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Vocabulary Review
Kansas History Vocabulary Review
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History
7th Grade
01/22/2017

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Term
Absolute Location
Definition

Description of a location that uses

longitude and latitude

Term
Aquifer
Definition

An underground layer of rock

that holds water

Term
Erosion
Definition

A process of breaking down,

such as the breaking down of

rock by actions of wind and water

Term
Physical features
Definition

The environmental features

that make a place different

from other places

Term
Drought
Definition

A period of time with below

average precipitation

Term
Precipitation
Definition

Water in the air that

falls to earth as rain or snow

Term
Relative Location
Definition

Description of a location as it

relates to the location of other places.

Term


Buffalo

Chips

Definition

 

 

Dried manure from buffalos and cows

Term


Depression

Definition

 

 

A period of low economic activity marked

 

by rising levels of unemployment.

Term


Draft

Definition

 

 

Requirement enrollment in

 

 the armed services

Term


Dugout

Definition

 

 

A pit dug into the ground or on a 

 

hillside and used as a shelter

Term


Irrigation

Definition

 

 

To supply dry land with water by means 

 

of ditches, pipes, or streams

Term


Section

Definition

 

A parcel or piece of land 

Term


Tenant

Definition

 

 

One who pays  rent to use or occupy land,

 

a building or other property

Term

 

 

Sod House

Definition

 

 

A home made from sod or grass

Term

 

Barbed

Wire

Definition



Twisted strands of fence wire

 

with barbs at regular intervals

Term

 

Chain

Migration

Definition

 

 

Migration that is caused by the feedback 

 

from people who have already migrated

Term

 

Class

System

Definition


Social structure where people share

certain economic, social, or

cultural characteristics

Term

 

Pacifist

Definition

 

 

Opposition to war or violence as a

 

 means of resolving disputes

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