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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolute Chronology | A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event in years. Relative Chronology: A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event relative to the age of other features or events |
| Coast | the part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land. |
| Conflicting Territorial | A territorial dispute or boundary dispute is a disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more territorial entities |
| Claims | state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof |
| Defining | state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of. |
| Characteristics | a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it. |
| Eras | An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regional eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era used for a given calendar, or the geological eras defined for the history of Earth. |
| Exploration | the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it. |
| Gold | a yellow precious metal, the chemical element 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, esp one beginning a new or distinctive period the discovery of antibiotics marked an era in modern medicine. |
| 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 (for example, younger than or older than). Chronology: The order of events according to time |
| Settlement | an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict |
| 1519 | The first civil revolt in Anatolia takes place, led by Alevi preacher Celâl. The Spanish invade Barbados. Spanish conquistadors sailing up the Pacific coast from Panama first observe modern-day Nicaragua, landing at Gulf of Nicoya. |
| Era:Age of contact | The wave of exploration that began with Columbus' voyage in 1492 didn't take long to reach the land that is now Texas. |
| France and Spain Spanish Alonso Alvarez de Pineda Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca | Alonso Alvarez de Pineda was a Spanish explorer who traveled the great land ... Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was brought to America to take over the land ... He went back to Spain and told and told his friends about everything he had seem |