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Unit one vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Location | The site of an position place or thing |
| environment | the surroundings in which animals,plants, or humans live |
| hunter-gather | person who lives by hunting and gathering food rather than growing it |
| nomad | person who moves place to place |
| archaeologist | scientist who studies the physical remains of the past |
| artifact | any object made or used my humans such as tools, pottery,bones, and shells |
| arid | lacking enough water for things to grow |
| petroleum | a type of oil that is the source of gasoline |
| drought | a period of lower than normal precipitation |
| basin | a sunken area in a plateau found between mountain ranges |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| mesa | a small, high plateau |
| butte | a flat-topped hill, smaller than a mesa |
| agribusiness | large-scale farming including production, processing, and distribution |
| erosion | the wearing away of Earth's surface by the movement of wind, water, ice and gravity |
| shaman | person believed to have the power to summon spirits and to heal the sick |
| Aquifers | a layer of rock or gravel that absorbs rainfall and keeps it flowing underground |
| plain | a large flat or nearly flat island |
| barrier island | a narrow island between the mainland and the ocean |
| escarpment | a steep slope or cliff |
| fault line | a crack in earths surface caused by moving plates |
| plateau | an area of high flat land |
| patrilineal | referring to a group that traces kinship through the fathers line |
| tepee | a portable home made of tanned bison hides fastened to a framework of poles |
| middle man | a dealer or agent acting as a go-between for the producers of goods and retailers or consumers |
| adobe | a mix or sun dried earth and straw used to build houses |
| confederacy | a union of different groups |
| matrilineal | referring to a group that traces kinship through the mothers line |
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