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unit 1 vocabulary
Unit 1 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| history | the study of past events |
| chronological | nogictopical information categorized into topics rather than chronologically |
| topical | information categorized into topics rather than chronologically |
| 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 independantly over hot liquid rock forming new land patterns and causing earthquakes |
| climate | the average weather of a place over a 20-30 years |
| vegetation | plant life grows in an area |
| culture | the customs ideas beliefs and skills of a people |
| physical geophary | the study and land and its features |
| human geophary | learning about people and their ways |
| globe | the most accurate pictures of the earth it is a sphere with a map of the earth on it |
| relief | a change in elevation |
| physical map | a map that highlights many of the natural features of a place such as mountains plains river and lakes by using color and shading |
| politacal map | a map that shows features of a place such as countries states and cities |
| drought | a long periods in which rainfalls at much lower rate than usual and may cause server damage to crops |
| irrigation | an artifical way to supply water crops |
| hunter gathers | people who survive by searching for wild pants and animals to eat |
| indigenous people | Native people to an area |
| beringia | during the ice age russia was connected to alaska by the bridge of ice |
| artifacts | objects made by humans and used by archaeologists to learn about the past human culters |
| archaeologists | scientist who study eveidence left by early people to learn about their culture |
| pictographs | pictures drawn of painted on cave walls ledges and cliffs |
| petroglyphs | carvings made in rocks |
| pueblos | large native amaerican homes made of adobe |
| missionaires | people sent to a place to convert the local population to a new religion |
| tipi | cone shaped tents made of poles covered in animal skins used a a dwelling by some native american groups |
| migrate | the ability of a people group that follows |
| 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 |
| reservations | land set aside by the government for use by indians people |
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