| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Culture | The way of life developed by a group of people to satisfy its need |
| Region | An area that is unified by one or more common characteristic |
| Archaeologist | a scientist who studies the material remains of past human life |
| Landmark | Building or other place that is of importance |
| Artifact | An object made or altered by humans |
| Anthropologist | A scientist who studies the origin, movement, and way of life of humans |
| Climate | Weather conditions of a region |
| Irrigation | Application of water to land to assist in the production of crops |
| Natural Resources | Natural wealth of a country, consisting of land, forests, mineral deposits, water, etc. |
| Absolute Location | The exact position of a place on earth's surface expressed in latitude and longitude |
| Relative Location | The lcation of a place in relation to other places |
| Aquifer | An underground water reservoir |
| Barrier Island | An island that protects the main body of land from ocean waves |
| Cultural Diffision | Borrowing and integrating ideas specific to one group of people into the culture of another group |
| Escarpment | A steep cliff |
| Place | A geographic location, usually a town or city, and its physical and human characteristics |
| Plain | A landform that generally is level |
| Plateau | A broad, level landform that has steep cliffs on at least one side and higher elevation than the surrounding land |
| adobe | a brick or building material made of sun-dried earth and straw |
| pueblo | a native American village with joined, flat-roofed buildings |
| customs | ways of doing things,suchas eating,following family traditions,nd workshipping god |
| Human Environment Interaction | planting or cutting down trees is an examle of... |
| Humans adapting to their environment | putting on a jacket when you are cold is an example of... |
| Land bridge over the Bering Strait | Early Natives arrived in the Americas during the last ice age by crossing the... |
| Sedentary | not migratory; settled |
| nomadic | wandering, moving about from place to place |
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