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Unit 1 Vocabulary

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Term
Definition
show The site or position of a place or thing  
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show The surrounding in which the people, plants, or animals live  
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show A large area or flat, or nearly flat, land  
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Barrier island   show
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show A steep slope or cliff  
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Plateau   show
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show A crack in Earth's surface caused by moving plates  
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show A layer of rock or gravel that absorbs rainfall and keeps it flowing underground  
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Basins   show
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show Height above sea level  
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show Lacking enough water for things to grow  
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show A type of oil that is the source for gasoline  
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show A period of lower than normal precipitation  
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Erosion   show
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Mesa   show
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Butte   show
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show Large-scale farming including production, processing, and distribution  
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show Person who moves from place to place  
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Archaeologist   show
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show Any object made or used by humans such as tools, pottery, bones, and shells  
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Hunter-gatherere   show
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Shaman   show
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Confederacy   show
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Matrillineal   show
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Adobe   show
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show Referring to a group that traces kindship through the father's line  
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show A portable home made of tanned bison hides fastened to a framework of poles  
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Middleman   show
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show A tribe is a number of bands that follow the same leader and share the same territory and culture.  
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show Coahuiltecans, Karankawas (harshest environment, hunter-gatherers, ate snakes, lizards, snails, armadillos, etc., greatly affected by European diseases)  
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Plains Indians   show
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show Chochos, Tiguas, Adobe (Lived in the Mountain & basin region of Texas where there was very little plant life. They ate seeds, cactus, small animals, lived in pueblos built adobe style with clay)  
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Southeastern indians   show
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show A period of time  
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Pre-history Era   show
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show 1528-1690 -This era Includes the encounters of Cabeza de Vaca and the numerous expeditions over the next 150 years that define what the Europeans and American Indians understood about each other and Texas.  
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Spanish Colonial Era   show
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Ogallala Aquifer   show
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Austin   show
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Rio Grande Valley   show
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show - a region now covered in water that was exposed during the last ice age, it included the Bering Strait that connects Alaska and Asia  
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show To move from one place to another for social, economical, or religious reasons  
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