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unit 1 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| location | the sight of position of place or thing. |
| environment | The surroundings in which people, plants, or animal lives. |
| 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 by moving plates. |
| plateau | an area of high, flat land |
| Aquifer | a layer of rock or gravel that absorbs rainfall and keeps it flowing underground |
| tribe | a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader. |
| plains indians | a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader. |
| southeastern indians | typically used to refer to the Cherokees, the Creeks, the Chickasaws, the Seminoles, and the Choctaws, as well as many, many other important tribes. |
| era | typically used to refer to the Cherokees, the Creeks, the Chickasaws, the Seminoles, and the Choctaws, as well as many, many other important tribes. |
| pre-historic era | the period of time before civilization and writing |
| age of contact | the era when Spaniards – and later the French – arrived in Texas searching for wealth and hoping to find native empires (like the Aztecs or the Incans) to conquer. |
| Spanish conlonial era | denoting a style of architecture characteristic of Spanish America. |
| Basins | a suncken area in a plateau found between mountain ranges |
| elevation | height over the sea level |
| arid | lacking enough water for things to glow |
| petroleum | a type of oil that is the source for gasoline. |
| drought | a period of lower than normal precitation |
| erosion | the wearing away of earths surface by the movment |
| mesa | a small, high plateau |
| butte | a flat-topped hill, smaller than a mesa |
| agribusiness | large-scale framing including, production, processing, and distrubution |
| nomad | person that moves place to place |
| archaeoligist | scientist who studies the physical remains of the past |
| artifact | any object made by humans such as tools, pottery, bones, and shells |
| hunter gather | person who lives by hunting and gathering food, rather than growing it |
| shaman | person who believed to have power to summon spirits and heal the sick |
| confedracy | 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 |
| patrillineal | preferring to that trace from the fathers line |
| tepee | a portable home made of tanned bison hides fastened from to a framework of poles |
| middleman | a dealer or agent acting as a go-between for the producers af good and retailers or consumers. |
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