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Unit 1 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| history | The study of past events |
| topical | information categorized into topics rather than chronologically. |
| chronological | events placed in order of when they took place |
| era | a period of time that is associated with a particular person, event, or quality. |
| landform | shapes & types of land |
| plate tectonics | the theory that the Earth's surface is divided into a number of plates which float independently over hot liquid rock, forming new land patterns and causing earthquakes |
| climate | the average weather of a place over a period of 20-30 years |
| vegetation | plant life that grows in an area |
| culture | the customs, ideas, beliefs, and skills of a people |
| physical geopgraphy | the study of a land and it's features |
| human geography | learning about people and their ways |
| absolute location | the term geographers use to describe the exact location of a place |
| latitude | the measure of distance North & South from the Equator |
| longitude | the measure of distance East and West from the Prime Meridian |
| equator | an imaginary line that divides the Earth into Northern & Southern hemisphere |
| meridian | also known as lines of longitude, they measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian |
| prime meridian | an imaginary line that runs through Greenwich England and divides the Earth into Eastern & Western halves |
| relative location | the location of a place compared to another place |
| globe | the most accurate "picture" of the Earth, it is a sphere with a map of Earth printed on it. |
| relief | a change in elevation |
| scale | the size of a globe compared to Earth itself |
| physical map | a map that highlights many of the natural features of a place, such as a mountains, plains, rivers, and lakes by using color and shading |
| political map | a map that shows features of a place such as countries, states, and cities |
| projection | a method of transferring the Earth's curved surface onto a flat map |
| drought | long periods in which rainfalls at a much lower rate than usual and may cause severe damage to crops |
| irrigation | an artificial way to supply water to crops |
| hunter-gatherers | people who survive by searching for wild plants and animals to eat |
| indigenous people | Native people to an area |
| Beringia | during the Ice Age, Russia was connected to Alaska by a bridge of ice. |
| artifacts | objects made by humans and used by archaeologists to learn about the past human cultures |
| archaeologists | scientists who study evidence left by early people to learn about their culture |
| pictographs | pictures drawn of painted on cave walls, ledges and cliffs |
| petroglyphs | carvings made in rocks |
| atlatl | a handheld spear thrower |
| pueblos | large Native American homes made of Adobe |
| missionaries | people sent to a place to convert the local population to a new religion |
| tipi | cone shaped tents made of poles covered in animal skins used a a dwelling by some Native American groups |
| migrate | the ability of a people group to move into and inhabit a new region |
| pemmican | a mixture of animal fat & berries that kept meat from spoiling |
| tribe | a number of family groups that follow the same leader and share the same territory & culture |
| matrilineal | descent is traced primarily through the mother |
| Adobe | a building material of mud, rocks, clay, and dry grass shaped into bricks and used to construct pueblo dwellings |
| reservations | land set aside by the government for use by Indian peoples. |
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