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| Latitude & Longitude | The lines that make the grid like part of a map used to pinpoint locations |
| region | part of a country or area of land |
| Strait of Megellan | a water passage through the southern tip of South America |
| The Five Oceans | Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, & Southern |
| Buffalo | an important animal for Great Plains people |
| The Seven Continents | Asia, Africa, Antarctica, North America, South America, Australia, & Europe |
| Anasazi | Ancient Native Americans from the SW region that lived in cliff dwellings |
| civilization | A population that shares a common culture, values, and beliefs |
| drought | a very long period without rain |
| La Salle | Explored the Mississippi River |
| Sir Francis Drake | Was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for circumnavigating the World |
| pueblo | A village or group of adobe buildings in the SW or the people who live in the villages |
| adobe | brick made of straw and clay, dried by the sun |
| diversity | A range of different things |
| Magellan | Person given credit to 1st circumnavigate the world |
| Spanish Armada | large fleet of Spanish ships |
| fishing rights | claim to all fish & seafood in a body of water |
| mutiny | to rebel against the captain of a ship (or other authority figure) |
| trading posts | a place where people barter goods and supplies |
| international date line | 180 degrees longitude; the dividing line between one day and the next |
| ship's log | diary of a ship's location and events at sea |
| time zones | divisions of Earth fro time-keeping purposes |
| strait | a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water. |
| fertile | good for growing crops |
| raw materials | natural resources such as timber |
| agricultural | having to do with farming |
| staples | basic foods commonly used, such as grains |
| smallpox | potentially fatal disease characterized by skin rash, boils, fever |
| dysentery | potentially fatal disease that causes severe diarrhea |
| immunity | resistance to disease |
| textile | cloth |
| currency | money or monetary system |
| Columbian Exchange | The transfer of foods, goods, ideas, and diseases from the Old World and New World in the 1500s; named after Christopher Columbus |
| navigator | sailor or other traveler who guides the ship or other vehicle |
| cartographer | mapmaker |
| astronomy | study of the solar system |
| circumnavigate | to go all the way around the Earth by ship |
| colony | a region or settlement that is ruled by another country |
| marooned | abandoned ashore without means of escpape |
| primary source | document, art or photo created during or right after an event by someone who was actually at the event |
| Northwest Passage | The mythical waterway through North America to Asia |
