climate - weather patterns in temperature, rainfall, and wind measured over time., compass - a tool for finding directions, geography - the study of earth, its land, features, and people., globe - sphere that is a model of Earth., government - organization that makes laws in a country, state or community and has the power to enforce them., landform - physical feature on Earth's surface such as a mountain or a plain., latitude and longitude - parallel lines used to find exact locations on Earth., physical feature - any landmass or body of water that is part of Earth's surface., vegetation - the type of plants in an area or region., adaptation - changes to plants or animals that help a living thing survive in its environment., environment - everything that surrounds you., kiva - round and rectangular rooms used by the Hopi to meet and share stories., migration - people moving from one place to another., natural resource - things found in nature that people can use to survive., origin story - native stories passed down that explained how Earth and its people came to be., artifact - human-made object, cultural region - areas where similar cultures developed., culture - way of living, gorge - narrow, deep valley with steep rocky walls between hills or mountains., mesa - large, flat-topped hill or mountain with steep sides., nomadic - moving from place to place., Age of Exploration - late 1400s when countries looked for new trade routes to Asia, the Americas - North and South America, astrolabe - tool used to find a ships position in the open sea., cash crop - plants grown to be sold for profit., explorer - person who travels to discover new places., colony - settlement in another place, claimed for their home country., conquistador - Spanish explorer, claimed new lands for Spain., East Indies - a term used in the past for South East Asia., Northwest Passage - a sea route from Europe to Asia through North America.,

Unit 1: Geography

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