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