| A | B |
|---|
| Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Explorer who searched for the Mississippi River |
| Adobe | Building material made of Earth and straw |
| Currents | Constantly moving forces of air or water that can be warm or cold. |
| Mesa | Area of raised land with steep sides. |
| relief | changes of elavation ,either few or many , that occur over a given area of land |
| cape | point of land surrounded by water |
| bay | part of large body of water that extends into a coast line |
| artifacts | items that people created, inside the mounds |
| Mound Builders | ancient native american culture that builds monuments of earth |
| Naval Stores | products of pine forest used in wooden ship building |
| mutiny | to seize control of a ship from the captain and officers |
| Meridian | lines of longitude |
| Maize | a large seeded grass cultivated by people in the central valley Mexico |
| monarch | a ruler or head country |
| Patroon | land owner in the dutch colonies who recieved rent , taxes, labor from tenant farmers |
| Puritan | member of the angilcan church who wanted to purify the church |
| Quartering | housing and feeding |
| Saga | unwritten legend or legacy |
| Rural | to be outside a city, such as the countryside |
| Serf | peasant in the middle ages who was bound to the land |
| Shaman | a native american religous leader |
| Strait | narrow body of water lying between two pieces of land |
| Totem Pole | a large wooden carving created by native americans |
| Tributary | a small branch of a river |
| Slave codes | laws that denied enslaved africans most of their rights |
| Gentry | the social class of the American colonies |
| Export | a product originates in one place and is sold in another |
| Frontier | a thinly settled area on the outer limits of a colony |
| Hieroglyphs | ancient forms of egyptian writing using pictographs |
| Import | a trade product that is brought into a country |
