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unit 1 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| history | the study of the past events |
| topical | information categorized into topics rather than chronologically |
| chronological | events played in order of when they took place |
| era | a period of the that is associated with a particular person ,events ,or quality |
| landform | shape & type of land |
| plate tectonics | the theory that the earth's surface is divided into a number of plates with 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 | plants life grows in an area |
| culture | the customs, ideas, beliefs, and skill of people |
| physical geopgraphy | the study of a land and it's feature |
| human geography | learning about people and their ways |
| globe | the most accurate ''picture'' of earth ,it is a sphere with a map of earth printed on it |
| relief | a change in elevation |
| physical maps | a map that highlights many of the natural feature of a place, such as a mountains, plains, rivers, and lakes by using color and shading |
| political | a map that shows feature of a place such as countries, states, and cityies |
| drought | long period in witch rainfalls at a much lower rate that usual and may causes server damage to crops |
| irrigation | an artificaul |
| hunter- gathers | people who survived 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 bridge of ice. |
| artifacts | objects made by humans and used by archaeologist to learn about the past human culture |
| archeologist | scientist who study evidence left by early people to learn about their culture |
| pictographs | picture drawn of pained on a cave walls ledges and cliffs |
| petroglyphs | carving made in rocks |
| pueblos | large native American homes made of adore |
| missionaries | people sent to a place to cover the local population to a new religion |
| tipi | cone shaped tents made of poles covered in animals skins used a a dwelling by some native American groups |
| migrate | the ability of a people groups to move into and inhabit a new region |
| tribe | a number of family groups that follow the same leader and share the same territory & 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 Indian people |
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