1. The Environment and Texas Indians Vocabulary

2. Set Up Your INB How to set up your INB Table Of Contents (Title)
Vocabulary: Pink
Important Individuals: Blue
Events: Yellow
Dates: Green
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1 Unit 1 Vocabulary

3. 1 Title: Unit 1 The Environment and Texas Indians

4. CHAMP IT!! C 0 H Raise your hand A direct teach / independent
M Stay in your seats
P All students participate
S a completed vocabulary chart

5. Region
a broad geographic area distinguished by similar features

6. Era
A period of time marked by a distinctive character.

7. Chronology
the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time, such as the use of a timeline or sequence of events.

8. Environment
The physical, chemical and other factors that affect living things.

9. Agriculture
The work of preparing the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock (cows, sheep, pigs, etc.)

10. Escarpment
a long cliff or steep slope separating two comparatively level or more gently sloping surfaces

11. Butte
an isolated hill or mountain with steep sides

12. Mesa
an isolated relatively flat- topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte

13. Vegetation
plant life or total plant cover of an area

14. Nomad
People who wander from place to place in search of food

15. Culture
The customs, ideas, and skills of a people

16. Adobe
a natural building material made from sand, clay, water, and some kind of organic material (sticks, straw, and/or manure), which the builders shape into bricks (using frames) and dry in the sun.

17. Unit 1/ 8th Grade: Exploration and Colonization
Here are your vocabulary words to place on your Vocabulary Chart: Your vocabulary test will be this Friday.
mercantilism secondary source
representative government 9. migration
charter cash crop
plantation
region
subsistence farming
primary source