Definitions #1
Name of the State protected fish that lives in the Oconee River
Robust Red Horse
Features on the earth such as roads, towns, boundaries
Cultural features
To set up a colony is to .....
Colonize
Wearing away of soil and rock by natural forces such as water or wind
Erosion
Define New World....
the name is given in the fifteenth century by Amerigo Vespucci to the newly discovered continents of South America, North America and surrounding areas
The Flint River Begins at --------?
Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport
Divides the earth into two halves known as hemispheres
Equator
What is a Friar?
Catholic missionaries from Spain in church missions and out pots in foreign lands
The area around a river's mouth where fresh and saltwater mix
Estuary
Define Charter...
legal document granting certain rights and or privileges
The meaning of the name of the Chattahoochee?
Flowered Stones
Known as map makers
Cartographers
What is a guale...?
the name given by Spain to the northern half of Georgia's coast taken from the name of the native Americans who inhabited the area
The distinct natural community of living and nonliving things and their environment
Ecosystem
Define Pilgrims....
Members of a religious group that chose to break away from the Church of England and settled in America in 1620
Name the two cities located along the Savannah River.
Augusta and Savannah
This group of Indians built earthen mounds
Woodland
The Indies ......
another name for the FAr EAst used by Europeans beginning in the 1400s
Chain of sea islands off Georgia 's coast that form a barrier helping block ocean waves and wind from the mainland
Barrier Islands
Define Puritans....
Members of a Protestant religious group who were opposed to the Church of England's practices and worked to change them
Height of a land formation above sea level...
Elevation
This group of Indian's culture was developed along the Mississippi River
Mississippian
Missions are.....
Church outposts usually in foreign lands
The study of the earth's surface and its surroundings
geography
Paleo Indians name means?
Ancient