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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| absolute chronology | A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event in years. |
| coast | the part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land |
| conflicting territorial claims | A territorial dispute or boundary dispute is a disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more territorial entities. |
| 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. |
| 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 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 | An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal 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. |
| mapping | an operation that associates each element of a given set (the domain) with one or more elements of a second set |
| relative chronology | A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event relative to the age of other features or events |
| settlement | an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict |