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unit 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| location | the site or position of a place or thing |
| tribe | Tribe - A tribe is a number of bands that follow the same leader and share the same territory and culture. |
| gulf indians | Gulf Indians - Coahuiltecans, Karankawas (harshest environment, hunter-gatherers, ate snakes, lizards, snails, armadillos, etc., greatly affected by European diseases) |
| plains indians | Plains Indians - Kiowas, Apache, Comanche, Tonkawas (Nomadic, followed the buffalo, wore buffalo skin clothing and lived in tepees) |
| publoan indians | Puebloan Indians - Chochos, Tiguas, Adobe (Lived in the Mountain & basin region of Texas where there was very little plant life. They ate seeds, cactus, small animals, lived in pueblos built adobe style with clay) |
| southeastern indians | Southeastern indians - Wichita, Atakapans, Caddo ( Lived in the piney woods area of Texas, had face & body tattoos, were hunter-gatherers) |
| era | Era - A period of time |
| pre history era | Pre-history Era - This 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 | 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 | 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. |
| environment | the surroundings in which people ,plants or animals live |
| 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 |
| plateau | an area of high, flat land |
| fault line | a crack in earth's surface caused by moving plates |
| aquifers | a layer of rock or gravel that absorbs rainfall and keeps it flowing underground |
| basins | a sunken area in a plateau found between mountain ranges |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| arid | lacking enough water for things to grow |
| petroleum | a type of oil that is the source for gasoline |
| drought | a period of lower than normal precipitation |
| erosion | the wearing away of the earth's surface by the movement of water wind ice 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 | person who moves from place to place |
| archaeologist | scientist who moves studies the physical remains of the past |
| artifact | any object made by or used by humans such as tools pottery bones and shells |
| hunter-gatherer | person who lives by hunting and gathering food rather than growing it |
| shaman | person believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick |
| confederacy | a union of different groups |
| matrillineal | refferring to a group that traces kinship through the mothers line |
| adobe | a mix of sun dried earth and straw used to build houses |
| patrillineal | refferring to a group that traces kinship to the father's line |
| tepee | a portable home made of tanned bison hides fastened to a framework of poles |
| middleman | a dealer or agent acting as a go-between for the producers of goods and realiters or consumers |
| ogallala aquifer | a large aquifer or an underground layer of pourous rocks that contains water that stretches from south dakota to central texas |
| austin | the capital of texas located in central texas in the costal plains region |
| rio grande valley | an area at the southern tip of texas along thenorthern back of the rio grande river as it nears the gulf of mexico |
| berginia | a region now covered in water that was exposed during the last ice age it included the berling strait thta connects alaska and africa |
| migrate | to move from one place to another for social economical or religous reasons |
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