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Early Exploration

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TermDefinition
Absolute chronology Absolute Chronology: A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event in years.
Coast The part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land.
Conflicting territorial claims A territorial dispute or boundary dispute is a disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more territorial entities.
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 point of time from which succeeding years are numbered, as at the beginning of a system of chronology
Exploration The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
Gold A yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used especially in jewelry and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies.
Historians An expert in or student of history, especially that of a particular period, geographical region, or social phenomenon.
Major era A point in time, esp one beginning a new or distinctive period the discovery of antibiotics marked an era in modern medicine. geology a major division of geological time, divided into several periodsthe Mesozoic era.
Mapping The definition of mapping is making a map, or a matching process where the points of one set are matched against the points of another set.
Relative chronology A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event relative to the age of other features or events
Settlement A settlement is a colony or any small community of people.
1519 Hernan Cortés invaded Mexico in 1519 and conquered the Aztec Empire.
Era Age of contact France and Spain Spanish Alonso Alvarez de pineda Alvar Nuzez Cabeza de vaca.
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