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unt 1 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| location | the site or position |
| environment | the surrounding in which people, plants, or animals live |
| plain | a large area of flat , or nearly flat, land |
| 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 plstes |
| plateau | an area of high , flat land |
| aquifer | a layer of rock or gravel that absorbs rainfall and keeps it flowing underground |
| midlatitudes | a wide band of latitudes on either side of the equator , midway between the equator and the north or south poles |
| nother | blast of cold air form canada that sweeps across texas and the gulf of mexico in autumn and winter |
| topography | the landscape of a place |
| botanical | related to plants |
| exposition | a public show or display |
| exceeding | severe or extraordinary |
| cerulean | a deep shade of blue like that seen on a cloudless day |
| sunbonnet | type of hat worn by women in the united states in 19th century to protect ones face and neck form the sun |
| basin | a sunken area in a plateau found between mountains range |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| maquiladora | factory in mexico that assembles parts made in the untied states and elsewhere into products for export |
| 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 |
| tribe | A 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) |
| plain 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) |
| southeastern indians | Wichita, Atakapans, Caddo ( Lived in the piney woods area of Texas, had face & body tattoos, were hunter-gatherers) |
| 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 | 528-1690 -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 |
| austin | the capital of Texas, located in Central Texas in the Coastal Plains region |
| rio grande valley | an area at the southern tip of Texas along the northern bank of the Rio Grande River as it nears the Gulf of Mexico |
| beringia | a region now covered in water that was exposed during the last ice age, it included the Bering Strait that connects Alaska and Asia |
| migrate | To move from one place to another for social, economical, or religious reasons |
| nomad | a person who moves place to place |
| era | a period of time |
| middle man | a dealer or agent acting as a go between for the producers of goods and retailers or consumers |
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