Term | Definition |
Geographic Region | Large area of land with a common set of features |
Outer Banks | Long chain of sandbars and barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina |
Coastal Plain | Broad, flat region in North Carolina that stretches 100 to 150 miles inland from the ocean |
Tidewater | Low-lying eastern part of North Carolina's Coastal Plain |
Piedmont | Hilly region between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains |
Climate | The main kind of weather that a region experiences over an extended period |
Sun Belt | Strip of warm-water states that runs across the Southern United States |
Natural Resource | Any part of nature that people use in some way |
Sandbank | A large deposit of sand forming a mound, ridge, or hillside |
Vicinity | The surrounding area |
Artifact | Human-made object like a pot, a weapon, or a mask that gives clues to the culture from which it comes |
Culture | A people's way of life, including the kinds of tools they make,the food they eat, and the language they speak |
Mesa | A flat-topped, steep-sided plateau |
Slash-and-burn | A method of farming in which tress and brush are burned to clear land for fields and villages |
Oral History | Stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation |
Clan | A group of related people |
Anthropologist | A scientist who studies human culture |
Drought | A long period with no rain |
Coastal Plain | Broad, flat region in North Carolina that stretches 100 to 150 miles inland from the ocean |
Piedmont | Hilly region between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian mountains |