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unit 1 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| location | site or position of a place or thing |
| plain | a large area of flat or nearly flat land |
| barrier island | a narrow island between the mainland and the ocean |
| escarpment | a steep slope or cliff |
| fault line | a crack in the earths surface caused by moving plates |
| plateau | an area of high flat land |
| aquifer | a layer of rock that absorbs rainfall and keeps it flowing underground |
| basins | a sunken area in a plateau found between |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| arid | lacking enough water for things to grow |
| petroleum | a type of oil that is that is the source for gasoline |
| drought | a period of lower precipitation than normal |
| erosion | the wearing away of earths by the movement of water ice wind and gravity |
| mesa | a small high plateau |
| butte | a flat topped hill smaller than a mesa |
| agribusiness | large scale farming including production processing and distribution |
| nomad | a person who moves from place to place |
| archaeologist | scientist who studies the physical remains of the past |
| artifact | any object |
| confederacy | a union of different groups |
| matrilineal | to a group that traces kinship through mothers line |
| shaman | person believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick |
| hunter gatherer | person who lives by hunting and gathering food rather than growing it |
| patrilineal | a group that traces kinship through fathers line |
| adobe | a mix of sun dried earth and straw used to build houses |
| teepee | a portable home made of tanned bison hides fastened to framework of poles |
| middle man | a dealer of or agent acting as a go between for the producers of goods and retailers or consumers |
| Pre-history Era | era is the prehistory of Texas up to the point of contact with Europeans in 1528.This era includes natural geologic history as well as Native American history. |
| Age of Contact | 1528-1690 -This era Includes the encounters of Cabeza de Vaca and the numerous expeditions over the next 150 years that define what the Europeans and American Indians understood about each other and Texas. |
| Spanish Colonial Era | 1690-1821- This era deals with the efforts of Spain to bring Texas under Spanish control. The Spanish established missions, town, ranches, and military posts in South Central and East Texas. |
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