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SS Age of Contact
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |