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TermDefinition
1519 Absolute chronology
era; Age of contact Coast
France and Spain Spanish Alonso Alvarez de Pineda Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Conflicting territorial claims
Defining characteristics A property held by all members of a class of object that is so distinctive that it is sufficient to determine membership in that class. A property that defines that which possesses it.
Eras A proposed amendment to the US Constitution stating that civil rights may not be denied on the basis of one's sex.
Exploration The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
Gold A yellow precious metal, the chemical elements of atomic number 79, used especially in Jewelry and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies.
Historians An expert in or student of history, especially, that of a particular period, geographical region, or social phenomenon.
Major eras A point in time, especially one beginning a new or distinctive period the discovery of antibiotics marked an era in modern medicine, geology a major division of geological time, divided into several periods, the Mesozoic era.
Mapping An operation that associates each element of a given set (the domain) with one or more elements of a second set (the range).
Relative chronology A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event relative to the age of other features or events.
Settlement A place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited, where people establish a community.
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