Tools
a tool or instrument for finding directions
COMPASS
A person who travels in search of new geographical information.
Explorer
Vegetation
A crop that is grown in large quantities (amounts) for SALE.
CASH CROP
A part of Earth's surface, including landmasses and bodies of water (mountains, oceans, valleys, plains, etc.)
Physical Features
An object such as a tool or clothing made by a group of humans
artifact
The movement of people from one country or area of the world to a new place in another country or area.
MIGRATION
A physical feature on Earth's surface such and a mountain or a plain.
LANDFORM
Weather patterns such as those in temperature, rainfall, and wind measured over time in an area.
CLIMATE
The study of our physical surroundings and how humans interact with them.
GEOGRAPHY
An imaginary line called a PARALLEL that runs east and west around Earth
latitude
Moving from place to place often with changes in the seasons to find sources of FOOD
NOMADIC
A narrow deep valley with steep sides.
GORGE
A story that explains where ancestors of tribe members came from.
The landmasses of North America, Central America, and South America
The Americas
An imaginary line called a MERIDIAN that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.
longitude
A change or adjustment in a way of life that allows people to survive in a particular environment.
Adaptation
MESA
A circular AREA sometimes underground, where tribe members talk, work, or perform RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.
KIVA
A term used mostly in the past for Southeast Asia, including modern day India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
East Indies
An early scientific tool used to observe and calculate a position of the sun and other stars
Astrolabe
Period of time beginning in the late 1400s in which European explorers sought new route to Asia and discovered the Americas.
Age of Exploration
A community rules by another country, not by its own people.
Colonies
An area of the world where people develop similar ways of life, especially similar customs and beliefs.
Cultural Region
The supposed route across the northern part of North America that the Europeans were looking for but never found.
Northwest Passage