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Native Tribes plus European Exploration
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Artifact | An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest. |
| Cultural Region | An area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language |
| Culture | A people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs, food, dwellings, and clothing |
| Dominate | To be the most noticeable, important or conspicuous within a group |
| Environment | All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate |
| Impact | To have a direct effect on a person or thing |
| Migrate | To move from one place and establish a home in a new place. |
| Natural Resources | Things that can be found and put to use within one's environment |
| Charter | A formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony’s geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed |
| Colony | A new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land |
| Columbian Exchange | The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas |
| Conquistadors | Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru |
| Convert | To change a person’s religious beliefs so they accept a different or new religion |
| Domesticate | Plants or animals that live and breed in a human environment; tame |
| Missionaries | People who travel to a territory or community in order to make converts to their religion |