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Lesson 1 Slide 2 1.Contiguous: next to each other {picture} 2.Region: area which many features are similar {example} 3.Relative location: where something is compared to other places {example} 4.Continents: landmasses {example} 5.Population: number of people Slide 3 West South East South West North East Mid West Slide 4 Three countries in North America 1.Canada 2.USA 3.Mexico The relative location of USA is between Canada and Mexico Slide 5 Lesson 2 Slide 6 1.Latitude: lines that RUN east and west 2.Longitude: lines that RUN north and south Slide 7 3. Landform region: region that has similar landforms {example} 4. climate: kind of weather a place has over a long period of time {example} 5. Mountain range: group of connected mountains {picture} 6. erosion: wearing away of Earths surface {picture of App. Mtn} Slide 8 7. prairie: area of flat or rolling land covered mostly by grasses {picture} 8. environment: surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live {picture}