Texas History Chapter 1

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land forms


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shapes and types of land



pse of land

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plate tectonics


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the theory that the earth's surface is divided into a number of plates which float independently over hot liquid rock forming new land patterns and causeing earthquaes

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climate


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the average weather of a place over a period of 20 to 30years

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vegetation


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plante life that grows in an area

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culture


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the customes,ideas,beliefs,and skills of a people

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physical geography


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the study of the land and it's features

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human geography


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learning about people and thier ways

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absolute location


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the tearm geographers use to deacribe the axact location of a place

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latitude


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the measuure of distance north and south of the equater

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longitude


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the measuure of distance east and west of the equater

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equator


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an imaginary line that divides the earth northern and southern halves

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meridians


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also knownas lines of longitude, they maesure the distance east and weast of the prime meridian

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prime meridian


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an imaginary line that runs through Greenwich,England that dividies the earth into eastern and western halves

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relitive location


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the location of a place comperd toanther place

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globe


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the most accurate "picture" of the earth it is a sphere with a map of the earth printed on it

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relif


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a change in elivation

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scale


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the size of a globe cmpared to the earth itself

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physical map


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a map that highlihgts many of the natural faetures of a place, such as Mt, plains,rivers and lakes by useing color and shapes

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politcal map


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a map that shows getures of a place such as contries,states,and cities

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projection


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a method of tranferring the earthe curved on to a flat map

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drought


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a long periods of time in with rain falls at a much lower rate than usual and may cuase a saer damage to crops

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escarpment


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a steap cliff

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butte


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steep-sided hill

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mesa


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a naturuly flat topped hill