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Vocab for Geography, Texas Natives, and Explorers

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Definition
Geography   Study of the Earth  
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Landforms   The shapes of the land  
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Climate   The average weather of a place over 20 to 30 years  
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Vegetation   The plant life in a certain area  
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Drought   A long period of time in which rain falls at a much slower rate  
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Physical Geography   The study of the land and its features  
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Human Geography   The study of the people and their ways  
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Culture   The customs, ideas, beliefs, and skills of a people  
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Pre-History   The time before written records  
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Hunter-Gathers   People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals to eat  
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Nomads(Nomadic)   People who wander from place to place in search of food  
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Sedentary   People that permanently live in one place  
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Allies   People who help each other in order to benefit them both  
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Adobe   Mix of wet clay and straw that is made into bricks and hardened in the sun  
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Pueblos   Large Native American homes made of adobe  
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Indigenous   people who are native to a particular place  
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Reconquista   Spain's efforts tovtake the land back from the Moors  
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Conquistadors   Leaders in the Spanish conquest of the Americas  
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Tribute   A payment of food and other valuables  
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Shaman   Native American healers  
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Bison   Buffalo  
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Northwest Passage   A water route that any explorers believed was a shortcut to Asia through North America  
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Mutiny   A revolt of soldiers or sailors against their leaders  
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