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unit 1 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| history | the study of past events |
| tropical | 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 ,events , or quality |
| landform | shapes & types of land |
| plate tectonics | the theory that the earth surface is divided into a number of plates which float independent over the hot liquid rock forming new land pattern and causing earthuquakes |
| climate | the averge weather of a place over a period of 20-30years |
| 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 geopgraphy | learning about people and their ways |
| globe | the most accurate picture of the earth it is sphere with a map of Earth printed on it |
| relief | a change in elevation |
| physical map | a map that highlights many of the natural feathers of a place such as a mountain,plains,rivers,and lakes by using a color and shading |
| political map | a map that shows feature of a place such as countries states and cities |
| drought | long period in hich rainfalls at a much lower rate than usual and may cause severe damage to crops |
| irrigation | an artifical way to supply water to crop |
| hunter gatherers | people whos urvive by searching for wlld plants and animals to eat |
| indigenous people | native people to an aea |
| beringia | duing the ice age russia was connected to alaska by the bridge of ice |
| Atifacts | objects made by humans and used by the archaeologists to learn about their culture |
| archaeologist | scienctist who study evidence left by early poeple to learn about their culture |
| Pictography | picture drawn of painted on cave walls ledges and cliffs |
| petroglyphs | carving made in rocks |
| pueblos | lage native americans homes made of abobe |
| missionaries | people sent to a place to conrvet the local population to a new religion |
| tipi | cone shaped tents made of poles covered in animalskins used a an dwelling by some Native Ameican groups |
| migrate | the ability of a people groups to move into and inhabit a new religion |
| 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 |
| abobe | a building material of mud rocks clay and dry grass shaped into bricks and used to construct pueblo dwelling |
| reservations | land set aside by the goverment for use by Indian people |
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