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Age Of Contact Vocab

TermDefinition
Absolute Chronology Determines the age of a feature or event in years.
Conflicting Territorial Claims When two or more nations claim the same area and have to fight for it
Defining Characteristics A property held by all members of a class of object that is so distinctive that it is sufficient to determine membership in that class
Eras A span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or
Exploration The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it
Gold A yellow precious metal, used especially in jewelry and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies
Historians An expert in or student of history
Major Eras A point in time, especially one beginning a new or distinctive period
Mapping An operation that associates each element of a given set (the domain) with one or more elements of a second set (the range)
Relative Chronology A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event relative to the age of other features or events
Settlement A place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited, where people establish a community
1519 The beginning of the Age of Contact
Era: Age of Contact When Texas was being explored and established
De Pineda A Spanish Conquistador and cartographer who was first in Texas history
De Vaca A Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition
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