Ecosystems
living things; non-living things (e.g., water, air)
What is biotic and abiotic
An exaggeration for emphasis (Example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.)
What is a hyperbole
Fort King George was used for...
What is to protect British settlements
Abiotic factors
What are the non-living things in an environment (e.g., sunlight, water)
Main idea or Central idea
What is what a text is mostly about
An organism that makes its own food (e.g., plants)
What is producer
The difference between simile and metaphor
A simile use "like" or "as" to compare, while metaphor does not
This is where the Muscogee (Creek) Indians lived
What is central and southern Georgia
Cash crop
What is a crop grown for sale rather than for personal consumption
The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 12 and 16
What is 4
A community of living organisms interacting with their environment
What is ecosystem
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things; example: "The wind whispered."
What is personification
Spain's main goals for exploration
God, Glory, and Gold
Colony
What is a settlement controlled by a separate country
This Spanish conquistador led an expedition through Georgia
Who is Hernando de Soto
The variety of life in a particular ecosystem
What is biodiversity
A reference to a well-known person or event; example: "He has a real Achilles' heel in math."
What is allusion
What is pushing them off of their land or changing their way of life
Interdependence
What is the reliance of different populations on each other for survival within a community
This is planet is within the sun's habitable zone
What is Earth
The largest number of organisms of a species that an environment can support
What is carrying capacity
"Time is a thief."
What is metaphor
What is to gain wealth and power, and to find new trade routes
Mercantilism
What is an economic policy where a country exports more than it imports (selling more than buying)
These 3 tribes emerged from the Mississippian people
What are Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee, and Yamacraw