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unit one vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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location | the site positon of a place or thing |
enviroment | the sorroundings in which people,plants or animal live |
plain | a large area of flat or nearly flat plain |
barrier island | a narrow island between the mainland and the ocean |
escarpment | a steep or slope |
plateau | a area of high or flat line |
fault line | a crack in the earths surface cuased by moving plants |
aquifers | a layer of rock or gravel that absorbs rainfall and keeps it flowing under ground |
basin | a sunken area in a plateau found between a mountain ranges |
elevation | heights above sea level |
arid | lacking enough water for things to grow |
petroleum | a type of oil that is the source for gasoline |
drought | a period of lower than normal precipitation |
erosion | the wearing away of earths surface by the movement of water wind ice and gravity |
mesa | a small high plateau |
butte | a flat topped hill smaller than a mesa |
agribusiness | large scale farming including production processing and distribution |
nomad | person who moves from place to place |
archaeologist | scientist who studies the physical remains of the past |
artifact | any object made or used by humans such as tools pottery bones and shells |
hunter gatherer | person who lives by hunting and gathering food rather than growing it |
shaman | person who believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick |
confederacy | a union of different groups |
matrilineal | referring to a group that traces kinship through the mothers line |
adobe | a mix of sun dried earth and straw used to build houses |
patrilineal | referring to a group that traces kinship trough there fathers line |
tepee | a potable home made of tanned bison hides fastened to frame work of poles |
middleman | a dealer or agent acting as a go between for the producers of goods and retailers or consumers |
tribe | tribe is a number of bands that follow the same leader and share the same territory and culture. |
gulf indians | Coahuiltecans, Karankawas (harshest environment, hunter-gatherers, ate snakes, lizards, snails, armadillos, etc., greatly affected by European diseases) |
plains indians | Kiowas, Apache, Comanche, Tonkawas (Nomadic, followed the buffalo, wore buffalo skin clothing and lived in tepees) |
puebloan indians | Chochos, Tiguas, Adobe (Lived in the Mountain & basin region of Texas where there was very little plant life. They ate seeds, cactus, small animals, lived in pueblos built adobe style with clay) |
southeast indains | Wichita, Atakapans, Caddo ( Lived in the piney woods area of Texas, had face & body tattoos, were hunter-gatherers) |
era | A period of time |
pre history era | This era is the prehistory of Texas up to the point of contact with Europeans in 1528.This era includes natural geologic history as well as Native American history |
age of contact | 1528-1690 -This era Includes the encounters of Cabeza de Vaca and the numerous expeditions over the next 150 years that define what the Europeans and American Indians understood about each other and Texas |
spanish colonial era | 1690-1821- This era deals with the efforts of Spain to bring Texas under Spanish control. The Spanish established missions, town, ranches, and military posts in South Central and East Texas. |
Ogallala Aquifer | a large aquifer, or an underground layer of porous rock that contains water, that stretches from South Dakota to Central Texas |
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