region

• contiguous

The largest inlets are called _____________________

• inlet

• gulf

• river system

A ___________ is a long inlet that separates offshore islands from the mainland. 

• sound

• coast

• island

An __________ is any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water. 

• inlet

• ocean

• sound

next to each other

• continent

• population

• contiguous