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unit 1 vocablary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| history | the study of past events |
| topical | information categorized into topics rather than chronologically |
| chronological | events placed in order of when they took place |
| era | a period of time that is associated with a particular person event or quality |
| landform | shapes and types of land |
| plate tectonics | the theory that the earth surface is divided into a number of plates which float independently over hot liquid rock forming new land patterns and causing earthquakes |
| climate | the average weather of a place over a period of 20-30 years |
| vegetation | plant life that grows in an area |
| culture | the customs ideas beliefs and skills of a people |
| physical geopgraphy | the study of a land and its features |
| human geography | learning about people and their ways |
| globe | the most accurate picture of the earth it is a sphere with a map of earth printed on it |
| relief | a change in elevation |
| physical map | a map that highlights many of the natural features of a place such as a mountains plains rivers and lakes by using color and shading |
| political map | a map that shows features of a place such as countries states and cities |
| drought | long periods in which rainfalls at a much lower rate than usual and may cause severe damage to crops |
| irrigation | anartfical way to supply water to crops |
| hunter gatherers | people who survive by searching for wild plants and animals to eat |
| indigenous people | native people to an area |
| Beringia | during the ice age , Russia was connected to alaska by a bridre of ice |
| archaeologists | objects made by humans and used by archaeologists to learn about their culture |
| pictographs | pictures drawn of painted on cave walls ledges and cliffs |
| petroglyphs | carvings made in rocks |
| pueblos | large native american homes made of adobe |
| missionaries | people sent to a place to convert the local population to a new religion |
| tipi | cone shaped tents made of poles covered in animal skin used a dwelling by some native american groups |
| migrate | the ability of family groups to move into a inhabit a new region |
| tribe | a number of family groups that follow the same leader and share the same territory and culture |
| matrilineal | descent is traced primarily through the mother |
| adobe | a building material of mud rocks clay and dry grass shaped into bricks and used to construct pueblo dwellings |
| reservation | land set aside by thr government for use by indian peoples |
| artifacts | objects made by humans and used by archaeologists to learn about the past human cultures |