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Unit 1 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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location | a site or position of a place or thing |
environment | the surroundings in which the people ,places & animals live. |
tribe | A tribe is a number of bands that follow the same leader and share the same territory and culture. |
Gulf Indians | Coahuiltecans, Karankawas (harshest environment, hunter-gatherers, ate snakes, lizards, snails, armadillos, etc., greatly affected by European diseases) |
Plains Indians | Kiowas, Apache, Comanche, Tonkawas (Nomadic, followed the buffalo, wore buffalo skin clothing and lived in tepees) |
Southeastern Indians | Wichita, Atakapans, Caddo ( Lived in the piney woods area of Texas, had face & body tattoos, were hunter-gatherers) |
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. |
Era | A period of time |
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) |
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 |
Plain | A large area of flat, or nearly flat, land |
basin | a sunken area in a plateau found between mountain ranges |
elevation | height above sea level |
mesas | a small, high plateau |
butte | a flat-topped hill, smaller than a mesa |
agribusiness | large-scale farming including production, processing and distribution |
shaman | to have person believed the power to summons spirits and heal the sick |
barrier island | a narrow island between the mainland and the ocean |
escarpment | a steep slope or cliff |
fault line | a crack in Earth's surface caused by moving plates |
plateau | an area of high, flat land |