Exploration, Colonization and Representative Government - Unit 1
Vocabulary/Key Terms from Unit 1
- era - a period in history marked by distinctive characters or events
- relative chronology - history referred to in general terms, not specific dates
- contemporary - present time; of or about the same age
- immigrant - someone entering a country to live there
- exploration - an investigation of unknown regions
- physical geography - the branch of geography concerned with natural features and phenomena of the earth's surface
- human geography - the study of interaction between humans and their environment in particular places across spatial time
- absolute chronology - history referred to in exact dates
•charter – a document outlining the conditions under which a colony is organized, defining its rights and privileges
•mercantilism – an economic system in which nations increased their wealth and power by obtaining gold and silver and by establishing a
favorable balance of trade
•emigrate – to leave one country and go live in another
•immigrate – to enter a new country in order to live there
•race – a group of persons related by common descent or heredity
•ethnicity – identity with or membership in a particular racial, national, or cultural group and observance of that group’s custom, beliefs, and
language
•push factors – reasons that cause one to move away
•pull factors – reasons that cause one to draw near
•impact – the force exerted by a new idea, concept, technology, or ideology
•physical geography – the branch of geography concerned with natural features and phenomena of the earth’s surface –
landforms, drainage features, climates, soils, and vegetation
•human geography – the study of the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas