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SS Age of Contact
Term | Definition |
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absolute chronology | A chronology that determines the age of an event in years. |
coast | The part of the land near the sea. |
conflicting territorial claims | Disagreement over the possession or control of land between between two or more territories. |
defining | State or describe something. |
characteristics | A feature from a specific person. |
eras | Age of contact |
exploration | Traveling through an unknown land. |
gold | Explorers wanted a direct route to the trade good of Asia to cut out the Italians and Muslims and reap great profits for themselves. |
historians | An expert in the study of history. |
major eras | 1492-End of Reconquista 1492-Columbus first voyage 1519-De Pineda draws and creates a Map of the Gulf of Mexico 1528-De Vaca shipwrecks in Texas. |
mapping | Making a map of an area. |
relative chronology | A chronology that determines the age of a historical event relative to the age of other events. |
settlement | A place where people stablish a community. |
1519 | De pineda explores Gulf coast of Texas |
De pineda | Of the first European explorers to arrive to Texas to claim it for Spain. |
De vaca | Famous spanish explorer |
Age of contact | The era when Spanish and French discovery of Texas took place. |