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Unit 1 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| History | The study of past events. |
| Topical | Information categorized into topics rather than chronological. |
| 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 & types of land. |
| Plate Tectonics | The theory that the Earth's surface is divided into a number of plats which float independently over hot liquid rock, forming new land patters and causing earthquakes. |
| Climate | The average weather of 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 land and it's features. |
| Human Geography | Learning about people and their ways. |
| Goble | 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 | An artificial way to supply water to crops. |
| Huntergratherers | People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals to eat. |
| Indigenous People | Native people to an era. |
| Beringia | During the Ice Age, Russian was connected to Alaska by a bridge of ice. |
| Artifacts | Objects made by humans and used by archaeologists to learn about their culture. |
| Pictographs | Pictures drawn of painted on cave walls, ledge and cliffs, |
| Petroglyphs | Carving made in rocks. |
| Pueblos | Large Native Americans homes made of Adobe. |
| Missionaries | People sent to a place to convert the local population to a new religion. |
| Tipi | Cones shaped tents made of poles covered in animal skins used a dwelling by some Native Americans groups. |
| Migrate | The ability of people group 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 | Decent 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 the government for used by Indian peoples. |
| Archeologists | Scientist who study evidence left by early people to learn about their culture. |