| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Permian Sea | ancient salt water ocean that once covered Kansas |
| Permian Sea | created the natural resources in Kansas |
| Tallgrass Prairie | one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, located in the Flint Hills |
| aquifer | underground source of water |
| Ogallala Aquifer | sourse of water for farmers in Western Kansas |
| High Plains | Region; sandy soil located in western Kansas |
| Arkansas River Lowlands | Region, follows a river that carried large rocks straight from the Rocky Mountains |
| Red Hills | Region; named for its red soil and location near Oklahoma |
| Wellington-McPherson Lowlands | Region; located around the Arkansas River, high deposits of SALT |
| Flint Hills | Region; Fort Riley is located here and so is the Tallgrass Prairie |
| Glaciated Region | Region; North East Kansas, once had a large block of ice sitting on it |
| Osage Cuestas | Region; East Central Kansas, Shale hills |
| cuesta | spanish word for "hill" |
| Chautauqua Hills | Region; narrow strip in South Central Kansas, sandstone hills |
| Cherokee Lowlands | Region; South-East Kansas, lots of COAL |
| Ozark Plateau | Region; South-East corner of Kansas, have Caves |
| Beringia | another name for the land-bridge that once connected Asia and the Americas |
| cultivation | to plant crops, or prepare land for farming |
| domestication | to tame animals to make them useful for humans |
| pastoralism | comes from "pasture", taming animals and grazing them in fenced in grasslands |
| nomadic | always on the move, chasing your next meal |
| agriculture | the practice of growing plants to feed a group, allowed humans to remain stationary |
| Hunter-Gatherer | the first group of humans from Beringia, captured their own food |
| Erikkson | the first European to see the Americas |
| migration | the movement of people |
| archeology | the study of humans from the past (including bones, pottery, and artifacts) |
| subsistence farming | farming to feed you and your family only |
| staple crop | the most important crop for a group or area |
| industrial agriculture | the kind of farming practiced today, with machines |
| latitude | the lines measuring north/south of the Equator |
| longitude | the lines measuring distance east/west of the Prime Meridian |
| Cortez | defeated the Aztec |
| Prince Henry | funded trips to Africa |
| 1492 | year Columbus sailed |
| England | nation Hudson sailed for |
| Northwest Passage | what Henry Hudson was looking for in Canada |
| de Leon | explored Florida |
| de Balboa | explored Panama and the Pacific Ocean |
| Magellan | the first person to sail around the world |
| Pizzaro | defeated the Inca |
| conquistador | the spainish word for a person who conquered an Indian empire |
| Vespucci | explored Brazil |
| de Soto | explored South East United States |
| Coronado | the first European to Kansas |
| Marquette | explored the Mississippi River |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | an agreement in 1494 between Spain and Portugal to divide the New World and Africa |
| Jamestown | the first English colony in America |
| Maryland | the colony where Catholics fled to escape from England |
| Georgia | colony established for debtors |
| New Amsterdam | what New York City was once known as (Dutch) |
| Pennslyvania | the colony established by Quakers |
| indentured servant | a person who works for someone else to pay for their trip to America |
| Powhattan | the leader of the Indian tribe that helped the people of Jamestown |
| John Smith | the most important leader of the Jamestown colony |
| Connecticut | colony founded by dissenters from Massachusetts |
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