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Vocab-Mid Notes
Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Material found in nature that people can use | Natural Resource |
| The pattern of weather in a place over a long period of time | Climate |
| The water that falls to the Earth as rain,snow,sleet,or hail. | Precipitation |
| A variety of plants and trees | Vegetation |
| A place where plants or animals live | Habitat |
| Smaller communities near a city | Suburbs |
| A large area of high almost level land | Plateau |
| The slow wearing away of soil and stone by wind and water | Erosion |
| A harbor or place where ships can load and unload cargo and be safe from storms. | Port |
| Is a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water. | Peninsula |
| Is the preserved remains of a plant or animal from long ago | Fossil |
| A scientist who learns about the past by studing fossils | Paleontologists |
| A scientist who studies the lives and cultures of people from the past | Archaeologist |
| A shelled sea creature ,also became extinct | Trilobite |
| Person who travels in search for food | Nomads |
| The planting of seeds and growing of crops | Agriculture |
| Fenced walls made from logs,built to protect their villages from attack | Palisade |
| They brought with them.....or PRODUCTS,to trade with the Native Americans | Goods |
| Governor of New Sweden | Johan Printz |
| Governor of New Netherland | Peter Stuyvesant |
| Daughter of Johan Printz,who kept her father's estate in Pennsylvania....called TINICUM ISLAND | Armegott Printz |
| To have good fortune | Prosper |
| To work together | Cooperate |
| The ability to fight off, these diseases | Immunity |
| He was an English explorer hired by the Dutch/Holland who explored the Delaware Bay | Henry Hudson |
| He was believed to be the First European to set foot in Pennsylvania | Etienne Brule |
| A Dutch captain started a fair trading post near present-day Philadelphia | Cornelius Hendrickson |