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unit 1 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| History | The study of past events. |
| topical | information categorized into topics rather than chronologically. |
| chronologically | events placed in order of when they took place. |
| era | a period or time that is associated with particular person , event, or quality. |
| landform | shapes and types of land |
| plate tectonics | the theory that the earths surface is divided into numbers of plates which floats independently over hot rocks, forming new land pattern and causing earthquakes. |
| climates | 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 geography | the study of a land and its features. |
| human geography | learning about people and there 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 natural features of a place , such as a mountains , plains ,rivers , and lakes by using color and shading. |
| political maps | a map that show features of a place such as countries, states, and cities. |
| drought | long periods in which rainfalls at much lower rate than usual and may cause severe damage to crop. |
| irrigation | an artificial ways to supply water to crops. |
| hunter gatherers | people who survive by searching for wild plants and animals to eat. |
| indigenous people | native people in an area. |
| Beringia | during the ice age, Russia was connected Alaska by bridge of ice. |
| artifacts | object made by humans and used by archaeologists to learn about their culture. |
| pictograph | picture drawn of painted on cave walls, ledge and cliffs. |
| petroglyphs | carvings made in rocks. |
| pueblos | large native American homes made of adobe. |
| missionaries | people sent to place to convert the local population to new religion. |
| tipi | cone shaped tents made of poles covered in animal skin used as a dwelling by some native American groups. |
| migrate | the ability of a people group move into and 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, rock, clay, and dry grass shaped into bricks and used to construct pueblo dwelling. |
| reservation | land set aside by the government for use by Indian peoples. |
| archaeologist | scientist who study evidence left by early people to learn about their culture. |
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