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The study of how people interact with the land.

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Human geography

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What are the lines of the grid system that measure distance east and west of the prime Meridian?

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Longitude

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The exact place where something is, found by using a grid system.

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Absolute location

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The study of the land and the features on its surface.

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Physical geography

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Lines in the grid system that measure distance north and south of the equator.

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Latitude

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Where a place is compared to where other places are

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Relative location

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What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern halves.

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Equator

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What is culture?

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Culture means the customs, ideas, beliefs, and skills of people.

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Which theme of geography considers the physical and human characteristics of a spot?

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Place

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Which theme of geography groups places together because they share similarities.

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Region

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Which type of map might show the roads or resources.

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Special purpose map

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What are the images created by carving on rock?

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Petroglyph

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What are images created by drawing or painting on a rock?

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Pictograph

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What word is used to describe something that a parent passes to a child?

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Hereditary

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archaeologists study these objects to learn about how people lived in the past.

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Artifacts

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What do we call people who move around in search for food

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Nomads

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A kind of organization larger than a tribe

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Confederacy

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A group that includes grandparents as well as parents and children

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Extended family

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The Tigua used this room for meetings and religious ceremonies

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Kiva

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How did the early native Americans use the atlatl

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To throw spears with more force

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Which of the following formed part of a diet of hunter -gartherers in early texas

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Small game animals nuts and berries

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Which people traded well made bows and pottery

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Caddo

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What did the tonkawas do after the apaches and Comanches Pushed them off the plains

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Became hunters and gatheres

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Which groups were part of the plains culture

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Comanche and tonkawa

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The pueblo an people relied on farming_________

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Corn beans squash

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In wich region did most Native American die from European diseases?

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Western gulf region

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How long did the reconquista last?

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800 years

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What were the goals of the Spanish in exploring the new world?

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Gold, glory and God

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Witch Spanish leaders defeated the Aztecs and the Inacs?

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Cortez and Pizarro

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Spain gained a good map of the Texas coast from this explorer.

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Pineda

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What was included in the book Cabeza de Vaca wrote?

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Saints about seven years cities of cibola, details about the plants and animals in Tx informal about the native AM of tx.

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Wich physical feature did Coronado cross?

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Llano Estacado

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What happend to La Salle’s colony?

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It did not last

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How did Marcos de Niza contribute to the legend of the seven cities of cibola?

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He said He had seen a golden city.

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What is a presidio?

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Spanish built forts for defense

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What were filibusters?

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Men who launched unofficial wars.

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How did the Spanish hope to convert Native Americans?

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By setting up missions

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What were the goals of the missions?

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Concert native to Christianity, help native Americans adopt the Spanish way of life and strengthen Spain’s hold on tx.

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What missions town became the capital of east Texas?

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Los Adaes

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What kind of work did native Americans perform on the missions?

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Ranching, farming, sewing, black smithing, and making soap and binks.

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What were the problems in the presidios?

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Didn’t act along with each other or missions

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What did the Neutral Ground agreement try to do?

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Achieve peace on the border of the U.S and Spanish Texas.

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When did Mexico win its independence?

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1821

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Moses Austin gained one of gnaws large pieces of land in Missouri.

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Sitio

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Austin formed this armed group to defend the colony.

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Militia

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Spain asked thaws business people to bring settlers to Texas.

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Empresario

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Grass lands made south Texas best suited to what activity?

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Farming and ranching

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How did Mexico colonization laws Attract settlers?

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By offering land at low price.

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Who helped Moses Austin win his Empresario settlers?

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Baroh de Bastrop

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Which Empresario was careful to recruit settlers who has good character?

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Stephen F Austin

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