Studying History
a period of 10 years
what is a decade?
12 percent of Texas’s population lives in the areas
what is small, rural places?
a narrow island between the mainland and the ocean
what is barrier island?
this town has an elevation of about 3,700 feet
what is El Paso?
to tell what might happen in the future
what is to predict?
a period of 100 years
what is a century?
to understand fully
what is appreciate?
an area of high, flat land
what is plateau?
something that has an influence on an outcome
what is factor?
an event that can be observed
what is phenomena?
a document or object that analyzes a primary source
what is a secondary source?
the site or position of a place or thing
what is location?
a steep slope or cliff
what is escarpment?
the effect that something or someone has on a person or event
what is impact?
the order of events in relation to other events
what is relative chronology?
a document or object written or created during the time of an event
what is a primary source?
a separate, identifiable part of something
what is element?
a crack in Earth’s surface caused by moving plates
what is fault line?
a wide band of latitudes on either side of the Equator, midway between the Equator and the North and South Poles
what is midlatitudes?
a large area of flat, or nearly flat, land
what is plains?
a preference or strong emotion that prevents fair judgment
what is bias?
the surroundings in which people, plants, or animals live
what is environment?
a layer of rock or gravel that absorbs rainfall and keeps it flowing underground
what is aquifer?
a blast of cold air from Canada that sweeps across Texas and the Gulf of Mexico in the autumn and winter
what is a norther?
a natural material that can be used by people
what is resource?