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Unit 1 Georgia Beginnings
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History
8th Grade
08/17/2009

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Relative location
Definition

The location that shows relation to another location.

Ex: My house is across the street from joe's

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Absolute Location
Definition

The location that shows the exact coordinates

Ex: My house is located at 34 degrees north and 45 degrees west

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Region
Definition
A medium scale area that can be defined by physical, human and economical characteristics
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Nation
Definition
A part of the earth distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions
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Continent
Definition
A large landmass that are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criterion
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Hemisphere
Definition
Half of a sphere. Georgia is in the western hemisphere because it is in the half of the earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian.
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Blue Ridge Mountain
Definition
A northern Georgia region that are also a part of the Appalachian Mountains
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Valley and Ridge
Definition
A region that extends from the northeasten part of New York, passing through northwestern New Jersey, most of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virgina, Tennessee, Georgia, And Alabama. it is a region of Georgia
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Appalachian Plateau
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The western part of the appalacian mountains that stretches through NY, GA, and AL.
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Piedmont
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A plateau region that is located between the Atlantic Coastal Plain,  and the main Appalachian Mountains
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Coastal plain
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A flat stretch of land that borders the atlantic ocean
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A.C/B.C
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A.C: A period of time after the death of Christ

B.C: The period of time before the Death of Christ

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Decade
Definition
A tenth year anniversary of something
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Centennial
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A One hundred year anniversary of something
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Bicentennial
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A two-hundreth anniversary of something
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Hypothosis
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A proposed explanation for something
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Primary Source
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a source of information that was created at the time
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Secondary source
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A copy of a primary source
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Paleo Indians
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The first inhabitants of the American continent during the late Pleistocene era
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Archaic Indians
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The Second generation of inhabitants in the Americas that was from about 8000 B.C to 1000 B.C
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Woodland Indians
Definition
One of the early inhabitans that lived in Georgia that were nomadic
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Mississippian Indians
Definition
Also called Choctaw, Indians that were originally from the southeastern U.S
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