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unit 1 vocabulary
chapter 1,2,3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sunbelt | is a group of southern states thats stretches from east coast all the way to California |
| Regions | area's that are similiar in terms of landscape,climate,elevation,and plant and animal life |
| Coastal Plain | is the southern most region in georgia |
| Fall line | a generation boundary between the lower level of the coastle plain to a higher level |
| Piedmont | region is a rolling,hilly,plateu that stretches northward from the line o thr base of the peidmont |
| Appalachian Mountains | a larger mountain range that stetches northward from central alabma to canada |
| Blue Ridge Mpountains | two mountain rangers make up most of this region |
| Valley and Ridge | west of the blue ridge mountains is the valley and ridge |
| Appalachian Planteu | georgias smallest geographic region |
| Acheologist | scientist who study the past based on what acient people left behind |
| Artifacts | objects that were made ,modified,or used by humans |
| Pre-historic | periods from the time before written history |
| Culture | is a way of life shared by people,with similarities arys,beliefs,and customes |
| Paleo-Indians | were the first people to live in the georgias area |
| Archiach period | the period of Georgia's history that begin of the last ice age |
| The Woodland | changes brought about new period in Georgia's history |
| Agriculture | cultivating the soil to produce crops |
| Renaisseance | the european civilization from the 1300's to 1600's characterzation by an increased interest in art and learning |
| Christopher Columbus | was an explorer that thought he could soil west and reach Asia |
| Hernando De Soto | an explored that explored the southeast |
| Pedro Menedez De Aviles | an explorer that was sent by king Phillips of Spain to destroy Fort Carolina |
| Merchantolism | an economic theory in which government controls trade and establishment colonies to obtain gold,silver,and natural rescourse to create wealth and a favorable balance of trade for the parent country |
| Monopoly | complete control over the entire supply of goods or a service in a particular market |
| Conguistdors | the american were known as the conquistadors or conquerors in the 16th century |
| Joint-Stock Economy | people raised money by turning to the joint -stock economy |
| Gulf-stream | a powerful ocean current that flows from the gulf of Mexico north long the eastern coast of north america before turning east toward european |
| Charter | was a written contract,issued by a government ,giving the holder the right to establish a economy |
| relative location | a point or place in relation to another point or place |
| absolute location | designated using a specific pairing of latitude and longitude in a Cartesian coordinate grid |
| hemisphere | a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles. |
| equator | the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. |
| parallels | an imaginary circle on the earth's surface formed by the intersection of a plane parallel to the plane of the equator, bearing east and west and designated in degrees of latitude north or south of the equator along the arc of any meridian. |
| prime meridian | a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude. |
| meridians | a circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles. |
| latitude | the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. |
| longitude | the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. |
| compass rose | a circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart. |
| scale | Map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground |
| goods | merchandise or possessions |
| service | the action of helping or doing work for someone |
| imports | bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale |
| exports | send (goods or services) to another country for sale. |
| climate | the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. "our cold, wet climate" |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc. |
| paleo | older or ancient |
| archaic | very old or old-fashioned. |
| woodland | land covered with trees. |
| mississipian | a native or inhabitant of Mississippi. |
| archiaceologist | is a scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts. |
| arifacts | an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest. |
| anthropologist | are people that practice anthropology, which is the study of humanity |
| culture | the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. |
| antiquities | the ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages. "the great civilizations of antiquity" |
| horticulture | the art or practice of garden cultivation and management. |
| Clovis points | a Paleo-Indian culture of Central and North America, dated to about 11,500–11000 years ago and earlier. |
| mounds | a rounded mass projecting above a surface. |
| palisade | a fence of wooden stakes or iron railings fixed in the ground, |
| Wooly Mammonth | a mammoth that was adapted to the cold periods of the Pleistocene, with a long shaggy coat, small ears, and a thick layer of fat. Individuals are sometimes found frozen in the permafrost of Siberia. |
| Barter Economy | |
| Maize | technical or chiefly British term for corn. |
| Bow and Arrow | bow and arrow, weapon consisting of two parts |
| Project Points | is an object that was hafted to a projectile |
| colonization | s the act of setting up a colony away from one's place of origin. |
| Spanish missions | of or relating to a style used in the earl yarchitecture |
| Barrier islands | of or relating to a style used in the earlySpanish missions |
| inluence | the capacity to have an effect on the character |
| smallpox | an acute contagious viral disease |
| catholicism | the faith, practice, and church order of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| new world | is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere |
| prehistoric | very old, primitive, or out of date. |
| shale | soft, finely stratified sedimentary rock that formed from consolidated mud or clay and can be split easily into fragile slabs. |
| tribe | a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader. |
| clan | a group of close-knit and interrelated families |
| sherds | another term for potsherd |
| nomads | member of a people having no permanent abode |
| effigy | a sculpture or model of a person. |
| atlalt | a stick used by Eskimos and early American Indians to propel a spear or dart. |
| cheifdom | is a form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based on kinship |
| beringia | Beringia is a loosely defined region surrounding the Bering Strait |
| middens | a dunghill or refuse heap. |
| moat | a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, |
| podium | a small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience |
| mastodon | |
| pottery | pots, dishes, and other articles made of earthenware or baked clay. Pottery can be broadly divided into earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware. |
| oral tradition | is information passed down through the generations by word of mouth that is not written down. |
| wattle and daub | a material formerly or traditionally used in building walls, consisting of a network of interwoven sticks and twigs covered with mud or clay. |
| expeditions | a journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war. |
| gual-sea island | the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface. |
| fur trade | s a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. |
| conquistador | a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century. |
| monarchy | a form of government with a monarch at the head. |
| protestant | a member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate |
| mercantilism | belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. |
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