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Unit 1 Vocabulary
Chapters 1, 2, & 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sunbelt | a group of states from the east coast to California |
| Regions | areas that are similar in landscape, climate, elevation, and plant and animal life |
| Coastal Plain | the southern most region in Georgia |
| Fall Line | a geological boundary between the lower level of the coastal plain to the higher level of the piedmont |
| Piedmont | a rolling, hilly, plateau that stretches north from the fall line and to the base of the blue ridge mountains |
| Appalachian Mountains | a large mountain range that stretches from alabama to canada |
| Blue Ridge Mountains | a mountain range from Pennsylvania to Georgia |
| Valley and Ridge | a region west of the blue ridge mountains, with fertile valleys lying between long, narrow mountain ridges running in a northeasterly direction |
| Appalachian Plateu | the smallest geographic region in Georgia, located in the northwest corner of the state |
| Archaeologist | a scientist who studies the past based on materials such as fossils and artifacts that ancient people left behind |
| Artifacts | an object made, modified, or used by humans in the past that contributes to out understanding of an earlier culture |
| Prehistoric | relating to a time before written history |
| Culture | the common values and traditions of a society such as language, government, and family relationships |
| Paleo-Indians | the first Americans who crossed from Asia to North America approximately 10,000 years ago |
| Archaic Period | the period of history after the last ice age |
| Agriculture | cultivating the soil to produce crops |
| Woodland Period | the period of history after the archaic period |
| Renaissance | the european civilization from the 1300s to 1600s characterized by an increase in art and learning |
| Conquistadors | a spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions |
| Gulf Stream | a power ocean current that flows from the gulf of mexico along the east coast |
| Mercantilism | an economic theory in which government controls trade and establishes colonies to obtain gold |
| Joint - Stock Company | a business formed by a group of people who jointly make an investment and shared in profits and losses |
| Charter | a written contract issued by the government giving the holder the right to establish a colony |
| Monopoly | complete control over he entire supply of goods or a service |
| Relative Location | a point or place in relation to another point or place |
| Absolute Location | absolute location describes the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth |
| Hemisphere | one of the halves into which the earth is divided |
| Equator | an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0° |
| Parallels | extending in the same direction |
| Prime Merridian | the meridian running through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is reckoned |
| Meridians | a circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles |
| Latitude | the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes |
| Longitude | the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes |
| Compass Rose | a circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart |
| Scale | refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground |
| Goods | goods that are ready for consumption in satisfaction of human wants, as clothing or food, and are not utilized in any further production |
| Services | the action of helping or doing work for someone |
| Imports | bring goods or services into a country from abroad for sale |
| Exports | send goods or services to another country for sale |
| Climate | the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period |
| Weather | the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc |
| Mississippian | a native or inhabitant of Mississippi |
| Anthropologist | people that practice anthropology |
| Antiquities | the quality of being ancient; ancientness |
| Horticulture | the art or practice of garden cultivation and management |
| Clovis Points | the characteristically-fluted projectile points associated with the North American Clovis culture |
| Mounds | a rounded mass projecting above a surface |
| Palisade | a fence of wooden stakes or iron railings fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defense |
| Wooly Mammoth | a mammoth that was adapted to the cold periods of the Pleistocene, with a long shaggy coat, small ears, and a thick layer of fat. Individuals are sometimes found frozen in the permafrost of Siberia |
| Barter Economy | A barter economy is a cashless economic system in which services and goods are traded at negotiated rates |
| Maize | a pale yellow resembling the color of corn |
| Bow and Arrow | a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow |
| Projectile Points | a projectile point is an object that was hafted to a projectile |
| Colonization | the act of setting up a colony away from one's place of origin |
| Spanish Missions | denoting a style of architecture characteristic of the Catholic missions in Spanish America |
| Barrier Islands | a long narrow island lying parallel and close to the mainland, protecting the mainland from erosion and storms |
| Influence | the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself |
| Smallpox | an acute contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules usually leaving permanent scars |
| Catholicism | the faith, practice, and church order of the Roman Catholic Church |
| New World | The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas (including nearby islands such as those of the Caribbean and Bermuda). |
| Shale | soft, finely stratified sedimentary rock that formed from consolidated mud or clay and can be split easily into fragile slabs |
| Tribe | a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader |
| Clan | a group of close-knit and interrelated families |
| Sherds | a variant of shard |
| Nomads | a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock |
| Effigy | a roughly made model of a particular person, made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger |
| Atlatl | a stick used by Eskimos and early American Indians to propel a spear or dart |
| Cheifdom | the rank or office of a chief |
| Beringia | a vast area between the Kolyma River in the Russian Far East to the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories of Canada |
| Middens | a dunghill or refuse heap |
| Moat | a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack |
| Podium | a small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience |
| Mastodon | a large, extinct, elephantlike mammal of the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs, having teeth of a relatively primitive form and number |
| Pottery | pots, dishes, and other articles made of earthenware or baked clay. Pottery can be broadly divided into earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware |
| Oral Tradition | Oral tradition is information passed down through the generations by word of mouth that is not written down |
| Wattle and Daub | a material formerly or traditionally used in building walls, consisting of a network of interwoven sticks and twigs covered with mud or clay |
| Mound Builders | the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S. |
| Expeditions | a journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war |
| Guale-Sea Island | Guale was an historic Native American chiefdom along the coast of present-day Georgia and the Sea Islands |
| Fur Trade | a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur |
| Monarchy | a form of government with a monarch at the head |
| Protestant | a member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation, including the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches |
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